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How Cold Exposure Can Make You Healthier
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Deliberate cold exposure can convert white fat cells to metabolically and thermogenically active beige and brown fat cells, as norepinephrine released during cold exposure activates downstream pathways. Over time, training through deliberate cold exposure can make individuals more comfortable in extreme cold temperatures.
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Deliberate cold exposure can actually make you more comfortable in cold temperatures in the long term, by converting white fat cells to beige or brown fat cells, which are more metabolically and thermogenically active.
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Deliberate cold exposure can actually make you more comfortable in cold temperatures in the long term, by converting white fat cells to beige or brown fat cells, which are more metabolically and thermogenically active. Additionally, studies have shown that cold exposure can increase norepinephrine and dopamine levels without increasing cortisol levels.
ChapterHow Cold Exposure Can Make You Healthier
EpisodeUsing Deliberate Cold Exposure for Health and Performance
PodcastHuberman Lab
Norepinephrine released when we get into the cold binds to receptors on the surface of white fat cells, activating pathways that increase the mitochondrial output and density of the cells, converting them into metabolically thermogenically enhancing beige and brown fat cells, which act as a fuel that can increase core body temperature.
1:19:09 - 1:22:47 (03:38)
Summary
Norepinephrine released when we get into the cold binds to receptors on the surface of white fat cells, activating pathways that increase the mitochondrial output and density of the cells, converting them into metabolically thermogenically enhancing beige and brown fat cells, which act as a fuel that can increase core body temperature.