The Benefits of Cold Therapy Interview with Dr Leland Stillman
00:00well hi friends and welcome to our well hi friends and welcome to our second episode of the authentic self second episode of the authentic self second episode of the authentic self wellness wisdom series I'm very excited wellness wisdom series I'm very excited wellness wisdom series I'm very excited today because I am joined by a longtime today because I am joined by a longtime today because I am joined by a longtime friend colleague source of inspiration friend colleague source of inspiration friend colleague source of inspiration dr. Leland Stillman thank you so much dr. Leland Stillman thank you so much dr. Leland Stillman thank you so much for being here thank you for having me for being here thank you for having me for being here thank you for having me Marga it's great to be here Marga it's great to be here Marga it's great to be here absolutely I'm going to go ahead and absolutely I'm going to go ahead and absolutely I'm going to go ahead and read your bio because I want people to read your bio because I want people to read your bio because I want people to truly understand who you are what you're truly understand who you are what you're truly understand who you are what you're all about your mission your beliefs and all about your mission your beliefs and all about your mission your beliefs and also how they can contact you and work also how they can contact you and work also how they can contact you and work with you so dr. Leland Stillman he with you so dr. Leland Stillman he with you so dr. Leland Stillman he specializes in holistic and natural specializes in holistic and natural specializes in holistic and natural medicine from an early age he knew that medicine from an early age he knew that medicine from an early age he knew that he wanted to be a physician he actually he wanted to be a physician he actually he wanted to be a physician he actually did struggle with ear and sinus did struggle with ear and sinus did struggle with ear and sinus infections as a child I myself I did infections as a child I myself I did infections as a child I myself I did that as well his passion is helping that as well his passion is helping that as well his passion is helping young people achieve optimal performance young people achieve optimal performance young people achieve optimal performance and specifically helping them to manage and specifically helping them to manage and specifically helping them to manage allergies and autoimmune diseases in allergies and autoimmune diseases in allergies and autoimmune diseases in Halle in holistic and natural medicine Halle in holistic and natural medicine Halle in holistic and natural medicine dr. Stillman grew up in Richmond
01:00dr. Stillman grew up in Richmond dr. Stillman grew up in Richmond Virginia and now his practice is in the Virginia and now his practice is in the Virginia and now his practice is in the nearby town of Colonial Heights very nearby town of Colonial Heights very nearby town of Colonial Heights very cool so in addition to this dr. Stillman cool so in addition to this dr. Stillman cool so in addition to this dr. Stillman has a really interesting program an has a really interesting program an has a really interesting program an online course that we'll talk about at online course that we'll talk about at online course that we'll talk about at the end of this interview the end of this interview the end of this interview it's called polar bear Fitness I'll go it's called polar bear Fitness I'll go it's called polar bear Fitness I'll go ahead and I'll put a link down below if ahead and I'll put a link down below if ahead and I'll put a link down below if you guys want to check that out if you you guys want to check that out if you you guys want to check that out if you do want to visit him in person if you do want to visit him in person if you do want to visit him in person if you are in the Colonial Heights area he is are in the Colonial Heights area he is are in the Colonial Heights area he is at the Anders wellness Anders wellness at the Anders wellness Anders wellness at the Anders wellness Anders wellness consulting and I'll go ahead and I'll consulting and I'll go ahead and I'll consulting and I'll go ahead and I'll put the phone number in the box down put the phone number in the box down put the phone number in the box down below so people can call up and schedule below so people can call up and schedule below so people can call up and schedule an appointment with you so again welcome an appointment with you so again welcome an appointment with you so again welcome running here so as you know today we're running here so as you know today we're running here so as you know today we're talking about the benefits of being cold talking about the benefits of being cold talking about the benefits of being cold now you and I we've talked about this now you and I we've talked about this now you and I we've talked about this like this is nothing new to us but for a like this is nothing new to us but for a like this is nothing new to us but for a lot of our viewers they may still be lot of our viewers they may still be lot of our viewers they may still be thinking that okay being warm and almost thinking that okay being warm and almost thinking that okay being warm and almost being hot is healthy that it's better being hot is healthy that it's better being hot is healthy that it's better and it's like we've been conditioned to
02:00and it's like we've been conditioned to and it's like we've been conditioned to think that way you know when we get sick think that way you know when we get sick think that way you know when we get sick or mom used to bundle this up in coats or mom used to bundle this up in coats or mom used to bundle this up in coats and put all the hats and the scarfs on and put all the hats and the scarfs on and put all the hats and the scarfs on but today you're going to talk about why but today you're going to talk about why but today you're going to talk about why being cold is actually better for us being cold is actually better for us being cold is actually better for us so cold became something that I became so cold became something that I became so cold became something that I became interested in when a colleague of mine interested in when a colleague of mine interested in when a colleague of mine dr. Jack Cruz he told me to live like a dr. Jack Cruz he told me to live like a dr. Jack Cruz he told me to live like a polar bear which is what inspired polar polar bear which is what inspired polar polar bear which is what inspired polar bear Fitness and jacket going back and bear Fitness and jacket going back and bear Fitness and jacket going back and done all this research into what the done all this research into what the done all this research into what the cold does physiologically to human cold does physiologically to human cold does physiologically to human beings and he and Park got interested in beings and he and Park got interested in beings and he and Park got interested in it because we are using it in modern it because we are using it in modern it because we are using it in modern medicine we're using it in people who've medicine we're using it in people who've medicine we're using it in people who've had what we call hypoxic ischemic had what we call hypoxic ischemic had what we call hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy which is a fancy way of encephalopathy which is a fancy way of encephalopathy which is a fancy way of saying brain damage from a heart attack saying brain damage from a heart attack saying brain damage from a heart attack we're using it in people who are having we're using it in people who are having we're using it in people who are having spinal cord trauma we're using it spinal cord trauma we're using it spinal cord trauma we're using it postoperatively in hip or joint postoperatively in hip or joint postoperatively in hip or joint replacements surely you know you can use replacements surely you know you can use replacements surely you know you can use it on any joint after it's had a it on any joint after it's had a it on any joint after it's had a replacement and I'm seeing my colleagues replacement and I'm seeing my colleagues replacement and I'm seeing my colleagues in the orthopedic world you know bone in the orthopedic world you know bone in the orthopedic world you know bone doctors or for replacing joint sticks doctors or for replacing joint sticks doctors or for replacing joint sticks and joints use it more and more often and joints use it more and more often and joints use it more and more often so I'd already run into cold therapy
03:00so I'd already run into cold therapy so I'd already run into cold therapy actually used it in the hospital but I actually used it in the hospital but I actually used it in the hospital but I didn't realize how important it was how didn't realize how important it was how didn't realize how important it was how powerful it was as a therapy for people powerful it was as a therapy for people powerful it was as a therapy for people who are not in the hospital just as a who are not in the hospital just as a who are not in the hospital just as a way of maintaining health in order to way of maintaining health in order to way of maintaining health in order to understand really how this works you understand really how this works you understand really how this works you have to go back to how really mammalian have to go back to how really mammalian have to go back to how really mammalian metabolism is wired people have to metabolism is wired people have to metabolism is wired people have to remember that we are not wired to be remember that we are not wired to be remember that we are not wired to be comfortable or fashionable you know when comfortable or fashionable you know when comfortable or fashionable you know when people complain about losing weight what people complain about losing weight what people complain about losing weight what they need to remember is that they're they need to remember is that they're they need to remember is that they're wired to gain weight when they're in a wired to gain weight when they're in a wired to gain weight when they're in a season of abundance right and then season of abundance right and then season of abundance right and then they're doing that so that in the cold they're doing that so that in the cold they're doing that so that in the cold times they can generate heat in order to times they can generate heat in order to times they can generate heat in order to stay warm so you know every like stay warm so you know every like stay warm so you know every like kindergartner probably at some point kindergartner probably at some point kindergartner probably at some point wonders why you know we are not just all wonders why you know we are not just all wonders why you know we are not just all dinosaur snacks and why we're somehow dinosaur snacks and why we're somehow dinosaur snacks and why we're somehow this squishy kind of weak mammal on this squishy kind of weak mammal on this squishy kind of weak mammal on planet earth that's become the apex planet earth that's become the apex planet earth that's become the apex predator right there's much more predator right there's much more predator right there's much more fearsome animals in the history of this fearsome animals in the history of this fearsome animals in the history of this planet they could have dominated the planet they could have dominated the planet they could have dominated the Earth's surface and the reason that Earth's surface and the reason that Earth's surface and the reason that mammals dominate the earth is that we
