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Biohacking Creativity, How Much Coffee You Should Drink, Ben's Spiritual Awakening & Much More With Pastor Lyle Phillips.

Ben Greenfield Life

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The Effects of Cold on the Human Body

I think it's fine for your kids to get started with cold as early as possible. I mean, you know, with my kids when we take a shower, I'd put the water on cold when I go swimming. It helps convert their white adipose tissue into this metabolically active brown fat that keeps them warm and keeps their metabolism elevated. So I think that winter and cold definitely has this resilience effect on the human body. That's probably why you see like the seals getting cold and hypothermic in the water. The effects of it are huge. If you've never done it before, you have to do it.

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