How Cold Water Treats Anxiety, Depression and Chronic Pain – Mark Harper, M.D., Ph.D. : 956

The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

Dave Asprey

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🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™...

…anesthetist and researcher, Mark Harper, M.D., Ph.D., shares how the power of cold-water practices can treat depression, anxiety, PTSD, arthritis, migraines and other health conditions you may be experiencing.

Despite all the attention cold water swimming and immersion has gotten in recent years—thank you, Wim Hof—the scientific community hasn’t taken it very seriously. That’s changing now. Dr. Harper’s research goes beyond what we already know about the benefits of cold-water therapy and lays out best practices for you.

In this episode you’ll learn:

How to safely establish your own customized practice of cold-water swimming
The ideal plunge frequency
How to heat your body from the inside out
Why using saunas can optimize your plunges
The effects of putting your face in cold water vs. just your body
Why swimming “in the wild”—lakes, rivers, seas — benefits you even more
How community plays a role in cold plunge practices
And more

You’ll also learn about science and case studies found in Dr. Harper’s new book, “Chill: The Cold Water Swim Cure - A Transformative Guide to Renew Your Body and Mind.” He explains how cold water has the ability to impacts us physiologically and mentally.

As Dr. Harper shares his long-awaited evidence on cold-water’s therapeutic power to strengthen the immune system, cell regeneration, and everyday vitality, you’ll come to understand how to harness the power of cold-water swimming.

If you are looking to up your cold-water therapy game, you’ll get a lot of value from this episode. Dr. Harper says you can start simply, one small movement into cold water at a time: “Your rest, digest, chill out, and anti-inflammatory response comes from putting your face into the water,” he says. He then goes on to other cold-water swim tips. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey.
0:06.0	Formerly, Bulletproof Radio.
0:11.4	You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey.
0:15.9	Today we're going to talk about cold water,
0:18.1	not about whether you should drink cold water,
0:21.1	but actually what happens when you swim in cold water,
0:25.6	what happens when you soak yourself in cold water.
0:28.4	And of course, our friend, Wim Hof, has been on the show.
0:31.5	He's graced the stage of my biohacking conference,
0:35.0	and he's always fun to hang out with.
0:37.9	So he's made some waves in the scientific community,
0:43.2	but still it's kind of fringy.
0:45.5	But I think it's changing now.
0:46.9	And I think it's appropriate to give Wim some credit for saying,
0:50.2	here's my lipopolysaccharide levels.
0:52.2	And I can withstand things other people can't.
0:54.6	It's the cold water.
0:56.0	But now there's a lot more science coming out on that.
0:59.2	So I found a guest for you who knows exactly what's
1:03.4	going on with some medical knowledge.
1:06.2	And what you're going to learn in the episode
1:08.5	is how you can use cold water on things like depression,
	...

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