Andrew Huberman· PhD
deliberate cold exposure is a potent tool for metabolism, recovery, etc. but there are clear benefits for improving mood, large dopamine & epinephrine increases.
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deliberate cold exposure is a potent tool for metabolism, recovery, etc. but there are clear benefits for improving mood, large dopamine & epinephrine increases.
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They definitely looked at sexual satisfaction in that study, and, indeed saw significant improvements with cold exposure.
USING DELIBERATE COLD EXPOSURE FOR HEALTH & PERFORMANCE Science Supported Protocols for: • Mood & Mental Health
In fact, they saw a statistically significant improvement in sexual satisfaction in the subjects that were exposed to deliberate cold exposure. Not in the control group, although they didn't look at this, chances are those improvements in sexual satisfaction were the downstream consequence of the known increases in testosterone and free testosterone that occur in both men and women who do the sorts of deliberate cold exposure.
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