04:00mammals dominate the earth is that we mammals dominate the earth is that we can generate heat inside of our bodies can generate heat inside of our bodies can generate heat inside of our bodies and we do this in response to cold now and we do this in response to cold now and we do this in response to cold now on the surface that sounds actually on the surface that sounds actually on the surface that sounds actually quite simplistic you get cold your body quite simplistic you get cold your body quite simplistic you get cold your body burns burns fat and sugar in order to burns burns fat and sugar in order to burns burns fat and sugar in order to create a heat to keep you warm to keep create a heat to keep you warm to keep create a heat to keep you warm to keep you from freezing to death but in fact you from freezing to death but in fact you from freezing to death but in fact this is actually linked into our this is actually linked into our this is actually linked into our metabolism in an incredibly complex way metabolism in an incredibly complex way metabolism in an incredibly complex way from the brain stem to your adipose from the brain stem to your adipose from the brain stem to your adipose tissue your fat tissue to all the organs tissue your fat tissue to all the organs tissue your fat tissue to all the organs of your of your of your and people today you know more than ever and people today you know more than ever and people today you know more than ever are struggling with weight loss and are struggling with weight loss and are struggling with weight loss and their blood sugar so diabetes and what their blood sugar so diabetes and what their blood sugar so diabetes and what people need to realize is that every is people need to realize is that every is people need to realize is that every is that basically the cold helps us to that basically the cold helps us to that basically the cold helps us to manage these conditions and we're really manage these conditions and we're really manage these conditions and we're really wired to live in a in a universe where wired to live in a in a universe where wired to live in a in a universe where we actually get cold this is especially we actually get cold this is especially we actually get cold this is especially true as you go further and further away true as you go further and further away true as you go further and further away from the equator why this is where the from the equator why this is where the from the equator why this is where the polar bears come and I create a polar polar bears come and I create a polar polar bears come and I create a polar bear Fitness because I wanted people to bear Fitness because I wanted people to bear Fitness because I wanted people to understand how diabetes and weight gain understand how diabetes and weight gain understand how diabetes and weight gain work in nature
05:00work in nature work in nature Einstein told us to look deep into Einstein told us to look deep into Einstein told us to look deep into nature to understand everything better nature to understand everything better nature to understand everything better and I think that that is maybe the best and I think that that is maybe the best and I think that that is maybe the best piece of advice I can give anyone who piece of advice I can give anyone who piece of advice I can give anyone who wants to reverse some kind of chronic wants to reverse some kind of chronic wants to reverse some kind of chronic disease so polar bears live at a high disease so polar bears live at a high disease so polar bears live at a high latitude where there's tons of food latitude where there's tons of food latitude where there's tons of food around during the summer they actually around during the summer they actually around during the summer they actually could kill more food than they eat and could kill more food than they eat and could kill more food than they eat and during the summer they gain hundreds of during the summer they gain hundreds of during the summer they gain hundreds of pounds despite eating a low protein high pounds despite eating a low protein high pounds despite eating a low protein high fat diet which is pretty amazing and the fat diet which is pretty amazing and the fat diet which is pretty amazing and the reason that they're gaining weight is reason that they're gaining weight is reason that they're gaining weight is that they're under constant light we that they're under constant light we that they're under constant light we define the Arctic Circle as the latitude define the Arctic Circle as the latitude define the Arctic Circle as the latitude north of which you can see the Sun for north of which you can see the Sun for north of which you can see the Sun for 24 hours on the summer solstice the 24 hours on the summer solstice the 24 hours on the summer solstice the longest day of the year and so during longest day of the year and so during longest day of the year and so during that season the Bears are never really that season the Bears are never really that season the Bears are never really sleeping because the Bears are under sleeping because the Bears are under sleeping because the Bears are under constant light and anyone who's ever constant light and anyone who's ever constant light and anyone who's ever worked the night shift who's had a worked the night shift who's had a worked the night shift who's had a period in their life with a lot of period in their life with a lot of period in their life with a lot of stress where they're staying up late and stress where they're staying up late and stress where they're staying up late and be working on term papers in school be working on term papers in school be working on term papers in school because people will all tell you they're because people will all tell you they're because people will all tell you they're like yeah you know I stress aid and then like yeah you know I stress aid and then like yeah you know I stress aid and then I gain weight I gain weight I gain weight they think they're gaining weight just they think they're gaining weight just they think they're gaining weight just because they're eating but it turns out
06:00because they're eating but it turns out because they're eating but it turns out that if you take two people and you have that if you take two people and you have that if you take two people and you have one of them eat more at night and the one of them eat more at night and the one of them eat more at night and the other one eat during the day the one other one eat during the day the one other one eat during the day the one who's eating more at night is going to who's eating more at night is going to who's eating more at night is going to gain more weight just by eating the gain more weight just by eating the gain more weight just by eating the exact same number of calories and this exact same number of calories and this exact same number of calories and this is all mediated by light and melatonin is all mediated by light and melatonin is all mediated by light and melatonin which is the hormone of darkness and not which is the hormone of darkness and not which is the hormone of darkness and not by by just what they're eating so people by by just what they're eating so people by by just what they're eating so people really need to understand that and the really need to understand that and the really need to understand that and the cold comes in when it comes down the cold comes in when it comes down the cold comes in when it comes down the cold comes in as simply the trigger to cold comes in as simply the trigger to cold comes in as simply the trigger to the body to start to burn burn fuel for the body to start to burn burn fuel for the body to start to burn burn fuel for heat and this makes it one of the most heat and this makes it one of the most heat and this makes it one of the most powerful tools we powerful tools we powerful tools we actually rewire someone's metabolism actually rewire someone's metabolism actually rewire someone's metabolism interesting why why do you think we've interesting why why do you think we've interesting why why do you think we've all been conditioned to think that being all been conditioned to think that being all been conditioned to think that being warm is healthier and it's better for us warm is healthier and it's better for us warm is healthier and it's better for us what I'm just kind of curious in your what I'm just kind of curious in your what I'm just kind of curious in your opinion how did we get to this place so opinion how did we get to this place so opinion how did we get to this place so I think that has to do with the fact I think that has to do with the fact I think that has to do with the fact that sauna therapy has been such a that sauna therapy has been such a that sauna therapy has been such a success and you know people will say success and you know people will say success and you know people will say maybe taken aback that I just been
