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08/10/2015-tyw-Cold Thermogenesis is a Hormetic Stressor

Dr Jack Kruse popularised the notion of “Cold Thermogenesis” (CT) in late 2011 to 2012 杰克·克鲁斯博士在2011年底至2012年普及了“冷生热作用”(CT)的概念

https://www.jackkruse.com/category/series-cold-thermogenesis/

I mostly assume in this post that the reader is familiar with the protocol. The purpose of this post is to be a precautionary note against potentially harmful effects of over-using CT.

在这篇文章中,我主要假设读者对协议很熟悉。这篇文章的目的是预防过度使用CT的潜在有害影响。

The practice of acute Cold Exposure is beneficial. I do not need to go into the benefits here, since those have been covered in depth at other sources. Either way, it's a great thing when done in tolerable amounts (tolerance will vary), and most people probably aren't exposing themselves to enough cold.

急性冷暴露的做法是有益的。我不需要在这里详细说明这些好处,因为这些已经在其他来源深入讨论过了。不管怎样,如果能在可承受的范围内进行,这都是一件很棒的事情(耐受性各不相同),而且大多数人可能都没有把自己暴露在足够的寒冷中。

But there are mis-understandings behind the definition of charge that lead to some bad conclusions about cold “always being good for you”.

但在电荷的定义背后存在着误解,导致一些关于冷“总是对你有好处”的不好结论。

Hall Effect霍尔效应

Firstly, Kruse mentions that cold “increases the Quantum Hall Effect”.

首先,Kruse提到寒冷“增加了量子霍尔效应”。

I don't buy the Hall Effect. Miles Mathis gives a mechanistic explanation for what it is

我不相信霍尔效应。迈尔斯·马西斯给出了一个机械的解释

http://tanyewwei.com/notes/mm-hall-effect/

He has shown that the Hall Effect is not some magic Quantum nonsense, but just an interaction between 2 seperate charge fields. In only happens when an external field is supplied. It does not magically “increase energy in the system”.

他已经证明霍尔效应并不是什么神奇的量子废话,而是两个独立电荷场之间的相互作用。只有在提供外部字段时才会发生。它不能神奇地“增加系统的能量”。

To see if the Hall Effect is useful in biology, we have to discuss it in relation to biologic structures. I cannot see enough evidence that the Hall effect is actually significant in biologic tissues.

为了了解霍尔效应在生物学上是否有用,我们必须讨论它与生物结构的关系。我没有看到足够的证据证明霍尔效应在生物组织中是重要的。

Sidenote on Magnetico (Sleeping over a strong static magnetic field)

磁力线旁注(在强静磁场下睡觉)

The experiments by Robert Becker prove that applying a strong magnetic field perpendicular to the neurons of a salamander could induce unconcsiousness / anesthesia. This is simple enough to explain using Mathis' model.

罗伯特·贝克尔的实验证明,垂直于蝾螈神经元的强磁场可以诱导无意识/麻醉。这很容易用马西斯的模型来解释。

A strong external magnetic field will cancel the emitted magnetic photons from neuronal structures (again, “magnetism” is just another part of the charge field, as is composed of photons). This will basically shut down certain inter-neuron communication channels, and induce unconsciousness.

一个强大的外部磁场会抵消神经元结构发出的磁性光子(同样,“磁性”只是电荷场的另一部分,因为它是由光子组成的)。这基本上会关闭某些神经元间的交流通道,并导致无意识。

Becker clearly showed that turning the magnetic field 90 degrees induced excitability in his salamnaders. Again, simple mechanics, since now your photons are enhancing the output field of neurons.贝克尔清楚地表明,将磁场旋转90度就能诱导蝾螈的兴奋性。再一次,简单的力学,因为现在你的光子增强了神经元的输出场。

Some Common Sense

一些常识

If we're so good in the cold, why use a body temperature of 37C?

如果我们在寒冷中这么舒服,为什么要用37摄氏度的体温呢?

Why do birds have a body temperature of 40-43C, have better tolerance to the cold, and have less leaky mitochondria? If we had the mitochondria of birds, we'd live 3 times as long and never get cancer. (elaboration in Nick Lane's books, 'Power, Sex, and Suicide')

为什么鸟类的体温在40-43摄氏度,耐寒能力更强,线粒体渗漏更少?如果我们有鸟类的线粒体,我们的寿命将是鸟类的三倍,而且永远不会得癌症。(在尼克·莱恩的《权力、性和自杀》一书中详细阐述)

Body temperature rises during CT. Isn't it the biologic reaction to cold (producing heat) that we're after?

