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Reality Surpasses Fiction and this was close enough. Inside the Paleo movement there is a "cold therapy" trend. Its main contributor is Ray Cronise. You can wa
by fasteo 12y ago
Reality Surpasses Fiction and this was close enough.
Inside the Paleo movement there is a "cold therapy" trend. Its main contributor is Ray Cronise. You can watch a TED talk [1] and visit his web site [2]. His latest contribution is a scientific paper, co-authored with David Sinclair (yes, the resveratrol guy). It is titled "Metabolic Winter Hypothesis" [3] and it is quite interesting.
In simple terms, the rationale is the same as for the food leg of the paleo movement: Food availability is hurting us badly; warm "availability" is doing the same, so we better get some time in a colder environment.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrQ_ldCwKUQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrQ_ldCwKUQ
[2] http://hypothermics.com/home/ http://hypothermics.com/home/
[3] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24918620 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24918620
- jgrahamc 12y agoHa. I didn't know about that. Interesting. Part of the problem of parodying some of this stuff is that it's self-parodying. I keep thinking about what would happen if "Brad Bradstone" tries Soylent.
- maxerickson 12y agoHe seems like the kind of guy that would have a farm-to-table-to-farm system set up for the whole company. (Stolen from https://medium.com/message/new-york-city-after-global-warming-490928ef4166 https://medium.com/message/new-york-city-after-global-warmin... )
- lfuller 12y agoI actually start every day with an ice cold shower and find that it helps to wake me up and put me in the right frame of mind for the day. I don't claim it's anything more than psychological, but it's been a big help for me.
- swah 12y agoWhat is the temperature where you live?
- rschmitty 12y agoI enjoy cold showers from time to time. But as someone who just moved in to a new home and forgot to schedule gas turn on in advance leaving us without hot water, a true "ice cold" shower leaves you literally breathless. I've never felt my body react in such a way.
- oalders 12y agoI can second this. I spent 2 weeks in an apartment with no hot water. The first 30 seconds or so in the shower left me struggling for air. After that, it's a lot better. Not good, but better.
- oftenwrong 12y agoIf you stay in it for a while, you still acclimate. Just don't try it during a cold winter.
- saraid216 12y agoFWIW, a friend of mine suggested doing that and threw a study at me when I made disbelieving noises: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17993252 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17993252
- meritt 12y agoIt's called shivering. Your body does it in response to early hypothermia. It requires energy to shiver, which burns fat. This guy is a nut. Just exercise more.
- MadMoogle 12y agoRead the site. He suggests water temperatures that aren't cold enough to make you shiver. In fact, if you're shivering, you're way past the 80/20 point. This isn't woo woo crazy shit, he's done his research.
- shanev 12y agoIt's called cold thermogensis [1]. Fat burning could be one benefit, but apparently it can help your body get more adapted to changes in temperature. Some people who do cold plunges or cold showers feel that they can handle temperature fluctuations better, although most of that evidence is anecdotal. I personally switch to a cold shower after a hot shower and it makes me feel amazing afterwards. People have experimented with hot and cold temperature variations for years, like the Finnish with their saunas, and native Americans with sweat lodges. [1]: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=%22cold+thermogenesis%22 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=%22cold+thermogenes...