Wim Hof (the Iceman) on Defeating Extreme Cold & Attenuating the Immune Response
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2024
- Dr. Rhonda Patrick interviews Wim Hof also known as the "Iceman." Wim holds the world record for the longest ice bath (1 hour and 53 minutes and 12 seconds), just to name one of his many impressive feats. Dr. Patrick and Wim talk a bit about Wim's back story that culminated in him trying out cold water immersion, the relatively recent 2014 scientific publication of the “Wim Hof Method” which includes cold exposure during training, exposure to bacterial endotoxin, Wim's breathing techniques, and meditation (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24....
The 2014 study demonstrated the effects of just 4 days of training with the “Wim Hof method” on 12 volunteers injected with bacterial endotoxin. Some of the effects include: increased epinephrine, norepinephrine, increased anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-10), decreased pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha), increased blood ph to 7.75 (in some cases), and decreased carbon dioxide blood levels. The results of this study hint at some very interesting possibilities that might explain why Wim's technique helps him to endure the cold more, as well as how he was able to suppress his inflammatory response to endotoxin himself.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:08 - Wim's cold story
00:09:32 - Cold response
00:14:37 - Breathing and pH
00:21:43 - Endotoxin
00:24:50 - Love
00:26:42 - Primordial drives
00:30:23 - Meditation
00:32:23 - Oxygenation
00:37:34 - Brain and Mind
00:44:47 - Van Gogh's cold therapy
About FoundMyFitness: Rhonda Patrick has a Ph.D. in biomedical science from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She also has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in biochemistry/chemistry from the University of California, San Diego. She has done extensive research on aging, cancer, and nutrition.
It is Dr. Patrick’s goal to challenge the status quo and encourage the wider public to think about health and longevity using a proactive, preventative approach.
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About Wim Hof: After depression led to his wife's untimely death, Wim Hof dedicated his life pursuit to finding natural ways to "hack" the physiological system. His studies into various ancient traditions led him to explore the effects of controlled breathing on the body and mind, especially in response to cold shock. In a 2018 study where Wim underwent MRI scans to examine his brain activity, researchers found that Wim is able to induce a meditative state of euphoria by engaging the central nervous system with his controlled breathing exercise, the Wim Hof method, allowing him to withstand perilous exposures to the cold and actually raise his core body temperature. In effect, his lifework has served to give notable credence to the phrase, "mind over matter."(www.sciencedirect.com/science...)
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The transcript would need lots of exclamation points :)
When you say PH levels changes, for how long does this effect lasts? Is it long term change?
@@gromsrg Several hours. th-cam.com/video/iTHZBdRZ1oU/w-d-xo.html
This is the best combination of interviewer and interviewee ever lol
I know Im asking randomly but does anybody know a method to get back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb forgot the account password. I appreciate any tips you can give me
I love how Rhonda is trying (and mostly succeeding) to keep it together the whole time. Hilarious. Wim is awesomely nuts, we need more people like this.
+Louis Bastow Yes! The best people usually are.
9:09 ,,, 15:19 she is holding & i am rolfing,, haven't laughed so good in a looong time
Louis Bastow no we don’t :))
"Louis Bastow.👍🏿😶😗🙂😉😎👍🏿."🤯😀😄😅
hehehehehe Wim is funny!!
Clearly, even Wim's shadow is badass.
+JK Young We DEFINITELY should have taken a picture of the lighting setup... I don't know why we didn't. It was hilarious. Table lamps balanced on tripods, absurd daisy chained electrical strips to try to get enough cable to get the lamps close enough. All things considered... it came out pretty good!
+FoundMyFitness Rondha, in my point of view, the technical details of producing the video are less relevant than the content. You have credit since a lot of other videos are very nice, both in content and editing. When the dog start barking its noticed you didnt like, but it was out of your control. When Wim asked for the dog enter, your face is hilarious! Wim is really a daredavil and a very natural and spontaneous guy. Thanks for the video, keep it up with awesome content!
+JK Young I came to FoundMyFitness.com website to see some discussion or follow up. But found nothing. I have watched most of Wim Hof vids before this one and was hoping for something new. He is really crazier here than most other videos. Watch the Vice TV video. Its much more informative. I REALLY wanted to hear what Dr. P had to say about the science, but every time she opened her mouth Wim spazzed out and talked over her. Please Dr. P., write some short thoughts on the science and implications and applications or where this crazy man will lead us. Thanks!