CT检查时体温升高。这难道不是我们所追求的对寒冷(产生热量)的生物反应吗?

Rheterical question: What happens when we cannot uncouple to produce heat? Chaos ensues!

反问:当我们不能分离产生热量时会发生什么?混乱随之而来!

Superconductivity (or super-non-conductivity)超导

Back to some mechanics. Kruse claims that “cold increases superconductivity”, or that “we get more energy efficient as we reduce temperatures closer to the Curie Temperature”.

回到一些机制。Kruse声称“低温可以提高超导性”,或者“当我们将温度降低到居里温度附近时,我们的能源效率会更高”。

First, the curie temperature of bone is 125C, and that of most collagen types is around 92C.

首先骨骼的居里温度是125摄氏度,大多数胶原蛋白类型的居里温度在92摄氏度

Ref: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01857614#page-1

We are operating far below this temperature. ie: Any drop in temperature is not going to affect the “magnetic coherence” of collagen structures in the body.

我们的工作温度远低于这个温度。例如:任何温度的下降都不会影响体内胶原蛋白结构的“磁相干性”。

The most important metric for collagen and bone conductivity is hydration, so water is the most important. But then again, we need to understand how EZ water works.

衡量胶原蛋白和骨传导率最重要的指标是水合作用,所以水是最重要的。但话又说回来,我们需要了解EZ水是如何工作的

http://tanyewwei.com/notes/mm-pollack/

EZ水,英文是Exclusive zone water,中文翻译为:“禁区水”,或者“禁入区水”。定义这个“水”的概念的人,是杰拉德·波拉克(Gerald H.Pollack),华盛顿大学生物工程系教授,宾夕法尼亚大学博士,科技期刊《水》的创始人以及总编辑。在《水的第四阶段》(The Fourth Phase of Water)一书中杰拉尔德·波拉克(Gerald Pollack)巧妙地提出了一种水化学的新理论,这一理论不仅对化学和生物学具有深远意义而且对我们理解自然和对待自然的隐喻基础也具有深远意义。 图片

波拉克教授经过多年的研究发现:水不仅仅有固态、液态和气态三种相,水还存在第四种相—液晶态。

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假设一烧杯水,有成千上万个塑料微球体悬在其中。标准化学会认为这些微球体在水中会平均分布——它们遍布于水的大部分区域。然而,在烧杯的周边(即使任何亲水性物质沉入水中),水却仍然清澈,没有任何球体。原因何在?标准化学预测几个分子厚度的禁区可能存在于玻璃周围,两极的水分子和分散的电荷粘在了一起,但是波拉克所观察到的禁水区至少有1/4毫米厚——这是数以万计的分子的厚度。

波拉克和同事小心翼翼地进行着实验,通过测试最终排除各种对此现象的传统解释(比如对流、聚合物冲刷、静电排斥、材料泄露)。他们还开始了研究禁水区的特性,结果令人欣喜:禁区水几乎排斥一切,不仅包括悬浮的微粒而且包括溶质。禁区水在270纳米时表现出电磁吸收顶峰,比散装水释放出更少的红外辐射,但其粘度和折射指数都高于散装水。更令人吃惊的是,他们发现禁水区有一种净负电荷,而周边的书PH值较低,这表明有质子从禁区水中喷射了出来。

凭借这些信息,波拉克和同事做出假设:禁水区由水的液晶体组成,其中氧和氢以2:3的比例堆积成一层层的六边形。当然,冰也是由六边形的薄片堆积而成,但冰片的堆积靠的是外在质子的挤压。波拉克认为禁区层比较例外,排列的方式使得每层的氧和临近层的氢常常相邻。这种排列并不非完美无瑕,其产生的引力要大于斥力,足以产生内聚和分子矩阵,从而可以排除哪怕是最小体积的溶质。

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哪里来的能量造成了这种电荷分离?它来自于入射的电磁辐射。当水样被免于电磁辐射和热流时,禁水区就无法形成。

Exclusion zone water现象,系指在水溶液中胶体粒子等大型溶质无法靠近多种亲水性表面,形成数十到数百微米厚的“空乏区”,简称为EZ。目前提出的理论认为此处形成了特殊结构水,然而,台湾学者的实验使用磁珠却可穿入EZ区。因此提出EZ是由扩散渗流(diffusiosmosis)与扩散泳(diffusiophoresis)综合造成的想法来解释。应用此研究结果,可发展新的溶质过滤萃取方式,或利用离子交换产生的流场作为新的发电方式。

