The Association Between Core Temperature and Health
Study to Explore How Core Temperature Reduction Influence Health
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology ,Chinese Academy of Sciences
36 participants
Jan 1, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if cold water drinking could promote body composition and further extend healthy lifespan in Chinese older adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does cold water drinking lower the body fat percentage? 2. Will cold water drinking positively extend lifespan in a long-term Researchers will compare cold water intervention group to a control group (drinking 37℃ water instead) to see if cold water drinking works to promote health and slow down ageing process. Participants will: 1. Drink 4℃ or 37℃ water 4 times (9a.m., 12p.m., 15p.m., 18p.m.) every day for 6 months. 2. Visit the institute and health checkup department for tests and checkup at baseline, the end of the 3rd month, and the end of 6th month.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- Aged between 50 and 65 years old (including 50 and 65)
- No surgery in the past 6 months
- Healthy (No metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, lung diseases (COPD, asthma, et al.), endocrine diseases and gastrointestinal diseases)
- Based in Shenzhen during the whole study period
- No significant change on body weight in the past 3 months
Exclusion Criteria8
- Those who need to take medication for a long term (including diet pills)
- On a diet
- Disabled
- Females who are trying to get pregnant, pregnant, or breastfeeding
- Presence of a metal implant in the body (e.g. pacemaker)
- Those with claustrophobia
- Those with blood phobia, pathological hypotension or hypertension
- Those who are in other intervention studies
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Interventions
Volunteers in the intervention group will be asked to drink up 500 ml 4℃ water within 10 minutes four times per day throughout the study.
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NCT06432491