Cold Therapy - Ep 1: Colder Room

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

There’s a chill in the air as the winter months come around again. But the cold isn’t always something to fight or guard against. With a little bit of care, you can invite the cold into your life - with real benefits for health and mood. In each episode of this new podcast series, Dr Michael Mosley uncovers the science behind a different way you can harness the power of the cold, alongside the very latest research and atmospheric sound design.

In this first episode, how turning your thermostat down by just a few degrees can improve your fat and blood sugar metabolism, boost your mood, and might even protect against type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Guest: Hannah Pallubinsky, Assistant Professor at Maastricht University.

Series Producer, Sound Designer and Mix Engineer: Richard Ward Researcher: William Hornbrook Science Producer: Samantha Lewis Production Manager: Maria Simons Editor: Zoe Heron Specially composed music by Richard Atkinson (Mcasso) A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds.
0:02.0	Hello everyone, it's Michelle Vassage, and welcome to my podcast Rule Breakers.
0:06.0	But you sit down and be bright.
0:08.0	Celebrating women's voices.
0:10.0	You're very welcome to now you're asking with me, Marion Keys Keys and me Tara Flynn.
0:14.8	This is juicy. No limits, no limits.
0:17.2	Celebrating women.
0:18.8	Where to be a woman is the podcast celebrating the best of women's well-being. We're on a quest to find out
0:24.4	where in the world women are living their best lives. Celebrate yourself.
0:28.8	Lesson on BBC Sounds.
0:35.0	Music Radio Podcasts.
0:40.0	You're about to listen to an episode of Cold Therapy with me Michael Maisley. If you're in the UK
0:46.1	the whole series is available now first on BBC Sounds. There's a chill in the air, as winter arrives, bringing shorter days and longer nights. Traditionally, is the time to wrap up to try and keep warm.
1:07.8	But the cold isn't always the enemy, something to bat away, to keep at bay. The cold is something we can at times work with
1:18.6	and harness in ways that can help our health and well being.
1:23.0	This is cold therapy, with me Dr Michael Mosley.
1:28.0	In this BBC Radio 4 podcast series,
1:31.0	I'm going to look at the science behind how the cold affects us.
1:35.0	Based on the latest research, we'll reveal some simple, safe and practical things you can do
1:41.0	and the effect they'll have. you choose to invite in the colder side of life.
1:51.2	In recent years as energy bells have soared and we have become much more aware of the dangers of climate change
1:58.0	many of us have decided in the colder months to turn the thermostat down a bit.
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