Ben Greenfield

I don't relish the cold.

I don't get in there and I'm like, yes, I'm in the cold now.

And it's not because I diet.

This feels fantastic.

I eat like a horse.

I kind of hate it.

I eat like 4,000 calories a day.

it hurts and it's really uncomfortable and you never want to do it.

But a big part of that is due to the fact that my metabolism is screaming high because nearly every day of the year in a fasted state, I get myself cold, even if it's just for like one or two minutes.

And especially like the moment when you're standing there half naked next to the cold waiting to get in, it sucks.

Okay.

And that feeling never goes away.

But if it was easy, I don't think the payoff would be as high.

Sometimes it's a little longer.

But cold is amazing for metabolism and for body composition as well.

And even if you're in there for just 30 seconds, as soon as you get out, you're on top of the world.

You feel great.

And it pairs like turkey and cranberries with things like breath work and a sauna practice and a workout.

Well, if you wake up fasted and you do some type of a cold therapy session, your body will burn fat to generate heat.

And so it's,