从化学角度来分析,EZ水,就是H3O2。H3O2 = H2O + ·HO。也就是说,一个水分子,加上一个氢氧根。这种分子结构与普通水或者冰的结构完全不同,它是具有活性的。有人说是具有记忆,或者是智力,这些还有待研究。

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EZ水对人体最大的好处,就是一种负离子水。氢氧离子,化学符号为OH-。其中氢和氧之间以共价键连接,整体带一单位的负电荷。常常与不同的元素组成氢氧化物。我们在生活中,经常见到负氧离子的空气。负离子的主要功能:负离子有镇静、镇痛、镇咳、止痒、利尿、增食欲、降血压之效。比如雷雨过后,空气的负离子增多,人们感到心情舒畅。

我们见到的最多的EZ水,有两个地方:一个就是高山或两极地区的水,另一个就是雷雨之后的雨水。

Again, Mathis gives us a mechanistic explanation of what exactly “superconductivity” means. 马西斯再一次从力学的角度解释了“超导性”的确切含义。(my excerpts here我在这里摘录:http://tanyewwei.com/notes/mm-heat/)

This should be called super-non-conductivity. “Conductivity” means that a material doesn't interfere with any charge that is flowing through it.

这应该称为超非导电性。“导电性”指的是一种材料不会干扰流经它的电荷。

A superconducting material becomes worthless as an energy source, but becomes tremendous as a means of charge transmission between two or more places.

超导材料作为一种能量来源变得毫无价值,但作为两处或多处电荷传输的一种手段,它却变得极其重要。

There is no energy being created. If you do not have enough energy to go round in the body in the first place (either not enough input, or not able to mobilise stored energy), getting your collagen fibers super-conducting isn't going to help you at all.

没有能量被创造出来。如果你没有足够的能量在体内循环(要么没有足够的输入,要么不能调动储存的能量),让你的胶原蛋白纤维超导根本不会帮助你。

But then again, temperature isn't a big factor for our collagen wires. Hydration is, and we need to look at what allows collagen to be used in the body (again, biologic phenomena, not strictly physical)

但话又说回来,温度对我们的胶原蛋白丝来说不是一个大因素。水合作用是,我们需要看看是什么让胶原蛋白在体内被使用(同样,这是生物现象,而不是严格的物理现象)

On to Collagen …

说到胶原蛋白……

We know that the most important signalling happens along lines of collagen, actin, and integrin networks in the body, surrounding by cell water.

我们知道,最重要的信号传递发生在被细胞水包围的体内的胶原蛋白、肌动蛋白和整合素网络。

I couldn't find research on actin and integrin, but there is a ton of work on collagen. I'll summarise some of the findings below.

我找不到关于肌动蛋白和整合素的研究,但有很多关于胶原蛋白的研究。我将在下面总结一些发现。

It is important to note that:

值得注意的是:

•We usually want higher conductivity of collagen to maximise signalling.我们通常需要更高的胶原传导率来最大化信号传递。

•We want to be able to modulate collagen formation.

我们希望能够调节胶原蛋白的形成。

•Different types of collagen will have different optimal operating temperatures.不同类型的胶原蛋白有不同的最佳操作温度。

Fish skin collagen conductivity peaks at 320-350K (46-76C), which is above body temperature.

鱼皮肤胶原蛋白的传导率在320-350K (46-76C)之间达到峰值,高于体温。

http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/52588260/electrical-conductivity-fish-skin-collagen-temperature-range-290-380-k

24% hydrated (with water) Bovine achilles tendon collagen obeys conductivity equation σ(h) = A exp (h / T) 牛跟腱胶原蛋白服从电导率方程σ(h) = A exp (h / T)

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bip.1974.360131203/abstract

So the higher the temperature, the lower the conductivity.

所以温度越高,电导率越低。

But not by much ….

但也不是很多….

The term 'A' is a dimentionless scaling factor that is independent of temperature, so to see how much difference we can measure at different temperatures, we just need to look at the 'exp (h / T)' term.

