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Raw Paleo Diet Forums => Off Topic => Topic started by: TylerDurden on December 16, 2017, 06:42:34 pm
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I too have an enhanced ability to withstand the cold. That is, my central body seems able to generate far more heat than most people, and even my extremities can withstand really cold temperatures as well. Trouble is, wandering in the snow in just shorts, t-shirt and trainers would generate constant stares from all the people wearing thick fur-coats, sweaters etc. at this time of year.
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How much can you tolerate? I do feel fine at 10 degrees celsius in shorts, but going lower makes me feel cold.
And when you did develop this ability?
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Amazing. At 12 mn into the movie, one can see her eating raw squid :)
When I was travelling in the indian himalayas, the owners of the house where I was staying told me about a russian couple who'd stay there some time before, they had a little baby/child, and they would sometimes hold the kid naked in the cold rain, to train it to withstand cold. The indians were very chocked and not happy with what they did.
I wish I knew what to do to withstand cold a bit more. I am the thin type and so really prefer hotter climates. Stronger/more bulky types usually dislike warmer climates... I am not sure though... Anyway, has anyone got some advice ? like running around barefoot in the snow, maybe?
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In my years of ill-health, I had severe inflammation existing in every single part of my body, due, in hindsight, to a very slow-acting allergy towards dairy(raw or pasteurised). This distorted my ability to control temperature, so that I would sweat excessively at any temperature above 10 degrees Celsius. After going rawpalaeo, this symptom got reduced somewhat but was one of the very few conditions that did not go away. Like many RPDers, my circulation slowly improved over the years as well, so my ability to withstand cold improved a little bit without me experiencing the excessive sweating problem. I am not in the same league as Wim Hof as regards tolerating the cold, but I can, at the moment, handle (frequent)cold baths reasonably well, (enduring 7 degree Celsius bathwater/ice-water for 15 minutes, 8 degree Celsius water for 30 minutes and so on). Ability to withstand cold air all depends on the wind-chill factor, or lack thereof.
Most people no doubt require gradual acclimatisation to the cold. For example, try a coldwater bath at the lowest temperature you can get for 5 minutes at the start(here in Austria that would be c.8.6 degrees Celsius without any added ice). Try just immersing the legs at first, later on immersing the upper body when you've gotten used to the first stage.
I would also recommend slowly reducing the room-heating by 1 degree Celsius every so often until you get used to that, too. 1 ice-bath enthusiast told how he used to visit his aunt and uncle who had the hottest-heated rooms in their neighbourhood. He also could not fail to notice that they were also the fattest people in the neighbourhood as well.