凛冬已至！关于冬季保暖的10件事

Although you might already know that a space heater is a great way to heat up a room, or that UGG is apparently the shoes of 2013, there are other important warming techniques you might be getting wrong, or perhaps new ones you simply had no idea existed.
可能你已经知道，冬天里用小型取暖器是使房间变得温暖的一个重要方法，UGG也是今年冬天必备。但其实你可能误解了一些保暖技巧，或者还有些你压根儿不知道的新法子。

Below are 10 things that'll help you avoid having to do this all winter.
接下来，小编就要给大家提出10个小小的建议，避免你在今年冬天走入“保暖误区”。

1. Alcohol doesn't make you any warmer.
喝酒并不能使你感到暖和。

The reason why you feel warm while drinking alcohol is that your blood vessels dilate and send warm blood away from your core and towards your skin. This effect is only temporary and in the end significantly decreases your body's ability to fight the cold.
在你喝酒时感到暖和是因为你的血管舒张，将温暖的血液从心脏输送到你的皮肤。这种效果你只能暂时感觉到，身体的抗寒能力最后会急速下降。

2. But you might warm up by eating gingerbread cookies.
也许吃些姜饼曲奇会让你感到暖和些。

There's a reason we tend to associate gingerbread with the cold of wintertime -- people traditionally believed the herb to stimulate the body and increase blood circulation.
我们倾向于把姜饼和寒冷的冬季联系在一起的原因之一是：传统观点认为姜可以刺激身体、加快血液循环。

3. Feeling cold is all in your mind.
觉得冷只是你心中的感觉而已。

Meditating can make you warmer. Scientists in Singapore have discovered that core body temperature can be increased by using certain meditation techniques.
冥想会让你更暖和。新加坡的科学家们发现，通过使用某些冥想技巧可以提高身体的核心体温。

4. Loneliness can lower your body temperature.
孤独感会降低你的体温。

It's no fun to be ignored, but a pair of researchers at the University of Toronto say that lack of social contact can lead to physical consequences. In other words, giving someone the "cold shoulder" can actually make them feel colder.
被人忽视总是很没劲的，但多伦多大学的研究员发现，缺乏社交很可能会导致身体的反应。也就是说，冷淡对待别人真的会让他们觉得更冷。

5. Hot drinks might actually cool you off.
喝热饮实际上会使你体温下降。

When having a hot drink, nerve receptors in your tongue signal to the rest of your body that something "hot" is coming and you need to start sweating.
当你喝热饮时，舌头上的神经感官会把“热”的信息传递到身体的其他部位，这样一来你就得出汗了。