The Science Behind Cold And Heat Therapy And How To Do It For Maximum Benefit with Dr. Susanna Søberg
The Dr. Hyman Show
Dr. Mark Hyman
4.6 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2023
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Cold-water immersion and heat therapy are among the biggest wellness trends of the past few years, but they have a long-standing tradition of being practiced around the world. Today, I’m excited to sit down with Dr. Susanna Søberg to discuss the benefits of cold and heat therapy and how they have the potential to activate our longevity pathways.
Dr. Susanna Søberg is a Ph.D. in metabolism and specializes in functional breathing and cold and heat exposure for health optimization. She is the Founder and CEO of The Soeberg Institute, where she teaches how to "stress up to stress down" using natural stressors. Her scientific discoveries have shown the minimum threshold for how much cold and heat we need to reap the health benefits. She is an international author of Winter Swimming, a number-one bestseller on Amazon. Her book has been translated into 13 languages.
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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):
- How hot and cold therapy increases health and longevity (5:08 / 3:19)
- The physiological effects of cold therapy (11:05 / 8:37)
- The cognitive and mental health benefits of cold therapy (20:40 / 18:40)
- How cold therapy activates brown fat (31:06 / 26:50)
- Cold therapy for pain reduction (37:48 / 33:33)
- Cold therapy best practices (41:54 / 37:40)
- Is hot and cold therapy better in tandem? (1:00:49 / 53:30)
- The physiological effects of hot therapy (1:03:57 / 56:42)
- How much time should you spend in the sauna? (1:13:30 / 1:09:17)
- Benefits of infrared saunas and hot baths (1:16:58 / 1:12)
Research mentioned in this episode
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