The body maintains optimal temperatures in several different ways. Among these ways are shivering when you are cold in order to heat you up, sweating when you are hot in order to cool you down, growing hair/fur/feathers depending on what kind of creature you are in order to keep warm, and having a layer of fat to protect you from the cold.
Isn't it fascinating how the body is able to come up with such creative ways to protect itself? I think it is amazing how often we take for granted these things! We tend to completely disregard the fact that our bodies are able to cool themselves in the hot summer months, or warm up in the dead of winter. It's certainly a huge blessing that our bodies know how to do these things! Think about it. If our bodies weren't able to produce something as simple as sweat, it would be terribly hard to handle those 90 degree days! Likewise, if we couldn't shiver, it would be difficult to warm up after swimming in the lake! These are definitely some big things to be thankful for! Don't ever take for granted the ways that your body takes care of itself!
The body maintains optimal temperatures in such interesting ways, and I hope that you understand them a bit better!
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