Those are my notes regarding the podcast episode “The Random Show, Ice Cold Edition” of the Tim Ferriss Show.
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- Sauna use / Cold therapy
- Cold exposure health benefits include :
- Fat loss / adiponectin boost
- Noradrenalin / Epinephrine release
- Immune system boost
- Anti-depressant
- Kevin feedback :
- Doing the Wim Hoff method, 5 times a week
- Week 1 : easy start / normal shower, cold ending
- By week 3 : 20-30% improvement in mood
- Week 10 : 15 minutes in ice cold water up to the neck
- Fair warning about the Wim Hoff method :
- Do not mix breath holds and water immersion or you might die
- Van Gogh anecdote
- Ice bath were considered a remedy for the insane
- Also see “Contrast therapy” for athletes
- Cold exposure health benefits include :
- Yaktrax
- Device fitting in a pocket, which will attach to your shoes to provide traction when walking in snow
- Bumble
- A dating app like Tinder, except the women are in charge of initiating contact.
- More efficient both for men and women
- Kevin’s newsletter
- thejournal.email : gadgets, videos, etc fully vetted by Kevin
- like Tim’s own “5 bullet friday” newsletter
- Rumble roller : like a foam roller, but better
- Tim’s book recommendation :Italo Calvino’s “The Baron in the Tree“
- Kevin’s health gadget : Fitbit Blaze
- Watch format (like an iWatch)
- Heart rate monitor
- Resistant to high temperatures (e.g : operates in a sauna)
- Sleep monitor
- 5 day battery life
- Yellow Stone National park
- CRISPR gene editing tool
- Bone broth
- Bone broth is rich in protein & nutrients
- Brodo broth company
- Recipe book : Marco Canora’s “Brodo: a bone broth cookbook“
- Other reference about broth : “Nourishing traditions“
- Tim’s eating sardines for breakfast
- notes that teeth are getting whiter
- and remineralized (possibly because you eat the fish bones)
- Daria Rose’s podcast : “The foodist podcast”
- “learning how to get healthy and lose weight without dieting”