07:00maybe taken aback that I just been maybe taken aback that I just been plugging the benefits of cold therapy plugging the benefits of cold therapy plugging the benefits of cold therapy but now I'm talking about how beneficial but now I'm talking about how beneficial but now I'm talking about how beneficial sauna is it's really interesting when sauna is it's really interesting when sauna is it's really interesting when you look at the effects of these two you look at the effects of these two you look at the effects of these two therapies and in my opinion there's no therapies and in my opinion there's no therapies and in my opinion there's no better way to kind of like recharge your better way to kind of like recharge your better way to kind of like recharge your battery then sauna and cold as obvious battery then sauna and cold as obvious battery then sauna and cold as obvious it's a blanket statements there's a lot it's a blanket statements there's a lot it's a blanket statements there's a lot of a lot of caveats and I like to see of a lot of caveats and I like to see of a lot of caveats and I like to see people in person to give them a whole people in person to give them a whole people in person to give them a whole wellness plan but babies right the wellness plan but babies right the wellness plan but babies right the basically sauna when you look at the basically sauna when you look at the basically sauna when you look at the effects of infrared and red light on effects of infrared and red light on effects of infrared and red light on mitochondria and cellular function this mitochondria and cellular function this mitochondria and cellular function this is what photobiomodulation is all done is what photobiomodulation is all done is what photobiomodulation is all done really I think light is going to be the really I think light is going to be the really I think light is going to be the emerging therapeutic modality that we're emerging therapeutic modality that we're emerging therapeutic modality that we're using more and more as we study it going using more and more as we study it going using more and more as we study it going forward in both modern conventional and forward in both modern conventional and forward in both modern conventional and unconventional alternative holistic unconventional alternative holistic unconventional alternative holistic whatever you want to call it medicine whatever you want to call it medicine whatever you want to call it medicine good and what people need to understand good and what people need to understand good and what people need to understand about this is that burning fat about this is that burning fat about this is that burning fat maintaining metabolic health avoiding maintaining metabolic health avoiding maintaining metabolic health avoiding everything from cancer to autoimmune everything from cancer to autoimmune everything from cancer to autoimmune diseases to allergies means keeping your diseases to allergies means keeping your diseases to allergies means keeping your metabolism and your mitochondria healthy metabolism and your mitochondria healthy metabolism and your mitochondria healthy and you can change mitochondrial
08:00and you can change mitochondrial and you can change mitochondrial function just by changing the light that function just by changing the light that function just by changing the light that those mitochondria see I mean if you those mitochondria see I mean if you those mitochondria see I mean if you think about it what you're doing when think about it what you're doing when think about it what you're doing when you when you create heat from your when you when you create heat from your when you when you create heat from your when your body burns fat for heat what you're your body burns fat for heat what you're your body burns fat for heat what you're really doing is you're creating light really doing is you're creating light really doing is you're creating light that's emitted from your mitochondria that's emitted from your mitochondria that's emitted from your mitochondria and people who want to learn more about and people who want to learn more about and people who want to learn more about this should look up the work of a guy this should look up the work of a guy this should look up the work of a guy named Gerald Pollock or Gilbert Lane named Gerald Pollock or Gilbert Lane named Gerald Pollock or Gilbert Lane that's the really super heavy-duty that's the really super heavy-duty that's the really super heavy-duty science II type stuff Gerald science II type stuff Gerald science II type stuff Gerald wrote a great book where he talks about wrote a great book where he talks about wrote a great book where he talks about how light structures water inside of the how light structures water inside of the how light structures water inside of the cell in order to create really the cell in order to create really the cell in order to create really the structure we depend upon for the cells structure we depend upon for the cells structure we depend upon for the cells to function this is why you ask most to function this is why you ask most to function this is why you ask most people in health and wellness why sauna people in health and wellness why sauna people in health and wellness why sauna works to help people they'll give you a works to help people they'll give you a works to help people they'll give you a lot of biochemical answers but they lot of biochemical answers but they lot of biochemical answers but they won't get down to this level of detail won't get down to this level of detail won't get down to this level of detail where they're looking at how it affects where they're looking at how it affects where they're looking at how it affects mitochondrial function mitochondrial function mitochondrial function so sauna is really an effective tool for so sauna is really an effective tool for so sauna is really an effective tool for this reason and I love pairing it with this reason and I love pairing it with this reason and I love pairing it with the cold but the simple well not only
09:00the cold but the simple well not only the cold but the simple well not only because it has benefits of its own but because it has benefits of its own but because it has benefits of its own but also because the main reason that people also because the main reason that people also because the main reason that people don't want to get cold as they hate the don't want to get cold as they hate the don't want to get cold as they hate the feeling of shivering and being cold feeling of shivering and being cold feeling of shivering and being cold afterward yeah and if you put them into afterward yeah and if you put them into afterward yeah and if you put them into a sauna you avoid that and in fact you a sauna you avoid that and in fact you a sauna you avoid that and in fact you know nothing is more satisfying than a know nothing is more satisfying than a know nothing is more satisfying than a meal eaten when hungry and nothing is meal eaten when hungry and nothing is meal eaten when hungry and nothing is more satisfying than a song huh entered more satisfying than a song huh entered more satisfying than a song huh entered one cold yeah it becomes like my idea of one cold yeah it becomes like my idea of one cold yeah it becomes like my idea of a good Saturday is like going from the a good Saturday is like going from the a good Saturday is like going from the sauna to the cold plunge back to the sauna to the cold plunge back to the sauna to the cold plunge back to the sauna back to the cool I can see you do sauna back to the cool I can see you do sauna back to the cool I can see you do later I tell Pete Abel about this with later I tell Pete Abel about this with later I tell Pete Abel about this with people in cold environments because all people in cold environments because all people in cold environments because all ancient peoples in these environments ancient peoples in these environments ancient peoples in these environments Scandinavia Russia particularly Finland Scandinavia Russia particularly Finland Scandinavia Russia particularly Finland these people all have a history of song these people all have a history of song these people all have a history of song the Native Americans have a history of the Native Americans have a history of the Native Americans have a history of sweat lodge they are there recreating sweat lodge they are there recreating sweat lodge they are there recreating the Sun using wood and you know most of the Sun using wood and you know most of the Sun using wood and you know most of sunlight 42% of it is infrared light sunlight 42% of it is infrared light sunlight 42% of it is infrared light that's just heat I can't remember but I that's just heat I can't remember but I that's just heat I can't remember but I think it's like 10 or 15 percent more think it's like 10 or 15 percent more think it's like 10 or 15 percent more it's red light so we're wired to run on
10:00it's red light so we're wired to run on it's red light so we're wired to run on this light and modern artificial light this light and modern artificial light this light and modern artificial light is loaded with with blue and green and is loaded with with blue and green and is loaded with with blue and green and then completely edited out the lower then completely edited out the lower then completely edited out the lower spectrum which is one reason why people spectrum which is one reason why people spectrum which is one reason why people have so many problems with diseases that have so many problems with diseases that have so many problems with diseases that are linked to artificial lighting are linked to artificial lighting are linked to artificial lighting particularly artificial light at night particularly artificial light at night particularly artificial light at night right and if our viewers follow you on right and if our viewers follow you on right and if our viewers follow you on social media when you do your live social media when you do your live social media when you do your live broadcast in your videos broadcast in your videos broadcast in your videos they'll probably notice that you wear they'll probably notice that you wear they'll probably notice that you wear glasses right the red glasses so can you glasses right the red glasses so can you glasses right the red glasses so can you speak to that I know that's kind of my speak to that I know that's kind of my speak to that I know that's kind of my shirt topic but so well but it's so it's shirt topic but so well but it's so it's shirt topic but so well but it's so it's you know I have you can already tell him you know I have you can already tell him you know I have you can already tell him I'm jumping around a lot right why am i I'm jumping around a lot right why am i I'm jumping around a lot right why am i jumping or not because it's all jumping or not because it's all jumping or not because it's all connected it's all yeah like John Muir connected it's all yeah like John Muir connected it's all yeah like John Muir said that when you tug on one thing in said that when you tug on one thing in said that when you tug on one thing in nature you find out it's connected to nature you find out it's connected to nature you find out it's connected to everything else I'm paraphrasing that's everything else I'm paraphrasing that's everything else I'm paraphrasing that's basically what said he's right basically what said he's right basically what said he's right so going back to the polar bear right my so going back to the polar bear right my so going back to the polar bear right my favorite teaching example so all of the favorite teaching example so all of the favorite teaching example so all of the I tell people that all the health and I tell people that all the health and I tell people that all the health and wellness tips that they are and really wellness tips that they are and really wellness tips that they are and really particularly all the weight loss and
