Rhonda Patrick· PhD
You're going to see your RQ shift more towards 0.7, it lowers, it goes more towards fat burning.
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You're going to see your RQ shift more towards 0.7, it lowers, it goes more towards fat burning.
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So, one of the things you asked earlier about cold stress and weight loss with people I work with, that's actually one of the things I do. I want them to get a lot of sleep.
It doesn't burn a significant amount of fat. That's the downside. So, you're not going to really... The weight loss is minimal. It does in addition to dietary restriction, but you have to have some kind of deficit to start with. But it definitely shifts your RQ.
it turns out mild cold stress, naturally tends to lower RQ, meaning shifting towards fat.