At the office or at home, working from home, you no longer know how to dress in a context of energy sobriety where it is recommended to set the temperature of offices and your home at a maximum of 19 degrees. But how can you avoid having your fingertips frozen while tapping on your keyboard?
How to avoid shivering all day long and avoid getting sick? Here are some tips and tricks to combat the cold and make the body more resistant without having to turn the heating up to the maximum.
Long clothes
No, we’re not telling you to take out your turtleneck right now and wrap yourself up in a duvet to keep warm, even if the temptation is great, you may not want to give up on your style during the coming winter months.
Especially since around you, the most stylish colleagues in your open space continue to wear chic outfits and fine clothes without you understanding how they manage to resist the cold, Festive Folks have some amazing collections of chic clothing. Know that even those people who seem ultra-resistant to the cold have their well-kept secret to avoid experiencing the slightest cold: thermal underwear.
Although they are far from sexy, they slip easily under your finest silk shirts, and under your tops that are a little too light for the season. They have the advantage of preserving body heat while being ultra discreet. Albeli suggests avoiding synthetic materials which do not allow the skin to breathe and favour natural materials such as cotton, linen, and polyester. If you’re looking to layer up in style, you can explore timeless and elegant options from a saree shop in Varanasi, where tradition meets comfort.
The onion technique
We already told you about it last season, but the onion technique is still relevant this season: it consists of putting on several layers of clothing intelligently to protect yourself from the cold.
The idea is to have the right outfit for each circumstance: lighter indoors if you are hot, and warm enough outdoors to avoid getting sick. We generally recommend three layers of clothing for the top and two layers for the bottom when it’s cold.
A long-sleeved bodysuit will do the trick as a first layer, or if you’re not too cold, start with a simple t-shirt, and layer it with a thin long-sleeved sweater and a waterproof jacket to protect yourself from the ambient humidity when you go outside.
A suitable diet
In Chinese medicine, it is recommended to change your diet when temperatures drop. We’re not just talking about drinking soups, broths, and hot drinks all the time. Although these have the gift of comforting us, they do not warm us from the inside.
We will then focus instead on spices and herbs such as ginger, cumin, fennel seeds, or even dill. In desserts, cinnamon is also a reference in this area. Dates, parsnips, mustard greens, winter squash, and sweet potatoes also have a way of warming us from the inside out.
Heating accessories
It is also generally recommended to protect the extremities to conserve body heat which is diffused throughout your body. However, you are not going to put on a hat or even mittens at the office. Fortunately, on the internet, there is a range of heating accessories that generally connect directly to your computer using a USB port.
Among the essentials that we have identified, we will note a heated mouse pad, a heated mouse, a heated footrest, hand warmers, or even the classic hot water bottle, and a small additional heater.
