Dr. Seager discusses best-practices with cold immersions for supporting hormonal health.

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----------------------------------------Show Notes-------------------------------------


00:00 Intro
02:25 Surprise updates your belief systems.
03:20 Complete freedom from stress is death.
03:40 Adapting to thermal contrast is a measure of your resilience.
04:40 It is your beliefs about stress being harmful that cause harm to your health.
05:00 Our ancestors lived in discomfort.
07:10 Water cold as 60 degrees will help your metabolism.
09:50 HRV improves with cold exposure.
11:30 Ice cold water exposure activates thermogenesis.
14:30 Autonomic conflict theory: Gasp and Dive response.
61:10 Your heart rate goes up, and your liver releases glycogen into your bloodstream to fuel your muscles.
16:30 Tipton’s hypothesis is that if you are subject to both the gasp and the dive at the same time, may cause your heart to skip a beat
17:25 Contraindications of cold exposure: drowning, hyperventilation, and breath hold.
18:40 Go feet first. Bathe sober. Breathe continuously.
20:25 Primary Raynaud is a complex extreme over reaction to cold.
22:25 Exposure therapy has been a successful method for overcoming primary Raynaud.
28:40 You can micro dose cold exposure.
32:14 Testosterone goes up when a cold bath is done before exercise.
36:00 Precool (cold exposure) before exercise for peak muscle power and endurance.
36:55 Cold stimulation in women raises saliva testosterone.
42:40 Brown fat is an essential organ.
43:40 Without regular cold exposure, you will lose all your brown fat.
43:55 Metabolic disorders are associated with a lack of brown fat.
44:40 Cold exposure is a potential remedy for thyroid disorder.
45:00 Brown fat produces neuroprotective hormones for your brain, thyroid stimulating hormone, and it will modulate your metabolism to bring it back to order.
49:00 Cold exposure burns fat and calories when you are in it, but your body compensates for the caloric deficit after.
50:10 Cold exposure remodels your fat.
54:40 Eleven minutes a week is enough time to keep brown fat working.
59:44 Ice bath can provide the emotional arousal needed to consolidate short-term memory into vivid long-term memory.
01:00:40 Shivering can be for thermogenesis, and it can be for nervous system release.
01:06:55When buying an ice bath
01:10:40 Tom adds Epsom salt, potassium sulfate and zinc sulfate.