+James M I really enjoyed this and have been listening to Wim awhile. I came to the video for Wim and Rhonda's validation and perspective. Maybe she should have asked new questions? I still enjoyed it though. He's eccentric... But that is the way he is and it's refreshing.
haha
Wim sleeps in that fridge.
BTM37 😂 😆 😆
🤣🤣🤣
Or the freezer
Don't be silly, That Fridge is Wim's Sauna.
Like Icebear. Icebear likes that. ^^
It's like the yin and Yang : The Iceman and the Hot Sauna woman meeting each other, creating the perfect balance of the natural forces :D
Wild Ice and Calm Heat
😂
A Song of Ice and Fire
90% of the fun of this is watching Dr. Patrick's reactions to Wim's exuberance. Good stuff.
2 of my favorite people. Its great that Rhonda does not limit herself to the boring and mundane, things that got proved 50 years ago. But is really interested in the frontier and discovering new things.
15:20 "I love this shit!" Lol Rhonda trying not to laugh! He is such a robust and genuine person.
Not really square...she is not Joe Rogan who is used to wierdos. For someone as educated and smart as she is, she was able to roll with the punches.
He just had too much vodka before interview.
@@animalspirit77 Russians drink wodka. Wim Hof is Dutch so he drinks Heineken!
@@animalspirit77 exactly - its is as clear as a sunny day - wim was drunk 4 sure
Breathing is everything...I was a doula and myself gave birth to 3 children without ANY DRUGS! I learned to control to breathing to the point where i was able to control my pain response. It is definitely the worst pain one can endure but it is possible to be in control the entire time. Thanks for sharing Wim with us. He's a typical crazy Dutch guy, like my husband's family!
What a wonderful spirit Wim Hof is. I was laughing out loud here on my own
Hi Rhonda. Please do another interview with WIm with all the newest studies. Thanks. You are the best.
Joe Rogan mentioned Rhonda to Wim..and he said..I know her too..she interviewed me too..so I guess this is that interview..great job
Dr. Rhonda Patrick, I cannot say enough how helpful your interview of Wim Hof. Your understanding of the physiology of what Wim is doing is marvelous, informative, and expressed in a way that is understandable to me and others like me. Thank you!
After having been in the cold so often, Wim really heats up while talking, I just love this man. He even manages to make Rhonda warm up a bit....We definitely need more people like him. Definitely.
I saw a pic of Wim and Ekhart tolle... I would love to heart Ekharts response when he gets in an ice bath :).... he would be even more in the present moment and even faster than he ever thought possible :)
I love his energy and how excited he gets with nature and science.
Thank you for not editing out the near-tumble at 5:50 ! I wish I was more mature to not love that so much, but this is what's so great about independent media. "I'm a highly respected researcher... WHOA! I'm OK! I'm OK!". Wim doesn't miss a beat.
Wim hof gets me hype af about cold
Wim is a legit scientist. Dude used himself as the lab rat and shares his experience with such amazing passion.
Nice of Wim Hof to bring out his giant block of ice to sit on for this interview.
😂
hahahaha
Amazing 😂😂😂
Jamie Todd 😆 😂
Beginning to love wim Hof and admire him more and more! What a legend and he is slowly but surely helping us win the WAR AGAINST PHARMACEUTICALS!!
Hmm. Idiot
lmao. Wim is awesome. Rhonda is awesome.
Great interview.
Thank you Dr. Rhonda Patrick for producing this video with on-screen references to studies being discussed with Wim Hof. Your video is a good resource for people to later follow up on their homework. Eternal Love! ~Joel
43:53 "I can suppress the cytokine production in my body, but I CANNOT CONTROL MY DOG!" hahaha
+digitalairaire +masterlock77 TImFerriss is really into dog training right now, maybe he can help Wim Hof
+digitalairaire Such a funny moment!
+digitalairaire gotta love someone with a wit that fast
I love his energy, I wish I had a workout / running buddy like him.
If it wasn't for the superhuman feats, it would be easy to dismiss Wim as a crackpot. But he's done amazing shit and if he says he did it through breathing excercises and mental focus, you have to believe it. I can't even get in the pool if it's below 70 degrees.
+MakerInMotion or robin williams
Plus there's a study they did with a control group of ppl he taught
+MakerInMotion Exactly, you can't dissmiss what he's done. Of course prolonged deep breathing and relaxed nature connected mind is key to better physical functioning, how could it not be!!!
+diamondgirl071 all the info you're looking for is in the description... Including a link to the study and Wim Hoffs personal method....