术语“A”是一个独立于温度的无量纲比例因子,所以要知道在不同的温度下我们可以测量多少差异,我们只需要看看“exp (h / T)”项。

Assuming:

假设:

•h = 0.24 (24%)

•T1 = 283 Kelvin (10C, which is “optimal CT temperature” according to Kruse)T1 = 283开尔文(10C,根据Kruse的“最佳CT温度”)

•T2 = 310 Kelvin (body temp)

exp(h / T1) = 1.0008484162387228 exp(h / T2) = 1.000774493313566

efficiency_lost = 1.000774493313566 / 1.0008484162387228 = 0.9999261397390881

T2 = 310k(体温)

exp(h / T1) = 1.0008484162387228

效率损失= 1.000774493313566 / 1.0008484162387228 = 0.9999261397390881

In other words, a lost of less than 0.0001% of electrical conductivity due to temperature.

换句话说,温度导致的导电性损失小于0.0001%。

Hydration is the far bigger factor – ie: protein function is far dependent on water chemistry than temperature.水合作用是一个大得多的因素,也就是说,蛋白质的功能对水化学的依赖性远远大于温度。

Other studies show that this temperature-dependent conductivity is actually context dependent:

其他研究表明,这种与温度有关的电导率实际上与环境有关:

http://iopscience.iop.org/0967-3334/24/3/312

Quote:

in the range of 25 °C < T < 90 °C, the thermal conductivity, as for sheep collagen, varied linearly with temperature.

引用:

在25°C < T < 90°C范围内,绵羊胶原蛋白的导热系数随温度呈线性变化。

ie: better conductivity with increasing temperature. Opposite of what Kruse says.

即:随着温度的升高,导电性更好。跟克鲁斯说的正好相反。

Type 1 collagen is unique, in that is cannot form helixes above 30C 1型胶原蛋白独特,在30C以上无法形成螺旋

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC122187/

This is where the temperature dependence is important. Type 1 collagen is more an external structural collagen, found in tendons, ligaments, and some muscles.

这就是温度依赖性很重要的地方。1型胶原蛋白更多的是一种外部结构胶原蛋白,存在于肌腱、韧带和一些肌肉中。

To quote the study

In addition to simplifying the clean-up, the other advantage of such design could be the following. Apparently, helices confined in fibers cannot melt completely because their confinement would not allow chains to gain as much entropy as in solution (15). Nevertheless, the molecules can melt and refold locally as needed (1), giving fibers their great combination of strength and elasticity.

引用这项研究:

除了简化清理,这种设计的另一个优点可能如下。显然,螺旋被限制在纤维中不能完全熔化,因为它们的限制不允许链获得像在溶液中那样多的熵。然而,这些分子可以根据需要在局部熔化和折叠,从而赋予纤维强大的强度和弹性。

That makes total sense for tissues with high recycling and turnover requirements. You would “dissolve” collagen so that it would get to the right places, and then “let it set” in the cooler peripheral regions of the body.

这对于具有高回收和周转要求的组织来说是完全合理的。你要“溶解”胶原蛋白,让它到达正确的地方,然后让它在身体较冷的外围区域“凝固”。

But for tissues like the brain or heart, which operate consistently at high temperatures (35-37C), you don't see high protein turnover, and instead the only factor for efficiency considerations is conductivity of the carbon nanotubes.

但对于像大脑或心脏这样在高温(35-37摄氏度)下持续工作的组织来说,你看不到高蛋白质周转,相反,考虑效率的唯一因素是碳纳米管的导电性。

ie: how much conductor and resonant electrical states can dendrite microtubules hold to support consciousness.

即:树突微管能容纳多少导体和共振电状态来支持意识。

Hameroff et al have been working to show that coherence in brain microtubules can be maintained at high temperatures.

Hameroff等人一直致力于证明大脑微管的一致性可以在高温下保持。

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1405.3170.pdf

But I think the more important thing to note is Miles Mathis' destruction of Quantum Tunneling and superposition states.

但我认为更重要的是要注意迈尔斯·马西斯对量子隧道态和叠加态的破坏。

http://tanyewwei.com/notes/mm-tunneling/

http://tanyewwei.com/notes/mm-superposition/

NOTE:

This will require that I re-think the entire Orch-OR model, replacing their “collapse of superposition states” with something more concrete. It is likely not too difficult, since “dipole states” of tubulin sheets could just be simple regions of charge, and measurement obviously causes charge to flow from the measured object to the measuring object (“destroying the superposition” by taking away the charge of the measured object).

In that sense, I still think that the Orch-OR model can be useful. Moreover, by re-working it, I will probably have more insight into how the brain actually uses those charge transfers to create consciousness.