11:00particularly all the weight loss and particularly all the weight loss and diabetes tips they're going to hear diabetes tips they're going to hear diabetes tips they're going to hear about in health and wellness fear polar about in health and wellness fear polar about in health and wellness fear polar bears have already figured out and have bears have already figured out and have bears have already figured out and have been been been for all of their evolution history for all of their evolution history for all of their evolution history 25,000 polar bears which is how many 25,000 polar bears which is how many 25,000 polar bears which is how many polar bears that are approximately in polar bears that are approximately in polar bears that are approximately in nature cannot be wrong and they use nature cannot be wrong and they use nature cannot be wrong and they use these tricks every single winter so what these tricks every single winter so what these tricks every single winter so what is the Arctic winter the days get is the Arctic winter the days get is the Arctic winter the days get shorter the temperatures go down this shorter the temperatures go down this shorter the temperatures go down this means there's less light in the means there's less light in the means there's less light in the environment as there's less and less environment as there's less and less environment as there's less and less light in the environment bear melatonin light in the environment bear melatonin light in the environment bear melatonin levels increase melatonin is something levels increase melatonin is something levels increase melatonin is something most people have heard of as a sleeping most people have heard of as a sleeping most people have heard of as a sleeping aid many people have tried it but they aid many people have tried it but they aid many people have tried it but they don't realize is that body's actually don't realize is that body's actually don't realize is that body's actually naked but they the production of naked but they the production of naked but they the production of melatonin is linked to the light you see melatonin is linked to the light you see melatonin is linked to the light you see during the day and then what happens is during the day and then what happens is during the day and then what happens is it gets stored in the pineal gland deep it gets stored in the pineal gland deep it gets stored in the pineal gland deep in the brain and after 3 to 4 hours of in the brain and after 3 to 4 hours of in the brain and after 3 to 4 hours of an absence of blue or green light that's an absence of blue or green light that's an absence of blue or green light that's when the melatonin is released when the melatonin is released when the melatonin is released what melatonin does around the body is what melatonin does around the body is what melatonin does around the body is suppresses appetite turns on fat burning suppresses appetite turns on fat burning suppresses appetite turns on fat burning and renovates or mitochondria so you can and renovates or mitochondria so you can and renovates or mitochondria so you can burn fat so polar bears could eat
12:00burn fat so polar bears could eat burn fat so polar bears could eat literally anything they wanted literally anything they wanted literally anything they wanted during the Arctic summer and still lose during the Arctic summer and still lose during the Arctic summer and still lose weight in the winter and because the weight in the winter and because the weight in the winter and because the cold and the melatonin aren't are cold and the melatonin aren't are cold and the melatonin aren't are suppressing their appetites turning on suppressing their appetites turning on suppressing their appetites turning on fat burning and fixing their fat burning and fixing their fat burning and fixing their mitochondria so they can burn fat and mitochondria so they can burn fat and mitochondria so they can burn fat and you know you talk to anyone who works you know you talk to anyone who works you know you talk to anyone who works the night shift we talked to anyone who the night shift we talked to anyone who the night shift we talked to anyone who lives a very blue-shifted life with a lives a very blue-shifted life with a lives a very blue-shifted life with a lot of technology they're always telling lot of technology they're always telling lot of technology they're always telling you about how hard it is to lose weight you about how hard it is to lose weight you about how hard it is to lose weight how hard it is to manage their blood how hard it is to manage their blood how hard it is to manage their blood sugar all these different things yeah sugar all these different things yeah sugar all these different things yeah and they fail to see this link with and they fail to see this link with and they fail to see this link with light so you can wear glasses that block light so you can wear glasses that block light so you can wear glasses that block blue light from entering your your eyes blue light from entering your your eyes blue light from entering your your eyes I got a pair right here and they're I got a pair right here and they're I got a pair right here and they're these these dark red lenses and the key these these dark red lenses and the key these these dark red lenses and the key key to understand is this is mediated key to understand is this is mediated key to understand is this is mediated primarily through the eye a certain primarily through the eye a certain primarily through the eye a certain amount of melatonin suppression can amount of melatonin suppression can amount of melatonin suppression can happen through the skin but it's happen through the skin but it's happen through the skin but it's primarily through the eye these are primarily through the eye these are primarily through the eye these are wrong optics blue blockers I'm gonna wrong optics blue blockers I'm gonna wrong optics blue blockers I'm gonna philia for them in for blue blocks and philia for them in for blue blocks and philia for them in for blue blocks and people who are interested blue blocks is
13:00people who are interested blue blocks is people who are interested blue blocks is gonna have a a Black Friday sale this gonna have a a Black Friday sale this gonna have a a Black Friday sale this coming week I think the code is a bf coming week I think the code is a bf coming week I think the code is a bf 2019 do you wanna after this interview 2019 do you wanna after this interview 2019 do you wanna after this interview send me uh your affiliate link and I'll send me uh your affiliate link and I'll send me uh your affiliate link and I'll go ahead and I'll link to that down go ahead and I'll link to that down go ahead and I'll link to that down below for everybody they're interested below for everybody they're interested below for everybody they're interested so I found the table about blue blockers so I found the table about blue blockers so I found the table about blue blockers for all of my patients friends family for all of my patients friends family for all of my patients friends family because you know for me they had such an because you know for me they had such an because you know for me they had such an incredible impact on how much I was incredible impact on how much I was incredible impact on how much I was eating and I wasn't struggling my way eating and I wasn't struggling my way eating and I wasn't struggling my way but I had struggled to frankly just keep but I had struggled to frankly just keep but I had struggled to frankly just keep enough gas in the tank and what blew me enough gas in the tank and what blew me enough gas in the tank and what blew me away is I went from eating three to four away is I went from eating three to four away is I went from eating three to four times a day and eating maybe 3,000 times a day and eating maybe 3,000 times a day and eating maybe 3,000 calories a day to eating like maybe calories a day to eating like maybe calories a day to eating like maybe 2,000 calories particularly in the 2,000 calories particularly in the 2,000 calories particularly in the winter when the days are short and I winter when the days are short and I winter when the days are short and I have a lot of melatonin running around have a lot of melatonin running around have a lot of melatonin running around and I would only eat twice a day and and I would only eat twice a day and and I would only eat twice a day and never feel hungry so that was a massive never feel hungry so that was a massive never feel hungry so that was a massive shift in my metabolism that was mediated shift in my metabolism that was mediated shift in my metabolism that was mediated just by a pair of glasses that's amazing just by a pair of glasses that's amazing just by a pair of glasses that's amazing well we got a little off topic but I did well we got a little off topic but I did well we got a little off topic but I did want to bring that up because it's it's want to bring that up because it's it's want to bring that up because it's it's so interesting like you said the link so interesting like you said the link so interesting like you said the link between the light between the cold how between the light between the cold how between the light between the cold how it's all connected right what's really
