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[yasic]

This has nothing to do with religion, but the physical and life sciences forum seems like the right place...

Anyways, when I was growing up I was always taught that my core body temp was 36.6 C. However, I now know that most Americans are taught that it is 96.6 F which is about 37.0 C. Which is the true body temp?

Btw, before anyone offers, I read the wikipedia and other such sites oppinions, this thread is more of a light cultural body temp discussion one than a serious question. I am more curious to what people are usually taught and what they believe it to be...

 

[Washington]

98.6 F = 37 C Both are the standard body temperatures.

 

[LifeToTheFullest!]

98.6F is average.

 

[corvus_corax]

98.6 F (temp taken under the tongue) is what Ive heard my entire life, at least until I started working as a CNA years ago (when I found out that 98.2, +/- a degree or so, is the actual average spread out over a given 24 hour period). Our teacher pointed that out to us so that none of us n00bs would freak out if we ever got a 97.8 reading

 

[AV1611VET]

This has nothing to do with religion, but the physical and life sciences forum seems like the right place...

Anyways, when I was growing up I was always taught that my core body temp was 36.6 C. However, I now know that most Americans are taught that it is 96.6 F which is about 37.0 C. Which is the true body temp?

Btw, before anyone offers, I read the wikipedia and other such sites oppinions, this thread is more of a light cultural body temp discussion one than a serious question. I am more curious to what people are usually taught and what they believe it to be...

The average body temperature is 37.0 C.

This computes to 98.6 F (37 x 9 / 5 + 32).

 

[juvenissun]

This has nothing to do with religion, but the physical and life sciences forum seems like the right place...

Anyways, when I was growing up I was always taught that my core body temp was 36.6 C. However, I now know that most Americans are taught that it is 96.6 F which is about 37.0 C. Which is the true body temp?

Btw, before anyone offers, I read the wikipedia and other such sites oppinions, this thread is more of a light cultural body temp discussion one than a serious question. I am more curious to what people are usually taught and what they believe it to be...

You certainly can learn something from this question. There is not a "true" body temperature. Everything you learned from science is not really true either. This should be the most critical piece of learning in your college years.

 

[Freodin]

You certainly can learn something from this question. There is not a "true" body temperature. Everything you learned from science is not really true either. This should be the most critical piece of learning in your college years.

This is correct, in a way.

But some people use this statement to make claims such as "because there is no 'true' body temperature, I can say that the body has a temperature of 1050°C".

 

[Wiccan_Child]

The actual temperature depends what part of the body you're measuring. Under the tongue is ~36.8°C, while deeper measurements of your core gives ~37°C.

Me? I go with 37°C.

And, lol, all you people using Fahrenheit .

 

[Hespera]

The actual temperature depends what part of the body you're measuring. Under the tongue is ~36.8°C, while deeper measurements of your core gives ~37°C.

Me? I go with 37°C.

And, lol, all you people using Fahrenheit .

You think THAT is funny? How about moving to the usa and having to learn to use F? THAT is pure humour. yards and pounds and quarts. good grief.

 

[Wiccan_Child]

You think THAT is funny? How about moving to the usa and having to learn to use F? THAT is pure humour. yards and pounds and quarts. good grief.

Is it true that cider in the US is just apple juice?

 

[Bankai_2]

Is it true that cider in the US is just apple juice?

We call it apple cider unfiltered, and apple juice filtered.

 

[corvus_corax]

Is it true that cider in the US is just apple juice?

I dont know about the rest of the USA, but here in my region of Oregon, cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented apple juice.

 

[Wiccan_Child]

We call it apple cider unfiltered, and apple juice filtered.

Madness.

I dont know about the rest of the USA, but here in my region of Oregon, cider is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented apple juice.

 

[Bankai_2]

Oh you're referring to the alcoholic beverage? In that case, I think it's usually marketed as "hard cider". I wouldn't know, being underage. "Apple juice" has no alcohol in it.

 

[yasic]

Here, north eastern US, cider is in fact apple juice. Its not exactly the same as your everyday apple juice (not sure the exact difference, just know that cider has a much stronger slightly sweeter taste)- here there is no alcoholic component to it.


And I always measured my body temp under my armpit. Whenever I am not sick, it always goes to exactly 36.6 C (+/- 0.5 degrees)

 

[Wiccan_Child]

Oh you're referring to the alcoholic beverage? In that case, I think it's usually marketed as "hard cider". I wouldn't know, being underage. "Apple juice" has no alcohol in it.

So if I went into a bar (with an Irishman and a Frenchman) and ordered a pint of cider, I'd get non-alcoholic apple juice? Interesting...

 

[corvus_corax]

And I always measured my body temp under my armpit. Whenever I am not sick, it always goes to exactly 36.6 C (+/- 0.5 degrees)

Under the armpit, that's about right, as under the armpit is typically 1 degree F lower than a temp taken under the tongue (and rectal temps are typically 1 degree higher)

 

[AV1611VET]

So if I went into a bar (with an Irishman and a Frenchman) and ordered a pint of cider, I'd get non-alcoholic apple juice? Interesting...

If you buy a gallon of apple cider and let it sit for awhile, it will "harden".

Cider is a natural, liquid beverage that is obtained from the pressing of a finely ground fruit such as apples. Under the proper conditions, it undergoes a natural fermentation process, which yields an alcoholic juice. Cider has been made for thousands of years, however it has only recently seen a significant rise in popularity.

Fermentation, I believe, occurs when complex organic molecules are broken down into simpler molecules over time.

 

[Bankai_2]

So if I went into a bar (with an Irishman and a Frenchman) and ordered a pint of cider, I'd get non-alcoholic apple juice? Interesting...

I don't know; It probably depends on the bar, and what part of the country it's in.

 

[metherion]

Also, the thing is that 37C/98.6F is a human norm. Various humans have different ones. For instance, my core body temperature is actually 96.6F/35.9C (if I remember my conversions correctly). I'm two farenheit degrees below normal. So if I were 98.6F I'd have a fever.

Metherion