注意:

这需要我重新思考整个Orch-OR模型,用更具体的东西取代它们的“叠加态的坍塌”。这可能并不太困难,因为微管蛋白片的“偶极子状态”可能只是简单的电荷区域,测量显然会导致电荷从被测物体流向被测物体(通过拿走被测物体的电荷来“破坏叠加”)。

从这个意义上说,我仍然认为Orch-OR模型是有用的。此外,通过重新工作,我可能会更深入地了解大脑实际上是如何利用这些电荷传输来创造意识的。

Sidetrack to Blood Oxygen Carrying Capacity血液携氧能力

Kruse says that “Cold allows blood to contain more oxygen”. Well …. yes, but cold puts in oxygen in the blood, but doesn't help with tissue oxygen delivery.

克鲁斯说:“寒冷会让血液中含有更多的氧气。”嗯…是的,但寒冷会让氧气进入血液,但不会帮助组织输送氧气。

Wikipedia will tell you that higher temperatures provide more oxygen to tissues, and less oxygen affinity to hemoglobin.维基百科会告诉你,更高的温度会为组织提供更多的氧气,而对血红蛋白的氧亲和力则会降低。

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_saturation_(medicine)

Again, this can be a good thing in certain cases. Oxygen is dangerous when not controlled properly (see Nick Lane's book, 'Oxygen').

同样,这在某些情况下是一件好事。当氧气控制不当时是危险的(参见尼克·莱恩的书《氧气》)。

If you have a tissue that has sustained trauma, you would want to prevent further oxidative metabolism. So you cool it.

如果你的组织遭受了创伤,你会想要阻止进一步的氧化代谢。所以你冷静下来。

If you have a tissue that requires a lot of oxygen to work, you need to ramp up oxidative metabolism. So you keep it operating at normal temperatures (30-37C)

如果你的组织需要大量的氧气来工作,你就需要加速氧化代谢。让它在正常温度下工作(30-37℃)

The statement “cold increases energy in the system” is not factual in a biologic organism.

“寒冷增加系统能量”的说法在生物有机体中是不真实的。

Sidetrack to Blood CO2 Levels

转到血液中的二氧化碳水平

It's been known for quite awhile now that CO2 is heavily involved in Hemoglobin's ability to deliver Oxygen to the appropriate tissues. We also know that respiratory rate falls under hypothermia, CO2 tension generally decreases, and the ability to deliver oxygen is reduced.

众所周知,二氧化碳与血红蛋白向适当组织输送氧气的能力密切相关。我们也知道体温过低时呼吸频率降低,二氧化碳张力降低,输送氧气的能力降低。

It is the interest of good health to maintain a good metabolic state, where metabolic substrate (carbohydrate, fats, etc …) are oxidised completely, and to produce appropriate levels of CO2.

保持良好的代谢状态是健康的利益所在,在这种状态下,代谢底物(碳水化合物、脂肪等)被完全氧化,并产生适当水平的二氧化碳。

Sidenote: One of the arguments for carbohydrate driven metabolism is that we can produce more CO2 (and NAD+ to support further oxidative metabolism) as compared to the oxidation of fats.

旁注:碳水化合物驱动代谢的一个论点是,与脂肪的氧化相比,我们可以产生更多的CO2(和支持进一步氧化代谢的NAD+)。

A successful response to cold exposure involves either maintaining core body temperature, or even raising it slightly. This is a good indicator of a successful response to Cold Thermogenesis, and one possible methodology may be to perform CT only if core temperature can be maintained.

对寒冷暴露的成功反应包括要么保持核心体温,要么甚至稍微提高它。这是成功响应冷生热的一个很好的指标,一种可能的方法可能是只在核心温度可以保持的情况下进行CT。

Still, it is important to realise that cold itself being a stressor demands a stress response. WIm Hof talks about how it is an adrenaline raising experience :D . Again, at the correct dose, this promotes resilience to stress, and at a high dose, you have a chronically elevated stress state (high glucocorticoids, poor blood sugar regulation, etc …)

尽管如此,重要的是要认识到,寒冷本身就是一个压力源,需要一个压力反应。维姆·霍夫(WIm Hof)谈到这是一种肾上腺素上升的体验:D。同样,在正确的剂量下,这可以提高对压力的适应力,而在高剂量下,你会有一个长期升高的压力状态(高糖皮质激素,低血糖调节,等等…)

Anyway, on to other topics …

好了,说到其他话题……

Cooling of the Surface Tissues

表面组织的冷却

One of the claims that Kruse makes is that cooling of the surface layers “increases energy in the system by way of Topological Insulators”.