14:00it's all connected right what's really it's all connected right what's really important that people talk about it important that people talk about it important that people talk about it because I worry about people trying to because I worry about people trying to because I worry about people trying to get cold because really the cold is get cold because really the cold is get cold because really the cold is saying hey it's winter well how does it saying hey it's winter well how does it saying hey it's winter well how does it make any sense for you to live for 16 make any sense for you to live for 16 make any sense for you to live for 16 hours in a brightly lit environment and hours in a brightly lit environment and hours in a brightly lit environment and me : that's like not part of nature's me : that's like not part of nature's me : that's like not part of nature's template when in grey dark it's cold template when in grey dark it's cold template when in grey dark it's cold because the main practically the only because the main practically the only because the main practically the only source of light in our on planet Earth source of light in our on planet Earth source of light in our on planet Earth is the Sun so all so you've got to get is the Sun so all so you've got to get is the Sun so all so you've got to get your light cycles right if you're gonna your light cycles right if you're gonna your light cycles right if you're gonna burn fat and rewire your metabolism it's burn fat and rewire your metabolism it's burn fat and rewire your metabolism it's so so so getting cold and dry knees cold so so so getting cold and dry knees cold so so so getting cold and dry knees cold therapeutically when you're not living therapeutically when you're not living therapeutically when you're not living under the right light and you don't have under the right light and you don't have under the right light and you don't have a proprietary levels to me it's like a proprietary levels to me it's like a proprietary levels to me it's like it's like driving a manual car and it's like driving a manual car and it's like driving a manual car and trying to trying to drive on a highway trying to trying to drive on a highway trying to trying to drive on a highway and second gear it's just a bad idea and second gear it's just a bad idea and second gear it's just a bad idea you know yeah so I always that's why you you know yeah so I always that's why you you know yeah so I always that's why you know polar bear Fitness is a very know polar bear Fitness is a very know polar bear Fitness is a very holistic approach I talk about the light holistic approach I talk about the light holistic approach I talk about the light you're seeing water you're drinking when you're seeing water you're drinking when you're seeing water you're drinking when you eat what you eat all these different you eat what you eat all these different you eat what you eat all these different things all fit together just the way
15:00things all fit together just the way things all fit together just the way they do in nature that's cool that's they do in nature that's cool that's they do in nature that's cool that's really cool okay so for those who are really cool okay so for those who are really cool okay so for those who are watching that are still kind of like watching that are still kind of like watching that are still kind of like yeah I don't know I hate being cold it's yeah I don't know I hate being cold it's yeah I don't know I hate being cold it's it's uncomfortable and I don't know how it's uncomfortable and I don't know how it's uncomfortable and I don't know how to do it give us just like a super to do it give us just like a super to do it give us just like a super cookie cutter list of the benefits to cookie cutter list of the benefits to cookie cutter list of the benefits to help kind of sell it so to speak help kind of sell it so to speak help kind of sell it so to speak weight loss a big one I I want to weight loss a big one I I want to weight loss a big one I I want to actually start with something else actually start with something else actually start with something else I am as much of a baby about cold I am as much of a baby about cold I am as much of a baby about cold exposure as everybody else and when I exposure as everybody else and when I exposure as everybody else and when I first first I I've never really liked first first I I've never really liked first first I I've never really liked the cold I've always liked saunas always the cold I've always liked saunas always the cold I've always liked saunas always like like like in hot detail and what I've realized is in hot detail and what I've realized is in hot detail and what I've realized is that most people don't actually that most people don't actually that most people don't actually understand their physiologic responses understand their physiologic responses understand their physiologic responses to cold most people who I'm talking to cold most people who I'm talking to cold most people who I'm talking about cold exposure like oh yeah I take about cold exposure like oh yeah I take about cold exposure like oh yeah I take a cold shower for two minutes and I hate a cold shower for two minutes and I hate a cold shower for two minutes and I hate it it it okay the key to understanding how to get okay the key to understanding how to get okay the key to understanding how to get cold comfortably lies something called cold comfortably lies something called cold comfortably lies something called the mammalian dive reflex so the the mammalian dive reflex so the the mammalian dive reflex so the mammalian dive reflex is something mammalian dive reflex is something mammalian dive reflex is something that's conserved across all mammals that's conserved across all mammals that's conserved across all mammals we're all descended ultimately from or we're all descended ultimately from or we're all descended ultimately from or were so closely related that we've all were so closely related that we've all were so closely related that we've all got history flux in us and one of its got history flux in us and one of its got history flux in us and one of its benefits is that when you submerge in
16:00benefits is that when you submerge in benefits is that when you submerge in cold water it suppresses your shivering cold water it suppresses your shivering cold water it suppresses your shivering response and you don't notice the cold response and you don't notice the cold response and you don't notice the cold interest so when I jump into a an ice interest so when I jump into a an ice interest so when I jump into a an ice bath that's at zero degrees centigrade bath that's at zero degrees centigrade bath that's at zero degrees centigrade 33 degrees Fahrenheit I don't I feel the 33 degrees Fahrenheit I don't I feel the 33 degrees Fahrenheit I don't I feel the cold but and I and I you certainly used cold but and I and I you certainly used cold but and I and I you certainly used to be difficult to get in but I started to be difficult to get in but I started to be difficult to get in but I started to get in and get used to it and over to get in and get used to it and over to get in and get used to it and over time it became not so much a chore but time it became not so much a chore but time it became not so much a chore but something that I really look forward to something that I really look forward to something that I really look forward to ya know when do people really suffer ya know when do people really suffer ya know when do people really suffer they suffer when they try and do cold they suffer when they try and do cold they suffer when they try and do cold exposure in cold air so like for example exposure in cold air so like for example exposure in cold air so like for example there's no time that you're gonna want there's no time that you're gonna want there's no time that you're gonna want to like get cold less than if you're to like get cold less than if you're to like get cold less than if you're like out there on a really windy day or like out there on a really windy day or like out there on a really windy day or in the rain and for some reason in the rain and for some reason in the rain and for some reason windchill just really drives people nuts windchill just really drives people nuts windchill just really drives people nuts but people would be she will be shocked but people would be she will be shocked but people would be she will be shocked at how comfortable they'll be in a cold at how comfortable they'll be in a cold at how comfortable they'll be in a cold water bath at 50 degrees I tell no one water bath at 50 degrees I tell no one water bath at 50 degrees I tell no one to start below 50 degrees okay going
17:00to start below 50 degrees okay going to start below 50 degrees okay going below 50 degrees is for for people who below 50 degrees is for for people who below 50 degrees is for for people who have experience not for amateurs yeah have experience not for amateurs yeah have experience not for amateurs yeah don't just go like exactly and I cover don't just go like exactly and I cover don't just go like exactly and I cover all the safety features in polar bear all the safety features in polar bear all the safety features in polar bear Fitness because there's a lot to say Fitness because there's a lot to say Fitness because there's a lot to say that like figuring out food's that like figuring out food's that like figuring out food's appropriate for oh it's not appropriate appropriate for oh it's not appropriate appropriate for oh it's not appropriate for and should you talk to your doctor for and should you talk to your doctor for and should you talk to your doctor all that kind of stuff okay but people all that kind of stuff okay but people all that kind of stuff okay but people will be shocked at how comfortable they will be shocked at how comfortable they will be shocked at how comfortable they are in cold baths let alone even an ice are in cold baths let alone even an ice are in cold baths let alone even an ice bath because this of this effect of the bath because this of this effect of the bath because this of this effect of the mammalian - - flex just over time your mammalian - - flex just over time your mammalian - - flex just over time your your your capillary beds shut down you your your capillary beds shut down you your your capillary beds shut down you just don't even notice the cold and you just don't even notice the cold and you just don't even notice the cold and you feel very comfortable now the next thing feel very comfortable now the next thing feel very comfortable now the next thing that people hate is when they get out that people hate is when they get out that people hate is when they get out the arteries open and blood flows out the arteries open and blood flows out the arteries open and blood flows out back into that skin and they back into that skin and they back into that skin and they fools your blood and it's a very fools your blood and it's a very fools your blood and it's a very unnerving experience when that's not unnerving experience when that's not unnerving experience when that's not only I'm learning it's just it's an only I'm learning it's just it's an only I'm learning it's just it's an unusual feeling you'll actually feel unusual feeling you'll actually feel unusual feeling you'll actually feel cold blood rushing back into your lungs cold blood rushing back into your lungs cold blood rushing back into your lungs and it feels the way it would feel if and it feels the way it would feel if and it feels the way it would feel if you were to run like a full out sprint you were to run like a full out sprint you were to run like a full out sprint for like a hundred yards on a really
