#021 How Cryotherapy Affects the Brain, the Immune System, Metabolism, and Athletic Performance
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Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.
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🗓️ 12 February 2016
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Rhonda Patrick explains how cold shock is a type of hormesis, which is a description of a type of stress that, in the right doses, is enough to shock the body and kick off adaptive processes and response mechanisms that are hardwired into our genes, and, once on, are able to create a resilience that actually exceeds what was needed to counter the initial stimuli.
In this episode, you'll discover:
- (00:00) Introduction
- (03:09) Cold exposure is good stress for the brain
- (15:42) Cryotherapy reduces inflammation
- (23:12) Cold exposure, weight loss, and thermogenesis
- (30:45) Cold exposure increases antioxidant capacity and
- (33:42) How to use cold exposure to enhance athletic performance and recovery
- (52:44) Whole-body cryotherapy vs cold water immersion
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Good day, ladies and gentlemen, of the podcast. |
| 0:03.2 | Today, we go deep. |
| 0:04.8 | How deep you say? |
| 0:06.2 | 20,000 leagues under the sea deep on the topic of cryotherapy, |
| 0:10.8 | and cold water immersion and ice packs, |
| 0:13.1 | and hibernating animals and winter swimming, |
| 0:14.8 | and everything in between. |
| 0:16.8 | This podcast has been a long time coming. |
| 0:19.8 | The topic of cryotherapy is a natural complement |
| 0:22.3 | to some of the material that I've really released previously |
| 0:24.6 | on sauna use, or hyperthermic conditioning as I've called it. |
| 0:28.3 | But if I were to be completely honest, |
| 0:30.0 | a big motivation for this podcast has been the great deal |
| 0:33.4 | of enthusiasm. |
| 0:34.2 | Some of my friends have for cryotherapy, |
| 0:36.3 | folks like the great and powerful Joe Rogan, |
| 0:39.4 | also Kevin Rose, and probably more people |
| 0:41.9 | than you can shake a stick at. |
| 0:43.4 | Admit it. |
| 0:44.4 | You've been thinking about buying one of those tricked out |
| 0:46.5 | liquid nitrogen field spaceships yourself having you. |
| 0:50.1 | Okay, but before we dive in, here's what you need to know. |
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