Kruse提出的一个观点是,表面层的冷却“通过拓扑绝缘体的方式增加了系统的能量”。

I will look at this topic from the perspective of the skin and superficial layers as an interfacial layer (interface between inside and outside the body).

我将从作为界面层(身体内外的界面)的皮肤和表层的角度来看待这个话题。

One of the of areas which we can look to is Chinese Acupuncture. The acupuncture points and meridians are clearly points where there are high EMF fields detected.

我们可以研究的领域之一是中国针灸。穴位和经络明显是检测到高电磁场的穴位。

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/lcm.php

Ignore the bombastic descriptions of “liquid crystalline structure” from the previous paper, but the behaviourial description still hold true – these “collagen wires” are regions of increased charge flow which connect various parts of the body.

忽略上一篇论文中对“液晶结构”的浮华描述,但行为描述仍然是正确的——这些“胶原蛋白线”是连接身体各个部位的电荷流动增加的区域。

If Cold Exposure were to induce energetic efficiencies that affect tissues below the surface, it is these collagen pathways which will be responsible for affecting the deeper organs like the heart, kidneys, liver, brain, etc…

如果低温暴露能诱导能量效率影响表面以下的组织,那么正是这些胶原蛋白途径将负责影响更深的器官,如心脏、肾脏、肝脏、大脑等…

Since these are “charge wires”, super-(non)-conductivity, and thus cooling would be beneficial here. The questions are:

由于这些是“电荷线”,超(非)导电性,因此冷却在这里是有益的。问题是:

•Can we actually cool these collagen meridians to any significant degree to improve biologic function?我们真的能有效地冷却这些胶原蛋白经络来改善生物功能吗?

•Is it worth the tradeoff of extra biological adaptations and/or stress needed to deal with the cold?

是否值得牺牲额外的生物适应性和/或应对寒冷所需的压力?

Note: Yes, you can cool blood too. But cooling blood alone is (a) not a significant means to cool the body, (b) clearly detrimental to normal function (for the reasons given prior in this post).

Cooling the blood is great for stuff like treating brain trauma though.

注:是的,你也可以冷却血液。但是仅仅冷却血液并不是冷却身体的重要手段,(b)显然对正常功能有害(原因在本文之前已经给出)。不过,冷却血液对治疗脑外伤之类的事情很有好处。

http://thejns.org/doi/abs/10.3171/jns.2004.100.2.0272

So regarding the Skin being an interface, I think that skin is simply a homogenous interfacial layer, and does not confer specific efficiencies to the rest of the body.

因此,关于皮肤作为一个界面,我认为皮肤只是一个均匀的界面层,并没有赋予身体的其他部分特定的效率。

I think of because known accupuncture points, which apart from the hands, feet, and head, are very deep.

我想是因为已知的穴位,除了手、脚和头,都很深。

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2013/740508/

Meridian Depth and a Sidenote on Laser Acupuncture

经络深度与激光针灸边注

We're talking about at least 10mm deep in most acupuncture points, and up to 50mm. There seems to be good evidence that red lasers in the low 800nm range can reach 30mm.

我们说的是大多数穴位至少10毫米深,甚至50毫米深。似乎有很好的证据表明,红色激光器在低800nm范围内可以达到30mm。

https://www.google.com/patents/US6312451

UV lasers don't penerate as deep.

紫外线激光穿透不深。

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/234720204_Comparison_of_wavelength-dependent_penetration_depths_of_lasers_in_different_types_of_skin_in_photodynamic_therapy

So pulsed lasers in the low 800nm range it is. Thankfully these are pretty safe to use, so I think-

所以脉冲激光在800纳米的范围内。谢天谢地这些都很安全,所以我认为-

Back to the Skin as an Interface

回到作为连接口的皮肤

But back to the skin, if it truly did impart a direct effect by virtue of continuous collagen wires to the various systems of the body, then we wouldn't have to needle as deep as we do.

但回到皮肤上,如果它真的通过连续的胶原蛋白线直接作用于身体的各个系统,那么我们就不需要像现在这样扎得那么深。

It would also make sense that the skin acts as a barrier, shielding all but a few surface meridians from the external world.

皮肤作为屏障,除了表面的几个经络外,将所有经络与外界隔绝,这也说得通。

I base my premise on the fact that in order to get good treatment, you need to activate both the surface and internal meridians.