+diamondgirl071 I'm on my phone right now and I can see it. And yeah, it's probably very expensive because you're gaining the ability to control your own health... That is priceless.
5:07 I couldn't help but replay this part multiple times to enjoy the awkward pause. "So I could take off my clothes..." Wim locks eyes with Rhonda pondering for a moment if he should in that moment take off his clothes. Rhonda nods awkwardly.
He always pauses like that..
started taking cold shower/baths after seeing this man for the first time, bennfits are already amzing my chest rash is clearing up already and it's not even been a week yet.
Chest rash gone here too from cold water 👊
@@northwestcoast your chest rash is caused by nerv clusters in your spine being under presure, same as any enflamed area also causes of cancer .
best to breath and take those cold showers.
the rashes come n go for me but i'm constantly shifting my posture and streching so it inflames some times, other times it goes awya.
trying to breath automatically is hard to reset. better to do with running i guess.
can inflammation get worse before it gets better?
@@Dippmip shouldn't, breathing will help the body activate receptors in the brain for pain management, but you have to PUSH your limits and the COLD is how you do that, showers in the aut/win are HARDER than spi/sum months. if you're not using ice.
Be really coool to see a ice bath franchise in the west.
Rhonda Patrick is a natural beauty. She is like a nurse, the perfect mother for people of all ages. I like how she smiles when Iceman express's his humor. It shows that she does have a playful side in all that intelligence she has. Women of all ages should follow her by example.
We need to find out how to clone Rhonda Patrick, she's such an amazing women who inspires me.
I love that he showed up at a hospital like "I am a god of ice, I can defeat illness. I have heard you can put illness into people and measure the resulting weakness. Put this illness in me, I will defeat it, then I will teach you how to break your own weakness on an arctic mountain."
Lmao, this guy might as well be a traveller from pre-historic times or a reincarnation of the god of ice.
Never noticed her sense of wonder "like child expression" in her face before. Very charming. Very patient and respectful. No doubt she's a very good mother
this is great , seeing two of my current favorite people talk. I'm star struck
The most interesting man in the world
And the smartest woman in the world
Hardly on either.
IKR two of my favorite people , inspirational in their existence.
@@angstromnuts you're such a hater lol
should have a kid
She looks terribly awkward and uncomfortable...
Dr. Rhonda, I'm in medical school and I have really enjoyed all of your content the past year or so! I Also Just recently found your podcast as well, thank you much!
+Jp Fuller Very pleased to hear that! Thanks for the comment and good luck with your studies!
Thank you very much, so cool of you to reply, Your awesome!
Full on eccentric madman. Love him Brilliant and great fun. Thank you
I fucking love this guy! I am gettin exited and motivated just by listening to him :D
Your looking on point Dr. Patrick
+Shane Peterson She is on point, listening for a salient point that can be expounded on.
yea id smash
dude. srsly.
There’s something that Wym doesn’t realise and nor can science understand and that is that when you put your body through highly stressful situations you open a gateway to the spiritual realm like many cultures that practice similar. It brings and amazing clarity and reality of life. It’s similar to those who suffer extreme pain and long to experience it again even though their life is better. If you are a real Christian (unlike most 90% of the religious ones) you experience this all the time as the holy spirit brings you into a very strong state of awareness and consciousness. Love your work Dr!
He has an app now that you can use to learn the basics
Jacqueline Oscvirk can you please tell me the name of the app please. Thanks
"WE GOTTA SPREAD THIS NEWS!!!", WIM HOF ladies and gentlemen.
I am so pumped to watch this, two of my favorite JRE guests breaking it down.
What an awesome interview. Thank you Dr. Rhonda, your lectures and teachings have inspired me greatly.
Incredible episode! Very informative and emotional as well! Thanks!
Omg I never knew you two did a video together omg!!! Thank you Two for this!!!!! 🙏🏿🙏🏽🙏🏼💪🏿💪🏻💪🏽✊🏼✊🏿✊🏾
2 huge forces for good in the world. Thanks Rhonda - Best Interview with Wim I've seen, thanks to your expertise. Fantastic!
2 people who are really making a difference. So much great information!
Hi Rhonda,
Thanks for sharing. Nice talk.
All the best & more power...
An absolute classic interview!
Just read a book on Caesar Augustus. Augustus was plagued by bouts of debilitating illness that would take him to the brink of death every few years. In his early thirties he hired a Greek healer that had him take ice baths. Whaddayaknow, it healed him for life.
I studied this stuff in college and they talked about it in a 'On Death and Dying' book for Philosophy.
I love this story.
