Frugal and Energy Efficient Living
In reply to the discussion: Cold weather Duers, what do you set your thermostat at during the day and at night? [View all]GreenPartyVoter
(73,093 posts)find out more about it. The house has hot water heat, does that mean that a place without ductwork can't use that system? (Amazingly, we are having a very warm winter. Only a few days under 30 thus far, and very little snow, but I predict Feb will be bad, just because the foxes I saw outside our windows looked very heavily covered in winter fur. They had to have grown it for a reason.)
I find it intriguing that hot spices are helping you. I've had.. not always charlie horses, but sometimes just that feeling you get right before they hit. (I do get charlie horses as well) Someone told me it was from an imbalance of potassium or calcium. I've tried both of those but can't tell if they work. And to be honest, I don't like messing with serious minerals like that in case I actually cause an imbalance. They can hurt my heart. I love hot spicy foods though. I wonder if keeping warm internally would help with those charlie horses at all? I usually crawl out of bed and try to get on the cold tile floor in the bathroom, but the other day I read that I should pinch the skin between my lip and my nose. Haven't had a chance to try that one yet!