我的前提是为了得到好的治疗,你需要激活表面和内部的经络。

So what does the skin do on an energetic basis? Personally, I think that it simply transduces incoming light to an energy level which the body can use.

那么皮肤在能量的基础上做什么呢?就我个人而言,我认为它只是将入射光转换为身体可以使用的能量水平。

Does cold help in this process? I personally think that the answer is NO.感冒在这个过程中有帮助吗?我个人认为答案是否定的。

•You know those Bio-impedence scales used to measure body fat? We know that increased temperatures increases conductivity in the skin.你知道用来测量身体脂肪的生物阻抗量表吗?我们知道温度升高会增加皮肤的导电性。http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/3193865

•Melanin, the magical compound which can transform any light into IR light, again is dependent mostly on Hydration status.黑色素是一种神奇的化合物,它能将任何光线转化为红外光,同样主要依赖于水合状态。

http://www.pnas.org/content/109/23/8943.full

If you look at their data, it is likely that increasing temperature increases conductivity, which is just a way of saying that it can channel and transduce more incoming light to usable energy for the body.

Hydration is still the primary factor, not temperature.

如果你看看他们的数据,很可能温度升高会增加电导率,这只是一种说法,它可以引导和传导更多的入射光,为身体提供可用的能量。

水合作用仍然是主要因素,而不是温度。

I still think that the cold is important information for the body. It can send a signal to the rest of system, and through biologic processes, tell the system to do stuff like become more efficient with Thyroid hormones, make more melanin (maybe because there isn't enough energy), become more sensitive to testosterone, etc ….

我仍然认为寒冷是身体的重要信息。它可以向系统的其他部分发送信号,并通过生物过程,告诉系统做一些事情,比如提高甲状腺激素的效率,产生更多的黑色素(可能是因为没有足够的能量),对睾丸激素更敏感,等等….

But again, this is a biologic process, and one that will be fraught with biologic drivers. eg: Northern guy like you probably will intrinsically uncouple respiration more so that a skinny tropical lanky fucker like me. Cold can actually help you mobilise more usable energy through the biologic process of your more-uncoupled mitochondrial respiration process.

但是,这是一个生物过程,一个充满生物驱动的过程。像你这样的北方人可能会本能地多呼吸,这样像我这样的热带瘦骨嶙峋的混蛋就不会呼吸了。寒冷实际上可以帮助你通过更不耦合的线粒体呼吸过程的生物过程调动更多可用的能量。

And I still can't support the hypothesis that “cold increases energy” or “cold increases energy efficiency”, when experiments point to the opposite conclusion in both biologic tissues and inorganic materials.

我仍然不能支持“寒冷增加能量”或“寒冷增加能源效率”的假设,因为在生物组织和无机材料方面的实验都指向相反的结论。

Hands and Feet are exceptions

手和脚是例外

We know that these are the areas that leak the most biophotons, and it makes sense that the collagen meridians are much closer to the surface here.

我们知道这些区域泄漏了最多的生物光子,胶原蛋白的经络更接近表面是有道理的。

Add to the fact that you have lots of venous flow, I do see a possible direct effect of cold thermogenesis of the hands and feet to other systems in the body.

再加上你有大量的静脉流动,我确实看到手和脚的冷生热作用可能对身体的其他系统产生直接影响。

Whether or not this is a good effect, is left to be determined, but personally, I suspect that it cold exposure isn't beneficial as a chronic treament. I'm thinking more along the lines of cooling in conjunction with laser stimulation of the acupuncture point.

这是否是个好效果还有待确定,但我个人认为,长期暴露在寒冷环境中并不是一种有益的治疗方法。我想的更多的是冷却结合激光刺激穴位的方法。

The cooling may open up the channel to more conductivity, and the laser would activate the point better.

冷却可以打开通道以获得更大的导电性,激光可以更好地激活这个点。

Then again, whether or not you need cooling remains to be seen, but I suspect that it could be useful, but only in the hands and feet, where cooling actually draws away bloodflow, and thereby creates a situation where there is less stuff (like blood) to absorb the incoming laser – thereby allowing more efficiency in energy transfer in the laser treatment.

再说一遍,你是否需要冷却还有待观察,但我怀疑它可能有用,但只对手和脚有用,因为冷却实际上会带走血液流动,从而造成一种情况,即有更少的物质(如血液)来吸收进入的激光,从而使激光治疗中能量转移的效率更高。

But do we need more efficient energy transfer, when the meridians are already so close to the surface? My guess is NO. Which means that cold is not going to be useful in the first place.