They said he had liver problems.
So they tried various medicines and then went from hot water to cold water baths.
He was healed. Symptoms were gone.
His physician who healed him was Antonius Musa.
Supposedly the nephew of Augustus was not healed by this 'cold bath' so shortly after that, Musa disappeared from history.
They say cold water is damaging to the liver so Augustus could not have had liver problems - maybe it was something else. They consider the medicine a fluke, however Musa had other notable mentions not only just from Augustus.
***** Yeah, it's fascinating stuff. The I read said that they made a statue of Musa after he healed Augustus, but they had it torn down after he failed to heal the nephew. lol. Poor guy.
What was the philosophy class called, may I ask.
Amazing. If you want to know how much we're lied to see how crazy this is to almost anyone. It's weird how people would fight this, only so they're not wrong in their beliefs , when how much it would benefit everyone.
Rhonda, i really appreciate your work.
Ha!....’I love this shit!’ This man is so genuine and is inspiring because he is himself inspired.
Funny, I read your comment right as he was saying that. Made me laugh.
i like that guy. Weird, smart ppl are always fun. gotta encourage thinking outside the box! Thanks Dr Patrick
Thank both of you.
Super cool you did this. I listend to the JRE and Wim mentioned that you talked. I thought it would have been cool if you did a podcast. AND YOU DID!!! I´ll get my pen out and start listening to it!
Love this interview!
Chuck Norris < Wim Hof
Acid Man So true
Hahaha
Sacrilege!!!
Wim Hof > Chuck Norris
Wim Norris > Chuck Hof
Love the quality of your guests .
Another really good video. I feel that this content is the future.
I'm really happy I found both of you on the same podcast! I have the ability to generate a fight/flight response at will though I can't say that it ever dilates my pupils or increases my heart rate...gonna do more testing but it seems my pain threshold is increased temporarily and so is my strength. Can't do it too much or I get burned out and in a sort of dulled/depressed state. I haven't found a way to use this against cold, but thanks to this I'm gonna start testing it out! Cheers and thanks for all the work you do to bring us awesome guests Mrs. Patrick :)
a GREAT and rich conversation
Thanks Rhonda, you're always on point! The Iceman is hilarious and inspiring!!
Damn, I need to get on whatever this guy is on. Suppose that would be ice. He twice as old as me but has twice the energy I do. I need his physiology.
Methamphetamine in Australia is also known as ice haha
Try the wim hof breathing technique and cold showers. Get the free app from the app store and go! It really does make a difference in your life.
@@bm-xv4bu I'm starting just with the breathing. That feels weird enough! Gives me a head ache, and I do workout videos every day, so I thought I was used to oxygen. Apparently, I'm oxygen deprived.
@@staceykersting705 Remember never to force anything, do it as relaxed as you can (everything except the fast in breaths during the 30-40 breaths before the hold). Oh and trust me on this one, start with short cold showers after a warm shower and work your way up to just full cold. Do it right after your breathing in the morning. The buzz, and feeling of well being afterwards is so worth it. For the first half of your day, you feel like a million bucks, and like stress just rolls off your back. In fact, I'm about to start my breathwork and cold shower as I type this haha.
@@bm-xv4bu I usually have a hard time getting warm again after I shower. I don't evn like taking a warm shower cuz of that. If it ever warms up round here, I'll try it. Funny thing, I spend a lot of time inner tubing in cold rivers here, but, then I get out into warm sun (or drink a bit to warm up).
Hats off to the interviewer for asking relevant and interesting questions !!!
humble. honest. brave and a true heart. a man who is out to bring peace for no profit RESPECT
I love this interview with Wim, and dear God, that is one beautiful woman!
You guys are the PRFECT combination! Thx so much for this informative video!
Great interview! I want to give Rhonda a hug
Too much awesomeness for one video, loves these two people!
Wow! Amazing interview!! Two beautiful brilliant humans!! Thank you for developing tools that empowering us, and improve our health and quality of life!! 💖💖
Yes, ICEMAN is great but I'll never reach his ability!
I started at 70! I'M DEFINITELY GLAD I DID!
I have swam in ice cold water for 4 years now!
THANKS, GOD!
Thank you for the definition captions of automatic nervous system and other terms. It's very helpful
Thank you so much for this video interview! I understand how it works SO much more now! 👍
I wish that everyone who has a mental disorder such as anxiety, depression and schizophrenia, autism etc. would practice this to get much improvement. I've been doing it for a few days, and I can now hold my breath for 2 1/2 minutes after the deep breathing and then exhaling. Before I could only do it for 15 seconds - called shallow breathing. Wow! I feel so good after taking a cold shower which is after the two sessions of deep breathing and holding my breath.
