Loose weight with 0% effort!! - Is my theory correct?

Question

I am currently studying cells and their functions at school and we came across the production and uses of a substance called ATP otherwise known as adorenosine Triphosphate (not correct spelling).

The human body uses energy to heat itself to maximise enzyme production. If i am correct, Sitting in a cold bath would reduce the body temperature and therefor energy would be used to reheat it. Whats my point? Well to produce ATP you need fat along with other things.

So THEORETICALLY, if i sat in a cold bath for say 1 hour, i would be loosing weight.. right?

MIT? Iv, Why would MIT be involved.. My question was simple.. was my theory correct that you could loose weight if you were faced with cold conditions. Most of you said yes which is a good answer, DONT RUB THE FACT THAT IM 13 YEARS OLD IN MY FACE! ALSO DONT BRAG BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MANY YEARS OF MARTIAL ARTS YOU HAVE DONE.. I WILL STILL BE A BETTER PERSON THAN YOU :)

Answer 1

Technically, yes its true. At a slow slow rate but yes :)

Answer 2

Not technically losing weight, but burning calories.
Same as drinking a glass of freezing cold water, your body uses energy to heat it up to your body temperature.
But it's like the cellery thing. Negative calories becaue your body digesting it takes more the the food actually has.
It probably wouldn't be enough to make a difference.
A walk would have more benefits.

Answer 3

Ahhhh 13 years olds.......They have an interesting persepctive on life.

Look, they are right, sitting in a cold bath might reduce calories, but I would imagine it would be a marginal amount.

1 bag of chips may equal 3,000 hours in the tub.....

Just do the old school exercise-diet thing and you will be better off.

Answer 4

I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that when we expend energy, ATP is converted to ADP (adorenosine diphosphate). Your body will tap its energy sources for a phosphate molecule to convert ADP back to ATP, usually from your glucose stores which are created from carbohydrates. Yes you will burn calories (you burn calories in the cold weather - this is what shivering does), but not that many and not calories from fat unless there is no readily available glucose.

Answer 5

you need to put the bong away there Cheech...

if you think it was that "simple" nobody at MIT or Harvard Medical
School wouldn't have figured that out about 40 years ago?

Answer 6

why Sherlock Holmes, your right!

and if you breathed you'd be expending energy and losing weight, and if you slept you'd still be expending energy and losing weight... actually, as long as your not taking in calories you're losing weight!! its quite elementary

Answer 7

PROBABLY TAKE U A YEAR OF COLD WATER BATH TUBING, TO LOSE A KG :-)

Answer 8

it makes sense but it would probably take a while