2007-10-20 23:35:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I am always barefoot, even in winter I ware sandals even in the snow! I HATE shoes! I get told this myth all the time, I don't believe it one bit! LIVE ON BAREFOOTIES!
2007-10-21 00:04:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes people try to tell me that, but I tell them it's not true.
A cold is a virus you can't 'catch' through bare feet. What happens when you come into contact with a virus that manages to enter your body (usually through the air or through your hands, because with your hands you touch your food and face so it can enter) your immune system will attack it. Whether your immune system is successful depends on many different things, like exertion, emotional stress, other diseases you were already fighting, whether you've had enough food and sleep, and indeed *CORE* temperature. It is this *core* temperature that is important in whether you'll be more susceptible to colds or not. Recently (fall 2005) some research was published where the researchers chilled test subjects by immersing their feet in cold water, but measured their body temperature at the tip of their noses. When their *body* temperature had dropped, they were more likely to catch a cold. Unfortunately, many newspapers/news sites have reported about this same research placing much more emphasis on the feet, like Yahoo's: 'Chilly feet can prompt common cold symptoms'. If you've read the CNN article I've listed in the source & especially if you watch the video, you'll know that is *not* the correct conclusion. They've mixed up the method used (cold feet) & the actual effect (cold core temperature/nose).
Even that's not to say getting some part of your body cooled off a bit is always bad; think of how many people swear by taking a swim in winter. Compare it to the other kinds of strain I mentioned earlier, which also shouldn't be avoided completely; getting a good work-out will make you tired, but almost everyone will agree it's a healthy thing to do. Nor is it healthy to always take a nap when you even feel the least bit tired. Some level of strain helps strengthen your body, it's only when the total sum of strain & stress becomes too much that you become sick.
My own experience supports the theory that giving your system a bit of a 'work-out' by being barefoot in cool weather is healthy. I used to be a real chilly-willy, feeling cold as soon as I left the house and coughing & sneezing from early fall until late winter. For the past ten years I've been barefoot year-round -I started for comfort and fun but the health benefits have been great. I go barefoot even in snow, but I keep the rest of my body extra-warm by wearing warmer clothes on upper body, hat and shawl. I don't feel as cold as I used to, and more importantly, I have called in sick once (for all of two days, and not even in winter), even having a minor cough is rare.
2007-10-21 17:23:00 · answer #2 · answered by Sheriam 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No I have never been told that and I do go around in bare feet often. I haven't caught a cold with bare feet before either.
2007-10-21 06:46:01 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah D 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I never dry my hair and people tell me I am going to get a cold all the time.
Colds are caused by viruses....not bare feet or in my case wet hair.
2007-10-21 06:44:21 · answer #4 · answered by blueink 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a cold is a virus you cant catch it by walking around with bare feet it is airborn you have to breath it in
2007-10-21 06:48:33 · answer #5 · answered by rob s 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yeah, and it is not true and your eyes dont stick to the ceiling just because you roll them at people all the time either :)
2007-10-22 13:58:54 · answer #6 · answered by Penny Mae 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have been told this, but it is just not true.
2007-10-21 06:42:57 · answer #7 · answered by Daniel J 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