Omg you got Wim!!!!! You’re the best Dr. Rhonda! We’re not worthy!
I loved this interview!
wim hof: "depression that's my favorite thing"
this guys is so bonkers
love this! great podcast/interview. this is great!
For the past 3 months I start my showers off really hot until I adapt to it, then I immediately bring it to the coldest possible temperature and the initial shock doesn’t even bother me anymore. After sitting under the cold shower for a minute or so it strangely feels like my body is glowing or just radiating a type of thermal energy that I can feel inside and out. I’m ADDICTED to this feeling and it’s the best way to start off my day, better than a cup of coffee or any other morning routine I’ve had. Even better when I start my morning off with black coffee and then a cold shower, I feel invigorated just thinking about it!
How’s your health, do you ever get sick anymore?
The meeting of two legends... love this ! :-)
As always, really really enjoyed this interview and the info blips that you put up sometimes. Found your little annotation at 12:00 pretty funny though.
Great dialogue! Passionate and data-driven!
I'm so happy you brought this man in
great talk, congrats
WH: saves lives, literally, figuratively, and universally. I am presently a few weeks in and it’s working for me. Progress is (for me) slow-steady which means increased overall vitality noticed weekly. WH’s brilliant deliberate practice as seen on TH-cam, several podcasts, Scott Carney’s book: what doesn’t kill us, etc. Thank you for posting this one.
He is awsome....Great podcast, l like the tekst underneath .... simple but with a lot of details .... 5/5 !! :) Thanks Rhonda
Thank you, Rhonda!
Thanks so much doc and Wim!!
THIS METHOD WORKS, I WENT FROM DEPRESSED TO HAPPY IN 2 DAYS
It is true, me too,
The Allchive Depression is, BY DEFINITION, a group of symptoms that manifest themselves over an extended period of time. So yes, he can be, by definition, depressed one day and then not depressed the next day. What you cannot do is be not depressed one day and then depressed the other, because in order to classify as depressed you need to have a certain group of symptoms for a couple of weeks.
You went from unballanced jing yang to pinguin
Bua.... I have watched and heard all there is about this man and I am amazed. I myself got an auto immune disease(ms) and medicating. I will definetly start looking in to this and try it. When he starts to challenge the pharma industry I get worried though (for him). Please dont let this guy 'disappear' some way....
don't be silly :)
Klas K I know your comment is two years old, but I hope you get this message. I, too, have MS and I'm hoping you tried the Wen Hoff methods (breathing, cold showers, etc.) and, if you did, did it help to suppress any of your MS symptoms?
I love this interview so much that I shared it on my Facebook page Joyful Healing Today!! Thank you for sharing your amazing research and wisdom! 😁💖🔥❄️
Also, for being so funny and relatable! 💖🤣
This interview needs to happen again.
What a caracter and the look`s on Rhonda`s face when he his screaming at her is amazing...
thank you rhonda
Wim, it's so interesting it took philosophy to to discover your methods! It makes a lot of sense, "love of knowledge!" 💗
Dr Rhonda Patrick, you do such great interviews. I found your research quoted in other presentations and I have been devouring your channel recently. Your an inspiration to aspiring women scientist 💗 I've been making use of the sauna myself over these finals and it's helped a lot!
I think I may have accedentally used this breathing methode to surpress anaphalaxis once. I had eaten a candy which must have had some kind of nut in it because I began to have difficulty breathing and hives broke out all over. I didn't have an epipen at the time, but I thought if I could force my body to produce adrenaline I might be able to surpress the reaction myself.
(After calling my mom who called an ambulance) I started pacing around and alternating between hyperventilation and controlled slow breathing. The reaction stopped progressing! It was probably 20 minutes from the time it began and when the ambulance arrived, but though I was all red and swollen I was still breathing fine and walked myself out into the ambulance.
I tried to tell the doctor at the hospital what I'd done and why, he told me that was ridiculous and I probably had made things worse! I knew what I experienced though, it sounds like this endotoxin study backs that up now!
Charismatic and crazy full hahahaha..luv da man. Dr.Rhonda always amazing and on the spot with revolutionaries practices and informations. Gr8 work !!!!
"Let the dog in! It's all about love!"
Love these 2
Wim’s method is profound. Who wouldn’t be exhuberant having discovered through introspection a breakthrough allowing all of us to reshape our nature?