The Effects of Cold Therapy on Dopamine Levels

Dopamine is your pleasure and reward seeking chemical. When you get that cold hit, it boosts your dopamine levels. You finally feel so someone like myself, by the way, the DRD2 gene determines the density of your dopamine receptors. And I have the lowest possible density, which means it's very difficult for me to experience pleasure and reward. Right. So now I understand that when I am on a holiday and I'm not working and I're not getting reward. Or it's the weekend I'm with the kids,. I do that cold to boost my dopamine to get me to a zen state where things are good enough. And I do feel like everybody else in the room

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