Neurological impairment of sweat response - and how to fix
After catching covid in 2022 I no longer sweat the same way. I used to get tiny beads of sweat all over my arms and legs in the sauna - at each pore basically. Now that no longer happens. I remember you mentioning that the sweat response is a neurological function. I'm wondering how the system works, to see if this is the canary in the coal mine for other neurological impacts, and whether there are any exercises I can do to rewire my brain back and improve my body's ability to sweat effectively. Does the cold plunge help, or is that working in the opposite direction by training my body to expect external cooling? Further context, my covid bout was fairly mild, I only noticed one thing - when my heart rate increased at all, my head started buzzing. And my body did break out into full sauna style sweat.
Fitness Trackers
I know your are associated with whoop. I have had whoop for the past 4 years. The inaccuracy of the wrist based sensor related to strain activities makes the recovery information irrelevant. I found a fitness tracker that is far better and actually has help me improve my conditiong. It is Morpheus. I just completed the 8 week program. I am 65 years old and after the 8 week program I am in better shape than I was at 35. I am 6'0" tall, 205lb, 17% Body fat, 49 RHR, 75 Ave HRV....here is an integrity challenge for you..Have Joel Jamieson on your podcast. Whoop changed my life by getting me to stop drinking alcohol..Morpheus changed my life by improving my conditioning. Todd Mace
Future research topics
Hi Andrew, If you had no limits (hence all of the money and access granted to different systems and databases in the world) what would be the Top 3 areas of experimentation that you would look into? More specifically: where do you see reoccurring patterns but not enough data to claim the validity of the patterns you observed? Looking forward to hearing about it! Cheers, Alina from Denmark.
Methods to improve the communication between brain hemispheres
When my daughter was 2 years old, she was diagnosed with a slight speech delay. I was told by our doctor that the act of crawling helps to develop the connections between the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Since she had learned to walk early and did very little crawling, the treatment involved having her crawl, putting her in a hammock or cradle that moved from side to side, and rubbing the balls of her feet (??) as hard as she would allow. Strangely enough, we did these things and the speech delay vanished rather quickly. Can you explain to me why these treatments worked, and if you agree with this method? Can you also suggest what treatments you would suggest for a middle aged adult with this issue that was left untreated in childhood? I struggled to learn how to communicate efficiently growing up. As an adult, my speech is sometimes *halting* or I struggle to communicate seamlessly (especially in stressful situations).