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Using Deliberate Cold Exposure for Health and Performance

2022/4/4
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Andrew Huberman
是一位专注于神经科学、学习和健康的斯坦福大学教授和播客主持人。
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Andrew Huberman: 本期播客讨论了刻意冷暴露对健康和表现的影响,包括其对心理健康、生理健康和运动表现的益处。Huberman教授详细介绍了安全进行刻意冷暴露的具体方案,包括最小暴露时间、昼夜节律的影响、最佳温度的确定、恢复、心态和运动等方面。他还解释了冷暴露如何安全地给身体施加压力,从而提高注意力、情绪和认知能力,以及如何促进新陈代谢和减少炎症。此外,他还解释了如何利用身体特定部位(无毛皮肤表面)的冷暴露来增强耐力和力量训练,提高工作效率。 Huberman教授强调了循序渐进的重要性,并建议在开始任何新的冷暴露方案前咨询医生。他还指出,最强的刺激并不总是最有效的刺激,应该找到能够获得最大益处的最小刺激阈值。 Huberman教授还讨论了冷暴露对神经递质(如多巴胺、去甲肾上腺素和肾上腺素)的影响,以及这些神经递质如何影响情绪、注意力和认知能力。他还解释了冷暴露如何促进新陈代谢,并促进白色脂肪转化为棕色脂肪。 Huberman教授还讨论了冷暴露对运动表现的影响,以及在力量训练和耐力训练前后进行冷暴露的最佳时间。他还强调了手掌、脚底和面部上半部等无毛皮肤表面的重要性,以及如何利用这些部位的冷暴露来提高运动表现。 最后,Huberman教授讨论了冷暴露对睾酮水平的影响,以及如何利用冷暴露来提高睾酮水平。他还强调了冷暴露的昼夜节律的影响,以及在一天中进行冷暴露的最佳时间。

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This chapter explores a study on the impact of moderate exercise versus mindfulness meditation on cognitive performance. The results show that moderate exercise significantly improves perceptual speed, visual attention, and working memory, likely due to increased energy levels.
  • Moderate exercise (15 minutes) enhances cognitive performance more than mindfulness meditation.
  • Increased energy levels mediate the benefits of exercise on cognitive tasks.
  • Moderate exercise before cognitive work improves visual attention, perceptual speed, and working memory.

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I describe mechanisms by which deliberate cold exposure can enhance mental health, physical health, and performance. I detail specific protocols to safely engage in deliberate cold exposure, including minimal exposure times, time-of-day effects, determining optimal temperatures, recovery, mindset, and movement during cold exposure. I discuss how cold exposure can be used to safely stress the body to improve attention, mood, and cognitive focus and boost metabolism and reduce inflammation. Also, I explain how cold exposure on specific regions of the body (called glabrous skin surfaces) can be leveraged to enhance endurance and weight training and increase work output.

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Timestamps

(00:00:00) Deliberate Cold Exposure, Health Warning

(00:04:23) Tool: Moderate Exercise & Cognitive Work

(00:11:04) Sponsors: AG1, LMNT

(00:15:37) Circadian Rhythm & Body Temperature

(00:18:41) Tool: Quickly Decrease Core Body Temperature, Glabrous Skin

(00:25:26) Mental Effects of Cold Exposure

(00:29:02) Physical Effects of Cold Exposure

(00:30:11) How Cold Should the Temperature Be?

(00:34:53) Cold Showers vs. Cold Water Immersion

(00:38:27) Protocols for Cold Exposure

(00:50:57) Optimal Mindset(s) During Cold Exposure

(00:55:26) Tool: Using Movement During Cold Exposure

(00:57:51) Optimal Frequency of Cold Exposure

(01:00:22) Cold Exposure for Dopamine, Mood & Focus

(01:12:55) Cold Exposure & Metabolism, Brown Fat

(01:25:55) Tool: Caffeine, Dopamine & Cold Exposure

(01:29:14) Tools: Increasing Metabolism w/Cold – The Søberg Principle, Shivering

(01:34:15) Norepinephrine & Fat Cells

(01:36:22) Cold, Physical Performance, Inflammation

(01:47:36) Hyperthermia & Glabrous Skin Cooling

(01:53:27) Tool: Palmar Cooling & Endurance

(02:03:18) Cold Exposure to Groin, Increasing Testosterone

(02:07:50) Tool: Optimal Timing for Daily Cold Exposure

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