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374: How to use cold therapy to optimize your blood sugar, brain health & sleep | Exercise physiologist Ben Greenfield

The mindbodygreen Podcast

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Ben Greenfield: “There's nothing that seems to control blood sugar more than the cold.”  Greenfield, an exercise physiologist, personal trainer, and New York Times bestselling author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how the cold can supercharge your health, plus: - How much cold therapy you need to reap the benefits (~11:00) - The best time of day to practice cold therapy (~13:41) - Why you might not want to consume antioxidants right after working out (~15:50) - Why you should exercise outdoors, especially during winter (~17:39) - A workout hack to balance your blood sugar (~19:49) Referenced in the episode: - mbg Podcast episodes #189 and #87, with Greenfield. - Greenfield's podcast, Ben Greenfield Fitness. - A study on antioxidant supplements and exercise-induced oxidative stress. Enjoy this episode sponsored by Visit Sun Valley! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.

0:08.0

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0:45.2

Hey everyone, we have best selling author, the co-founder of Keon and host of the Ben Greenfield

0:56.1

podcast, the one and only Ben Greenfield back on the show to talk all things cold. Yes, it is winter,

1:04.6

it is cold and we're going to embrace the cold weather and all of its glorious health benefits

1:11.3

here on the show today. Except for everybody listening from Miami and Dubai, right?

1:15.6

Except for our friends in those warmer climates and I'll be in Miami in a few weeks,

1:19.3

so that sounds lovely. But we're here in the cold. So Ben, let's start there. Anyone who follows you

1:25.8

on social media know that you spend a lot of time outside and also a lot of time outside

1:30.9

when it's cold and working outside, working out outside when it's cold. So why is that important?

1:35.8

Why is being outside in nature no matter how cold or how warm it is, why is that important to you?

1:45.4

Well, I mean, I like the cold. I mean, I didn't like the cold and it's kind of like the more you

1:52.6

learn about how something is good for you, it grows on here. It's like I didn't like

1:58.8

Brussels sprouts or asparagus or broccoli for a really long time either, but gosh, you know,

2:04.3

get a little extra virgin olive oil, like some really good salt and maybe a nice

2:08.6

balsamic vinegar right on there and eventually it kind of grows on you. And I think you take it

2:13.2

right and it's kind of like cold too. I mean, if you take it right, you have the right mind,

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