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I found his website shockingly bad. I wonder how anyone could buy a personal care product from a website that looks like that.
It's surprising how web presence can still be taken for granted. Especially when their website is a point of sale for their product.
After reading this article, I thought of gifting Dr. Wayne Hayes' ice vest to a friend. I googled Hayes and I found his website: http://coldshoulderweightloss.com . I found his website shockingly bad. I wonder how anyone could buy a personal care product from a website that looks like that. It's surprising how web presence can still be taken for granted. Especially when their website is a point of sale for their prod…
Why this junk is on the top of the HN front page I don't know.
And swimming has more advantages than just being cold : it provides your cardio in a non damaging way (contrary to running) and you gain a valuable skill that can save your life.
As someone who was a grad student in an apartment with poor heating: it's not worth it. Eat appropriately, and exercise. The bloody cold numbs your brain too. I also remember reading, though I can't find a good source now, that programmers perform better when warmer (until a point, maybe 27 degrees C). Besides, exercising feels good, while this feels bad. Might as well enjoy yourself.
Three are discussed here. ("Cool room" was 19 C, "warm room" was 25 C.) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/warm-weather-makes...
TL;DR: One study suggests ability to recognize spelling and grammar mistakes improves in a cool room. A second study suggests ability to do math and make a correct decision based on it improves in the cool room. The third study suggests people in a warm room prefer to avoid complex cognitive decisions and rely on simpler patters of decision making even when it resulted in inferior choices.
YMMV. Empirically, I focus and perform better when a room is 18 - 19 C (below "room temperature", which seems to be 20 to 22 C). I am Canadian.
https://www.wallenberg.com/kaw/en/research/bodys-brown-fat-w...
* Cold acclimation recruits human brown fat and increases nonshivering thermogenesis http://www.jci.org/articles/view/68993
* Calorie-burning triggered by cold temperatures can be achieved biochemically – without the chill http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2014/06/114951/immune-system-molecu...
I don't think he'll sell many ice vests to women - they always seem to feel the cold. The women at work are always rugged up, while the guys (ok, all the guys do a lot of exercise) are mostly in shorts and t-shirts. In bed, my wife has a couple of duvets on, and I'm on the top of the bed with nothing on, sweating away. Maybe, based on the theories in this article, women would find it easier to lose weight if they let…