307: How Daily Cold Showers Can Help Burn Fat, Improve Metabolism, and Alleviate Depression | Susanna Søberg, PhD
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2023
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Susanna Søberg is a PhD graduate from the University of Copenhagen, specializes in studying the effects of intentional exposure to cold and heat on human physiology, particularly metabolism. Her work explores how deliberate cold protocols can enhance glucose metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and neurotransmitter release, contributing to improved energy, mood, and focus.
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| 0:00.0 | What's poppin' family? It's episode 307 of The Genius Life. Let's go. |
| 0:17.2 | What's crackin' like and everybody welcome back to another episode of The Show. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm your host Max Lugovier of Filmmaker, health and science journals to New York Times' best |
| 0:24.4 | selling author. I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind how our choices, |
| 0:28.8 | including what we eat and how we live, affect our cognitive and physical performance, |
| 0:32.8 | how we feel, our health span and our risk for disease. This podcast is all about how to live in |
| 0:38.3 | that optimal state, which I call living like a genius. I have a very special episode of The Show |
| 0:43.4 | for you today, which I am super excited to present in it. I welcome Dr. Susanna Soberg. Dr. Soberg is |
| 0:49.0 | one of the world's leading researchers and experts in cold and heat therapy and functional breathing. |
| 0:55.1 | She's also the founder of The Soberg Institute, an online research-backed curriculum design to help |
| 1:00.2 | anyone optimize their stress management and performance for a healthier and happier life. Dr. Soberg |
| 1:06.0 | obtained her PhD in metabolism at the University of Copenhagen and her research has contributed |
| 1:10.3 | to a deeper understanding of brown fat metabolism in adults. In this episode of The Show, |
| 1:16.0 | Dr. Soberg is going to share what she's learned from her research on Danish winter swimmers |
| 1:20.6 | and how cold and hot therapy can be used as a therapeutic approach for combating metabolic illness |
| 1:26.3 | and even weight gain. We're going to get really specific and discuss the minimal effective dose |
| 1:30.5 | for cold exposure, whether cold showers and cold baths provide the same benefits, |
| 1:34.8 | who should and should not partake in cold therapy, and so much more. Cold therapy has a ton of |
| 1:40.7 | benefits that I've personally experienced myself. And so I am super excited to present Dr. Soberg to |
| 1:46.1 | you, who is one of the world's pre-human and experts in this topic. Dr. Soberg's research has |
| 1:50.8 | something for everybody, whether you're battling metabolic illness or issues related to mental health, |
| 1:56.8 | definitely listen through all the way to the end of this episode because she has a ton of |
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