(November 25, 2013 at 12:12 pm)victor4128 Wrote:(November 25, 2013 at 10:52 am)pocaracas Wrote: It is known.
Alcohol makes you feel warmer.
It is known.
According to what stewie said it makes you feel colder because it contrains the blood vessels or something
Don't know who stewie is, but the idea is that alcohol expands your blood vessels, or does something to your brain that makes the vessels expand (can't remember)... thus giving you the impression of warmth.
However, you are actually releasing body heat much faster like that, hence the chances of going into hypothermia increase quite a bit.... but your brain is fooled so it thinks you're warm!
Still... must be some sort of rite... going out in the freezing cold wearing next to nothing!