For those who go barefoot often?Have you been told that u will catch a cold by going barefoot?

Answer 1

Oh Honey, I have been told that all my life! I have ended up being the healthiest of my sisters.....I wonder where that came from..........People did not always have shoes.
Peace.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

I have been told that several times. People will often say that to someone who is going barefoot when it is not hot outside. There is something to be said for keeping warm in particularly cold temperatures; however, by and large barefooting is not likely to increase one's chance of illness under most conditions. For my part, I am a morning runner who generally runs barefoot unless the temperature is sub-freezing, but we all have our tolerances. In the end, our bodies tell us when we're not warm enough, and when that turns out to be the case, perhaps it's time to throw on some shoes. Barring that, keep 'em bare if you like.

Answer 4

I haven't been told that and I go barefoot all the time. I think it is just one of those myths. I haven't caught a cold in the five years I have gone almost always barefoot or the 21 of the 23 years I can remember of my life I spent in bare feet.

Answer 5

No, no one told me that; however, I was told that I would catch cold from not wearing any socks in my sneakers, and to me this is not true. I have been wearing my sneakers barefoot for almost 30 years and never caught a cold for that.

Answer 6

Yes, that's an old fallacy. You might get cold feet though, which could lead you miss out on some amazing things, then you would feel bad, get depressed, weaken your immune system, and allow a cold virus to invade. : )
I recommend going barefoot at least around the house to my clients and patients as it stimulates pressure points in your feet that help your whole body. Go bare if you dare! peace

Answer 7

I'm a country woman who has gone barefoot a lot. With diabetes we are told to NEVER go barefoot. POOH! (of course, they want to take my ice cream away from me , too!)
I can catch the same amount of colds with covered feet as with bare feet!

Answer 8

Yes, but I was also told I would catch a cold if I went out with wet hair, and piles if I sat on a cold step

Answer 9

I've heard that said, mut my doctor convinced me that the only way to catch a cold is to get it from someone else who has one. You don't catch cold by being cold. You catch it from germs.

Answer 10

i was never told that.
i go out in the winter barefooted and have never caught a cold.
the "cold" is a virus, you don't catch it walking barefoot.

Answer 11

I have been told that I'll catch a cold by not dressing enough, yeah.
I have always wondered about that as a cold is a virus