How hot is too hot for the human body to function optimally? Researchers cranked up the temperature on volunteers to find out (www.nbcnews.com)

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As a deadly heat wave continues to ravage the U.S., new evidence suggests the human body may stop functioning optimally when outside temperatures climb to 104 to 122 degrees Fahrenheit.

Research presented Thursday at the annual Society for Experimental Biology conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, suggests that temperatures in that range raise a person's resting metabolic rate — the amount of energy needed to function at rest.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I don't know how people can live like that. I start sweating at 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

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