18:00for like a hundred yards on a really for like a hundred yards on a really cold day it feels like your lungs are cold day it feels like your lungs are cold day it feels like your lungs are cold it's not uncomfortable cold it's not uncomfortable cold it's not uncomfortable it's just you'll notice here it's new it's just you'll notice here it's new it's just you'll notice here it's new yeah if you know wim HOF method they yeah if you know wim HOF method they yeah if you know wim HOF method they call this after drop so after that that call this after drop so after that that call this after drop so after that that cold blood that's being cooled by your cold blood that's being cooled by your cold blood that's being cooled by your skin going back into your body that can skin going back into your body that can skin going back into your body that can really trigger a lot of shivering really trigger a lot of shivering really trigger a lot of shivering especially if your skin temperature especially if your skin temperature especially if your skin temperature remains really cold yeah I actually have remains really cold yeah I actually have remains really cold yeah I actually have read accounts of Navy SEALs having read accounts of Navy SEALs having read accounts of Navy SEALs having nightmares about how strongly they nightmares about how strongly they nightmares about how strongly they shiver in the water off El Dorado in shiver in the water off El Dorado in shiver in the water off El Dorado in California because for people who don't California because for people who don't California because for people who don't know the Navy SEALs it's not just a know the Navy SEALs it's not just a know the Navy SEALs it's not just a rigorous physical training program they rigorous physical training program they rigorous physical training program they have been spend hours and hours and have been spend hours and hours and have been spend hours and hours and hours in the Pacific which is freezing I hours in the Pacific which is freezing I hours in the Pacific which is freezing I think I allowed it to you or not yeah think I allowed it to you or not yeah think I allowed it to you or not yeah it's like 40 or 50 degrees on a good day it's like 40 or 50 degrees on a good day it's like 40 or 50 degrees on a good day yeah November it's like still you can't yeah November it's like still you can't yeah November it's like still you can't go in yeah and you know they're just go in yeah and you know they're just go in yeah and you know they're just punishing the Navy SEALs as much as punishing the Navy SEALs as much as punishing the Navy SEALs as much as possible and they will talk about they possible and they will talk about they possible and they will talk about they call it jackhammering so it is how they
19:00call it jackhammering so it is how they call it jackhammering so it is how they described with severity of the sugars described with severity of the sugars described with severity of the sugars that effect depends upon the air that effect depends upon the air that effect depends upon the air temperature you merge from the cold bath temperature you merge from the cold bath temperature you merge from the cold bath into so if you go from a cold tank into into so if you go from a cold tank into into so if you go from a cold tank into a 50 degree house you are going to a 50 degree house you are going to a 50 degree house you are going to shiver and you're gonna feel miserable shiver and you're gonna feel miserable shiver and you're gonna feel miserable and you're not really going able to get and you're not really going able to get and you're not really going able to get a lot of things done because you're a lot of things done because you're a lot of things done because you're literally shivering sure if you go back literally shivering sure if you go back literally shivering sure if you go back into a warm house you feel fine if you into a warm house you feel fine if you into a warm house you feel fine if you go into a sauna go into a sauna go into a sauna you'll feel on these there's a reason you'll feel on these there's a reason you'll feel on these there's a reason why people in Finland Russia when they why people in Finland Russia when they why people in Finland Russia when they saw Anna they don't just sauna they go saw Anna they don't just sauna they go saw Anna they don't just sauna they go back out into the snow and they get back back out into the snow and they get back back out into the snow and they get back into this yeah I just go back and forth into this yeah I just go back and forth into this yeah I just go back and forth ready this is how you keep it ready this is how you keep it ready this is how you keep it comfortable you know and eventually comfortable you know and eventually comfortable you know and eventually people begin to realize there's a reason people begin to realize there's a reason people begin to realize there's a reason that it's a cold plunge in the spot that it's a cold plunge in the spot that it's a cold plunge in the spot there's a reason that people like me there's a reason that people like me there's a reason that people like me have a cold plunge right next to their have a cold plunge right next to their have a cold plunge right next to their sauna and it's it's because you know you sauna and it's it's because you know you sauna and it's it's because you know you can spend a lot of money on diets can spend a lot of money on diets can spend a lot of money on diets supplements you know all sorts of things supplements you know all sorts of things supplements you know all sorts of things this is simple you buy a sauna it lasts this is simple you buy a sauna it lasts this is simple you buy a sauna it lasts you for a long you for a long you for a long huh you buy a cold plunge you know it
20:00huh you buy a cold plunge you know it huh you buy a cold plunge you know it can last you forever well I would think can last you forever well I would think can last you forever well I would think too cuz I myself have looked into too cuz I myself have looked into too cuz I myself have looked into getting a far infrared sauna just a getting a far infrared sauna just a getting a far infrared sauna just a little one for the corner of the house little one for the corner of the house little one for the corner of the house yeah yeah yeah pricey so for someone that's looking to pricey so for someone that's looking to pricey so for someone that's looking to get into cold therapy or you know just get into cold therapy or you know just get into cold therapy or you know just embrace this whole concept what we're embrace this whole concept what we're embrace this whole concept what we're talking about today it seems to me that talking about today it seems to me that talking about today it seems to me that it's a lot more economical to hop into a it's a lot more economical to hop into a it's a lot more economical to hop into a cold bath or I've seen photos of you and cold bath or I've seen photos of you and cold bath or I've seen photos of you and it looks what looks like a freezer that it looks what looks like a freezer that it looks what looks like a freezer that you can just get pretty much anywhere you can just get pretty much anywhere you can just get pretty much anywhere right is what I use yet yeah and then right is what I use yet yeah and then right is what I use yet yeah and then fill it up with water some ice and hey fill it up with water some ice and hey fill it up with water some ice and hey guys you just saved yourself thousands guys you just saved yourself thousands guys you just saved yourself thousands of dollars right and if buying or owning of dollars right and if buying or owning of dollars right and if buying or owning a sauna is not an option I'm not a big a sauna is not an option I'm not a big a sauna is not an option I'm not a big fan of the ones that are but my favorite fan of the ones that are but my favorite fan of the ones that are but my favorite type of song is the traditional Finnish type of song is the traditional Finnish type of song is the traditional Finnish sauna yeah well you've got hot stones sauna yeah well you've got hot stones sauna yeah well you've got hot stones that you're generating any heat from that you're generating any heat from that you're generating any heat from because that's gonna maximize the amount because that's gonna maximize the amount because that's gonna maximize the amount of heat transfer my second favorite of heat transfer my second favorite of heat transfer my second favorite thing is just to get in front of a thing is just to get in front of a thing is just to get in front of a roaring fire and you know if you've got roaring fire and you know if you've got roaring fire and you know if you've got a backyard where you can put a cold tank a backyard where you can put a cold tank a backyard where you can put a cold tank fire pit is like the next logical
