Ways to warm your feet in the winter

Monday, 3 January 2011

Try this:
Stand on your tippy toes for a couple of minutes, then quickly come back down on your heels. Repeat several times until you feel your blood tingling through your feet and warming them up.

#2 Warm up your cold feet with a hot bath.
Take a relaxing foot soak in warm (not hot) water followed by a pair of warm socks. Oh, who am I kidding?... I usually just go for the full-out body soak in the bathtub. That's how I warm up all over... and fast! (In the winter, I sometimes take 3 baths a day!)

#3 Warm up your cold feet with chili powder.
Do this with caution, as too much of anything is a good thing... and this is especially true with chili powder!
Simply rub it directly onto the soles of your feet and the tops of your toes. Don't go much higher, as it may cause irritation.

#4 Warm up your cold feet with cayenne pepper.
When you eat red pepper, its active ingredient, capsaicin, increases the circulation in your toes and fingers. When you put cayenne (or red pepper spices) into your shoes or socks, you're doing the same thing... topically. For some people, the warming sensation happens immediately, for others, the heat gradually increases over time. (It also depends on how much you use.)