![]() ![]() Of these, 12 were randomly chosen who were trained by Hof and 12 others who formed the control group. Coli bakterie that was injected into a total of 24 subjects. It was demonstrated by means of a dead E. The scientific breakthrough came in 2014 when a medical experiment showed that 1 week of training in the wim hof method already gives very good control over the autonomic nervous system, including the immune system. But the special thing about Hof is that he claims that anyone can learn his method and has been given the science to do research on him and his trainees. ![]() Such superhumans with various records are more of them in the world. Hof has more than 20 Guiness world records, including for the longest ice bath in a container with ice cubes (1 hour and 52 minutes), for climbing in shorts to 6700 meters altitude on Mount Everest and for running a marathon without drinking in the desert of Namibia. Wim Hof is internationally known as the ‘Iceman’ and is called superhuman for his imposing ability to control his autonomic nervous system. Instead, we can regularly give ourselves a (primal) stimulus that enables our body to feel again what it is made for. But according to Wim Hof, a Dutch ‘daredevil’, that is not necessary either. However, there are few people who want to go back to prehistoric times. So it does not look like the environment in which we live is so optimal after all. Is that what our body actually wants? We are getting older, which sounds positive in itself, but our disease-free years are getting less and less. The question is whether this is really optimal. ![]() We dress warmer when it gets colder or we turn on the heating. In our time, however, we no longer have to defy that because we live in an environment that we can make as ‘optimal’ as possible. Cold brings about even greater changes in our physiology.Īs primeval humans, we were able to defy ancient dangers such as cold and energy shortages. If we move to a very warm environment, we will gradually lose less salt when sweating and we will excrete less urine. When we are at high altitude, we automatically produce more red blood cells to compensate for oxygen deficiency. In doing so, we have forgotten that there is a third, at least as important pillar: our environment. For half a century, health theory has been based on 2 pillars: nutrition and exercise. ![]()
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