21:00fire pit is like the next logical fire pit is like the next logical addition and that's amazing in my addition and that's amazing in my addition and that's amazing in my opinion um I I really like living in opinion um I I really like living in opinion um I I really like living in houses with fireplaces when I've been houses with fireplaces when I've been houses with fireplaces when I've been renting that's what I've been looking renting that's what I've been looking renting that's what I've been looking for and when I when I do eventually buy for and when I when I do eventually buy for and when I when I do eventually buy it will be a house of the fire clothes it will be a house of the fire clothes it will be a house of the fire clothes yeah and then there's a lot of different yeah and then there's a lot of different yeah and then there's a lot of different indoor units my only concern with the indoor units my only concern with the indoor units my only concern with the indoor units is that a lot of them have indoor units is that a lot of them have indoor units is that a lot of them have pretty high electrical magnetic fields pretty high electrical magnetic fields pretty high electrical magnetic fields that people can get exposed to and for that people can get exposed to and for that people can get exposed to and for me a lot of the indoor and for its own me a lot of the indoor and for its own me a lot of the indoor and for its own units just aren't hot enough I want my units just aren't hot enough I want my units just aren't hot enough I want my song to be like 200 degrees I want to song to be like 200 degrees I want to song to be like 200 degrees I want to know yeah and a lot of people I know know yeah and a lot of people I know know yeah and a lot of people I know have compared the two feel the same way have compared the two feel the same way have compared the two feel the same way but again it's you know it's people's but again it's you know it's people's but again it's you know it's people's preference and it's people's preference preference and it's people's preference preference and it's people's preference and there's not a wrong answer yeah yeah and there's not a wrong answer yeah yeah and there's not a wrong answer yeah yeah okay this so to go back to the health okay this so to go back to the health okay this so to go back to the health benefits cuz we get excited and we talk benefits cuz we get excited and we talk benefits cuz we get excited and we talk about you know we can go on and on Hugh about you know we can go on and on Hugh about you know we can go on and on Hugh and I but this could honestly be like a and I but this could honestly be like a and I but this could honestly be like a two to three hour episode what else what two to three hour episode what else what two to three hour episode what else what can we expect from being cold with our
22:00can we expect from being cold with our can we expect from being cold with our bodies like how will that make us feel bodies like how will that make us feel bodies like how will that make us feel and when can we expect to see these and when can we expect to see these and when can we expect to see these results so the number my favorite case results so the number my favorite case results so the number my favorite case is actually my mother because she is is actually my mother because she is is actually my mother because she is totally honest me about everything and totally honest me about everything and totally honest me about everything and of course I talked to her on a regular of course I talked to her on a regular of course I talked to her on a regular basis she told me once that she was basis she told me once that she was basis she told me once that she was never going to get into coal tank it was never going to get into coal tank it was never going to get into coal tank it was no way she's 76 and she immediately no way she's 76 and she immediately no way she's 76 and she immediately started to see she finally got into the started to see she finally got into the started to see she finally got into the coal tank because she had such severe coal tank because she had such severe coal tank because she had such severe back pain that wasn't managed she wasn't back pain that wasn't managed she wasn't back pain that wasn't managed she wasn't able to manage it with anything else and able to manage it with anything else and able to manage it with anything else and she got into the coal tank finally she got into the coal tank finally she got into the coal tank finally because of her back and she immediately because of her back and she immediately because of her back and she immediately saw rapid pain relief her back pain that saw rapid pain relief her back pain that saw rapid pain relief her back pain that was pretty much crippling is how she was pretty much crippling is how she was pretty much crippling is how she described it to me is now gone Wow and described it to me is now gone Wow and described it to me is now gone Wow and she saw that within a matter of one or she saw that within a matter of one or she saw that within a matter of one or two treatments wow she called me after two treatments wow she called me after two treatments wow she called me after her first ice bath and it wasn't ice her first ice bath and it wasn't ice her first ice bath and it wasn't ice that it was just 50 degrees sure she that it was just 50 degrees sure she that it was just 50 degrees sure she said oh my gosh this is amazing I can't said oh my gosh this is amazing I can't said oh my gosh this is amazing I can't believe how well this works and that's a believe how well this works and that's a believe how well this works and that's a response that I heard from a lot of response that I heard from a lot of response that I heard from a lot of people like somebody else I know dropped people like somebody else I know dropped people like somebody else I know dropped their blood pressure by 10 points within
23:00their blood pressure by 10 points within their blood pressure by 10 points within a week of starting cold therapy just a week of starting cold therapy just a week of starting cold therapy just five ten days tied sorry five ten five ten days tied sorry five ten five ten days tied sorry five ten minutes a day for a few days running a minutes a day for a few days running a minutes a day for a few days running a ten a ten point drop in systolic blood ten a ten point drop in systolic blood ten a ten point drop in systolic blood pressure is huge we sometimes have to pressure is huge we sometimes have to pressure is huge we sometimes have to start two or three medications to get start two or three medications to get start two or three medications to get that effect sure just to give people that effect sure just to give people that effect sure just to give people some idea of how important that is my some idea of how important that is my some idea of how important that is my mother also told me that she immediately mother also told me that she immediately mother also told me that she immediately started to see weight loss benefits and started to see weight loss benefits and started to see weight loss benefits and what people need to understand about the what people need to understand about the what people need to understand about the cold is that it is immediately going to cold is that it is immediately going to cold is that it is immediately going to tell your fat cells hey it's time for us tell your fat cells hey it's time for us tell your fat cells hey it's time for us to give up our energy to the system and to give up our energy to the system and to give up our energy to the system and it is time for the system to metabolize it is time for the system to metabolize it is time for the system to metabolize that energy into heat yeah and so you that energy into heat yeah and so you that energy into heat yeah and so you know the amount of weight loss that know the amount of weight loss that know the amount of weight loss that happens really is proportional to the happens really is proportional to the happens really is proportional to the amount of cold that you use and if amount of cold that you use and if amount of cold that you use and if people want to know how traumatic the people want to know how traumatic the people want to know how traumatic the weight loss that you can get when you weight loss that you can get when you weight loss that you can get when you control your light environment get into control your light environment get into control your light environment get into a cold tank and eat a a paleolithic in a cold tank and eat a a paleolithic in a cold tank and eat a a paleolithic in particularly a ketogenic diet and you particularly a ketogenic diet and you particularly a ketogenic diet and you know the the the most interesting cases
24:00know the the the most interesting cases know the the the most interesting cases are most dramatic cases I've seen is are most dramatic cases I've seen is are most dramatic cases I've seen is Jack Cruise who alerted me to all of it Jack Cruise who alerted me to all of it Jack Cruise who alerted me to all of it he calls his diet epic Paleo Rx for he calls his diet epic Paleo Rx for he calls his diet epic Paleo Rx for people who want to look it up he went people who want to look it up he went people who want to look it up he went from like 400 pounds morbidly obese and from like 400 pounds morbidly obese and from like 400 pounds morbidly obese and you can go check his social media right you can go check his social media right you can go check his social media right now and he look he's a normal weight and now and he look he's a normal weight and now and he look he's a normal weight and most people need to do bariatric surgery most people need to do bariatric surgery most people need to do bariatric surgery in order to get that kind of result and in order to get that kind of result and in order to get that kind of result and you'll see similar results from people you'll see similar results from people you'll see similar results from people in the ketogenic diet community in the ketogenic diet community in the ketogenic diet community but you know using the cold is just but you know using the cold is just but you know using the cold is just another tool you can let alone blocking another tool you can let alone blocking another tool you can let alone blocking blue light and I'll tell on that kind of blue light and I'll tell on that kind of blue light and I'll tell on that kind of stuff so and I'm sure this you go that stuff so and I'm sure this you go that stuff so and I'm sure this you go that you go over this in your program but you go over this in your program but you go over this in your program but what's a good recommended amount of what's a good recommended amount of what's a good recommended amount of exposure to cold let's say on a weekly exposure to cold let's say on a weekly exposure to cold let's say on a weekly basis or does it really depend on a basis or does it really depend on a basis or does it really depend on a person and what it is that they're person and what it is that they're person and what it is that they're trying to achieve so that it certainly trying to achieve so that it certainly trying to achieve so that it certainly depends on what they're trying to depends on what they're trying to depends on what they're trying to achieve but it also depends on what's achieve but it also depends on what's achieve but it also depends on what's what they're getting out into so let's what they're getting out into so let's what they're getting out into so let's say that I'm at home in 98 degree heat say that I'm at home in 98 degree heat say that I'm at home in 98 degree heat in the middle of July and I am just in the middle of July and I am just in the middle of July and I am just gonna hang out in the after in the gonna hang out in the after in the gonna hang out in the after in the afternoon and just read in my backyard afternoon and just read in my backyard afternoon and just read in my backyard I might hop into a zero Degree coal tank
