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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 27 May 2010

    Wanna lose 1200 Calories a month? Drink a liter of ice water a day. You burn the energy just raising the water to body temp.

    6:12 AM - 27 May 2010
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      2. Ashraf‏ @AshrafAriff 28 Mar 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @itsBOBBIH 40 calories per day? Pfft.

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      3. ¹³‏ @itsBOBBIH 28 Mar 2014
        Replying to @AshrafAriff

        @AshrafAriff I'd burn more calories playing with my cat

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      4. Ashraf‏ @AshrafAriff 28 Mar 2014
        Replying to @itsBOBBIH

        @itsBOBBIH Or with yourself.

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      5. ¹³‏ @itsBOBBIH 28 Mar 2014
        Replying to @AshrafAriff

        @AshrafAriff "cat"

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      6. Ashraf‏ @AshrafAriff 28 Mar 2014
        Replying to @itsBOBBIH

        @itsBOBBIH OH. Got it. ;)

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      7. ¹³‏ @itsBOBBIH 28 Mar 2014
        Replying to @AshrafAriff

        @AshrafAriff wait. What.

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      8. Ashraf‏ @AshrafAriff 28 Mar 2014
        Replying to @itsBOBBIH

        @itsBOBBIH That's what you call yours. Cat.

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      1. Ohnhai‏ @Ohnhai 13 Jun 2014
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        @neiltyson that's ~40cals a day.... not enough to justify the brain freeze!!

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      1. Super-Duper-Sedure‏ @twinned_hive 11 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson but more importantly, drinking water of any temperature will increase metabolism (cite: http://press.endocrine.org/doi/full/10.1210/jc.2006-1438 …)

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      1. Super-Duper-Sedure‏ @twinned_hive 11 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson of course, things like rate/locality of absorption, water fraction, and basal metabolic rates vary

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      2. Aadeesh‏ @Aadeesh 22 Jun 2015
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        @neiltyson @PhalinShah And extra 1200 battling sore throat, cough and cold? :D

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      3. Phalin‏ @PhalinShah 22 Jun 2015
        Replying to @Aadeesh

        @Aadeesh @neiltyson After a while, body will get immune to the cold water!

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      1. Mark Lawler‏ @mark_lawler 16 May 2015
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        .@neiltyson And my friends & family made fun of my "Snowcone Diet" startup company idea complete with "supplement enhanced" flavorings. ;)

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      1. Dave Ryan‏ @YeduhinMeheddin 3 May 2015
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        @neiltyson so... Cold beer is less fattening than warm beer or red wine? Let the experiment begin!

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      1. Jyri Tiimonen‏ @JyriTiimonen 12 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson 1200 cal, not 1200 kcal?

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      1. Super-Duper-Sedure‏ @twinned_hive 11 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson quick and dirty math suggests to me that 1 L of ice water only lowers body temperature by 1 K for a 200 lb. person

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      1. Elise Hammons‏ @elisehammons 25 Jun 2013
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        @neiltyson does the same thing happen if you take an ice bath or cold shower?

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      1. Val Tenyotkin‏ @2deviant 20 Jun 2013
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        @neiltyson Thank you for proliferating science. I shall now shamelessly advertise my own article on a similar topic: http://open.salon.com/blog/2deviant/2013/04/09/new_diet_turn_off_your_heater …

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      1. John Hunter‏ @curiouscat_com 14 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson Do you really burn these Calories if your body is trying to cool down? http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2013/04/15/can-you-effectively-burn-calories-by-drinking-cold-water/ …

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      1. Bae Guevara☭‏ @Kaimandante 20 Sep 2012
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        @neiltyson I'm gonna try this ice water calorie burning thing. if it works I'll write a book about it, u slap ur name on it, and...rich!!

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