Ice Bath Science | CryoCon2024

Don't ever put your doctor in charge of your health.

The largest cryotherapy tradeshow in the world is probably CryoCon, which takes place every Spring in Dallas TX. They invited me to the stage for the first time this year, to talk about my book Uncommon Cold and to introduce the audience to the differences between cold air and cold water cryotherapy.

These are some of the highlights of my talk:

• When my son was diagnosed with diabetes at age 6, I tracked every meal, every insulin shot, and all of his exercise. I discovered that most of the dieticians, nutritionists, and even the endocrinologists could not be trusted. The things they told me were wrong, because they contradicted the data.

• Twenty-five years later, when a routine blood panel revealed that my prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels were elevated, I decided I wasn’t going to trust the institution of medicine. Instead of a prostate exam, biopsy, surgery, and radiation, I opted for a regimen of ketosis and daily ice baths. It worked. Less than six months later, my PSA had dropped below 2 ng/ml.

• Along the way I discovered several other misconceptions about ice baths:

  • Doing an ice bath after a workout will drop a man's testosterone, but doing an ice bath BEFORE his workout will boost his total T.

  • Testosterone does not increase the risk of prostate cancer. In fact, it protects against prostate cancer.

  • Medical doctors used to believe that there was no such thing as brown fat in adult human beings, but they were wrong. Anyone without brown fat can restore it in less than ten days of regular cold plunge therapy.

  • Cancer is metabolic in its origins. That is, the defective DNA associated with cancer begins in the mitochondria, not in the nucleus. Restoration of mitochondrial health will combat cancer and cold exposure will inhibit tumor growth.

  • One of the most romantic things you can do is have an ice bath with your partner. The cold will stimulate production of neurotransmitters and hormones that are characteristic with all three brain systems of love.