Fire & Ice: Tips, Tricks & Biohacks To Maximize The Benefits Of Sauna, Hyperthermia, Cryotherapy & Cold Thermogenesis.

Ben Greenfield (0:01)

On this episode of the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast.

Ben Greenfield (0:04)

As a college student, and I pretty much did all my bodybuilding via sweat, blood, tears, creatine, and some really nasty tasting protein shakes. That's something that's been known for a while, and that's of course a gimme when it comes to anti-aging tactics. Any exercise that's intense because your body heat is going to go up anyways, is going to feel way easier. That dinorphin is kind of a fantastic bonus of the regular sauna. A five-minute hot cold contrast shower, that's an example of how little you need to get some of these benefits.

Ben Greenfield (0:31)

Health, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and much more.

My name is Ben Greenfield. Welcome to the show.

Ben Greenfield (0:52)

So today's podcast, it's, gosh, I think you're gonna really dig this one.

Ben Greenfield (0:57)

I don't think there's ever been a comprehensive podcast done on all of the benefits and the logistical ins and outs of incorporating a robust heat and cold practice into your life. I dug deep into the research for today's show.

I think you're absolutely gonna love it. It's a solo show with me.

Ben Greenfield (1:13)

Everything you hear about, the research studies, the best practices, the products, the books, the additional podcasts, everything, you're gonna find it bengreenfieldfitness.com, slash hot and cold. That's bengreenfieldfitness.com, slash hot and cold. And put on your thinking caps and get out your notebook for this one, because I'm gonna give you everything you need to know for the fat loss, for the cognitive benefits, for the immune boosting benefits, and beyond, when it comes to heat and cold. It'll tell you how long, how much, how hot, how cold, everything. So if you're in the mood for upgrading your sauna or your cold thermogenesis practice, this podcast is for you.

What's cool is that one of the things that I use on a regular basis is actually colostrum. And not only can colostrum reduce the amount of gut permeability, especially in athletes or active folks when they're exercising in the heat, because it's a common issue. And people who exercise a lot, they get leaky gut.

And you pile on top of that the fact that active people got to eat more, more calorie throughput, it becomes an issue. I struggled with a lot when I was racing Ironman triathlons in extreme heat.

And I did a bunch of research into what could reduce gut permeability in the heat, and what could reduce gut permeability in athletes overall. And it turns out that something called colostrum is pretty much the number one way to do that. For example, there was one recent randomized control trial on healthy adults. And they showed that one gram a day of colostrum for 20 days could reduce levels of stool zonulin. Now stool zonulin is the gold standard marker of gut lining permeability. So this showed that you were actually restoring the health and particularly the gut lining with regular consumption of colostrum. They only use one gram a day.

One serving of archaea and colostrum is 3.2 grams, one tiny scoop. It's a totally bioactive powder, no capsules. You completely absorb all the nutrients. We minimally process it to preserve all the fragile nutrients and proteins and peptides, and especially the very bioactive component called lactoferrin. And a lot of companies do not have appreciable amounts of lactoferrin in their colostrum. And so if you struggle with gut issues, with leaky gut, with feeling like you get bloating or gas or just kind of a blah feeling during your workouts from a gut standpoint, this stuff is for you. It's also wonderful for muscle building. It's wonderful for the immune system. And we are offering this at 20% off right now at getkeon.com/bengreenfield.

Ben Greenfield (3:41)

So you just go to getkion.com/bengreenfield.

Ben Greenfield (3:45)

That'll automatically get you 20% off of the keon colostrum. This podcast is also brought to you by my friends at JOOVE. I'm speaking about heat today. But if you want invisible heat, meaning near-infrared and red light therapy, in addition to things like infrared and dry heat, then you're going to get the best of all worlds from a collagen standpoint, from a wound or wrinkle or scar healing standpoint, from a thyroid boosting standpoint.

This stuff has been shown to increase the level of testosterone and free testosterone in men. It's called JOOVE. They designed these lights, and they upgraded them recently to be 25% lighter, super-intensified coverage areas. You can stand as much as three times farther away from them and still get the recommended dosage. It's way healthier than the bright blue light you get from all your screens. You can simulate sunrise with their ambient mode, which is like this calm, low-intensity mode I've been using at night in my office. You can simulate sunset, so it's fantastic for sleep. They're going to give all of my listeners an exclusive discount on their juve light. So just go to jooovv.com/ben and apply my code ben to your qualifying order, and they'll give you the VIP treatment and exclusive discount. So jooovv.com/ben and use code ben. All right, so this podcast, remember, all the show notes, and there's a bunch of them, are going to be at bengreenfieldfitness.com/hotandcold. Sit back, get ready to take notes. Here we go.