25:00I might hop into a zero Degree coal tank I might hop into a zero Degree coal tank freezing cold tank for ten minutes then freezing cold tank for ten minutes then freezing cold tank for ten minutes then I'm gonna go straight out and lay in the I'm gonna go straight out and lay in the I'm gonna go straight out and lay in the Sun and we had that go and I won't Sun and we had that go and I won't Sun and we had that go and I won't shiver and I'll be comfortable and I'll shiver and I'll be comfortable and I'll shiver and I'll be comfortable and I'll feel fine if I were to do that in feel fine if I were to do that in feel fine if I were to do that in December and then try and go to work I December and then try and go to work I December and then try and go to work I would be shivering for the next hour and would be shivering for the next hour and would be shivering for the next hour and I wouldn't be very productive so people I wouldn't be very productive so people I wouldn't be very productive so people are gonna have to find their own their are gonna have to find their own their are gonna have to find their own their own limits when you start with 50 degree own limits when you start with 50 degree own limits when you start with 50 degree water what you're gonna find is that 5 water what you're gonna find is that 5 water what you're gonna find is that 5 10 15 minutes of exposure is a lot and 10 15 minutes of exposure is a lot and 10 15 minutes of exposure is a lot and you have a significant amount of you have a significant amount of you have a significant amount of shivering maybe even just after that and shivering maybe even just after that and shivering maybe even just after that and I have to mention there's people who are I have to mention there's people who are I have to mention there's people who are on particularly medications like beta on particularly medications like beta on particularly medications like beta blockers or alpha blockers people have a blockers or alpha blockers people have a blockers or alpha blockers people have a little fire at hormone people have a lot little fire at hormone people have a lot little fire at hormone people have a lot of adrenal fatigue or who have low of adrenal fatigue or who have low of adrenal fatigue or who have low adrenal stress hormones all those are adrenal stress hormones all those are adrenal stress hormones all those are necessary to turn on fat burning and necessary to turn on fat burning and necessary to turn on fat burning and heat generation so those people struggle heat generation so those people struggle heat generation so those people struggle with acclimating to the cold and that's with acclimating to the cold and that's with acclimating to the cold and that's another reason why it's really worth another reason why it's really worth another reason why it's really worth working with a practitioner do this I do working with a practitioner do this I do working with a practitioner do this I do this routinely with people because if I this routinely with people because if I this routinely with people because if I if I can't get their their thyroid if I can't get their their thyroid if I can't get their their thyroid hormone levels appropriate and there's hormone levels appropriate and there's hormone levels appropriate and there's no way they're ever going to be able to
26:00no way they're ever going to be able to no way they're ever going to be able to really tolerate the cold so people will really tolerate the cold so people will really tolerate the cold so people will find their own their own limits I tell find their own their own limits I tell find their own their own limits I tell people to go up by no more than 5 people to go up by no more than 5 people to go up by no more than 5 minutes of exposure at a time depending minutes of exposure at a time depending minutes of exposure at a time depending on the method that they're using and on the method that they're using and on the method that they're using and then just find their limits find their then just find their limits find their then just find their limits find their their comfort zone and find out how much their comfort zone and find out how much their comfort zone and find out how much they shiver when they get out the bottom they shiver when they get out the bottom they shiver when they get out the bottom line is really bit like 5 or 10 minutes line is really bit like 5 or 10 minutes line is really bit like 5 or 10 minutes a day is a lot and can have some a day is a lot and can have some a day is a lot and can have some significant benefits for a lot of people significant benefits for a lot of people significant benefits for a lot of people to be more can me if I'm going to do to be more can me if I'm going to do to be more can me if I'm going to do like 20 minutes here and then like 20 like 20 minutes here and then like 20 like 20 minutes here and then like 20 minutes 2 or 3 days later you know it's minutes 2 or 3 days later you know it's minutes 2 or 3 days later you know it's like a cold bath becomes a big sort of a like a cold bath becomes a big sort of a like a cold bath becomes a big sort of a big event and we can big event and we can big event and we can more time in again all depends on your more time in again all depends on your more time in again all depends on your own personal comfort level people really own personal comfort level people really own personal comfort level people really need to to not go overboard so they get need to to not go overboard so they get need to to not go overboard so they get hurt you know being conservative being hurt you know being conservative being hurt you know being conservative being cautious and just you'll find ways to cautious and just you'll find ways to cautious and just you'll find ways to integrate into your life and that's part integrate into your life and that's part integrate into your life and that's part of why I'm a polar bear fitness is that of why I'm a polar bear fitness is that of why I'm a polar bear fitness is that so many people have so many questions so many people have so many questions so many people have so many questions about how I set things up or how I make about how I set things up or how I make about how I set things up or how I make it convenient it became a very it's it convenient it became a very it's it convenient it became a very it's become a very convenient part of my life
27:00become a very convenient part of my life become a very convenient part of my life that I don't spend a lot of time I'm not that I don't spend a lot of time I'm not that I don't spend a lot of time I'm not running a grocery store buying ice running a grocery store buying ice running a grocery store buying ice coming home making the bath you know it coming home making the bath you know it coming home making the bath you know it can take a ton of time and it can be can take a ton of time and it can be can take a ton of time and it can be very very convenient I spend a lot of very very convenient I spend a lot of very very convenient I spend a lot of time and effort figuring out how to make time and effort figuring out how to make time and effort figuring out how to make it convenient yeah and that's awesome it convenient yeah and that's awesome it convenient yeah and that's awesome and I want to wrap up there too because and I want to wrap up there too because and I want to wrap up there too because I mean that your course pretty much I mean that your course pretty much I mean that your course pretty much addresses everything that we've talked addresses everything that we've talked addresses everything that we've talked about today but in a more in-depth about today but in a more in-depth about today but in a more in-depth manner and that way if somebody is manner and that way if somebody is manner and that way if somebody is looking to incorporate this type of looking to incorporate this type of looking to incorporate this type of therapy into their routine they can gain therapy into their routine they can gain therapy into their routine they can gain some more clarity on how they can get some more clarity on how they can get some more clarity on how they can get started what tools they need right and started what tools they need right and started what tools they need right and the amount of exposure that's going to the amount of exposure that's going to the amount of exposure that's going to be right for them like you said be right for them like you said be right for them like you said depending on their condition and what it depending on their condition and what it depending on their condition and what it is that they're looking to achieve yeah is that they're looking to achieve yeah is that they're looking to achieve yeah absolutely absolutely absolutely so um people can find you what is your so um people can find you what is your so um people can find you what is your social media handles it's still an MD social media handles it's still an MD social media handles it's still an MD okay and I will go ahead and I will link okay and I will go ahead and I will link okay and I will go ahead and I will link that in the description box below I'll that in the description box below I'll that in the description box below I'll also include a link to polar bear also include a link to polar bear also include a link to polar bear Fitness polar bear dot fitness I love
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