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Today I spoke with Dr. Mike Key Nelson on the benefits of cold exposure therapy.

This is something we've discussed in the podcast years ago now with Katie Bowman, but it's resurfacing in terms of its potential importance, especially with the guru Wimhoff. If you've heard of him, he's the gentleman who has hiked up most of Mount Everest in just a pair of shorts and boots. But, and I think most relevant for our audience, this work of cold exposure also paired

with some breathwork, has shown the ability to help with immune mediated conditions,

specifically autoimmune conditions.

There may also be cardiovascular benefits, potential benefits for activating brown

adipose tissue and helping to metabolize body fats, stress tolerance. But we also want to be careful

because some of these things are mechanisms and we discuss the effect size of some of these.

And we also discuss some tips

and techniques for how to get started yourself with cold exposure therapy spoiler alert

I do about two to three minutes every morning in a 40 degree ice chest filled with water and And it is amazing. So we will go into this

discussion now with Mike Nelson, who has fact-checked much of the science and actually

built us into a broader program very serendipitously, where he helps an individual determine

what of all these areas where we could

harmonically stress someone, diet, fasting, breath, work, cold exposure into a personalized

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