但是,当子午线已经如此接近地表时,我们还需要更有效的能量传递吗?我的猜测是否定的。这意味着寒冷在一开始就没有用。

In the deep points, I find it hard to believe that cold would “clear the way for laser activation” so to speak, simply because “how the hell do you cool down the inside of your thigh” in order to get to one of the liver points deep in there?

在深层穴位,我发现很难相信冷会“为激光激活扫清道路”,简单地说,因为“你他妈的如何冷却你的大腿内侧”,以到达那里的一个肝点深处?

My guess is that the cooling will not give a significantly large effect to be worth the extra hassle of treatment procedures, extra equipment, and of course, patient discomfort.

我的猜测是,降温不会带来显著的效果,而值得额外的治疗程序的麻烦,额外的设备,当然,病人的不适。

Conclusions for Now

结论(目前)

Cold reduces energy in the organism. It slows things down, reduces their charge, whatever ….. Doesn't sound like an optimal performance scenario to me …..

寒冷会降低机体的能量。它减慢了速度,减少了电荷,比如…..在我看来,这不像是一个最佳的性能场景…..

It is still great for many scenarios – surgery and trauma treatment for example.

它在许多情况下仍然是很好的,例如手术和创伤治疗。

It is and still great in controlled doses to ilicit the appropriate biologic response. These doses will be greater than most people think – ie: most healthy people could probably benefit from getting into a freezing lake for 10 minutess. But 30 minutes? Nope. More cold is not better. (But most people are still too afraid in the cold though ….)

在控制剂量的情况下,它仍然是巨大的,可以非法产生适当的生物反应。这些剂量将比大多数人想象的要大——也就是说:大多数健康的人可能会从进入冰冷的湖泊10分钟中受益。但30分钟吗?不。越冷越好。(但大多数人仍然害怕寒冷….)

But it is wrong to say that cold is fundamentally good on a physical level. It is a definitely a biologic hormetic effect.

但从物理层面上说寒冷从根本上是好的是错误的。这绝对是一种生物激效。

Hydration of Collagen is far more important for it's function than temperature in the context of the biologic system.

在生物系统中,胶原蛋白的水合作用远比温度更重要。

Wellness of collagen structures depend on the ability for them to form hydrophilic helices when needed, and become a “gel-like” malleable paste to be deposited where they need to go.

胶原蛋白结构的健康取决于它们在需要时形成亲水螺旋的能力,并成为“凝胶状”可延展的糊状物,在需要的地方沉积。

In this sense, I think anything that disturbs the structure of existing collagen is very troublesome. The most destructive stressors on collagen are likely, powerful non-native EMF, and various acoustic waves, which have the ability to over-excite collagen structures and cause them to lose water.

从这个意义上说,我认为任何扰乱现有胶原蛋白结构的事情都是非常麻烦的。对胶原蛋白最具破坏性的刺激可能是,强大的非天然电磁场和各种声波,它们有能力过度刺激胶原蛋白结构并导致它们失水。

Personal Testing is Required

需要个人测试

There are people who will be able to respond with the appropriate biological mechanisms to not only combat the cold, but thrive in it. There is a discrepancy of about 15% in metabolism in chronically cold-exposed humans due to uncoupling of mitochondrial ECT to produce heat.

有些人能够通过适当的生物机制做出反应,不仅能对抗寒冷,而且能在寒冷中茁壮成长。由于线粒体ECT的解偶联产生热量,在长期寒冷暴露的人类中,代谢差异约为15%。

Whether or not a particular person is able to respond to cold environments is dependent on too many factors to consider, and in my experience, has not as much to do with genetics and ancestry than it has to do with a particular person's make up (driven by forces which mainstream science cannot describe)

一个特定的人是否能够应对寒冷环境取决于很多因素需要考虑,以我的经验,没有与遗传学和血统比与一个特定的人的组成(由部队主流科学不能描述)

I favour the methodology of consistent testing upon cold exposure. How is your thyroid doing? How is the coherence of various meridians and points (especially the adrenals)? How are you feeling? How are you sleeping? etc, etc ….

我赞成在冷暴露条件下进行持续测试的方法。你的甲状腺怎么样了?不同的经脉和穴位(尤其是肾上腺)是如何连贯的?你感觉怎么样?你睡得怎么样?等等,等等……

So long as measures of coherence are improving upon cold exposure, I consider it a good thing. If the opposite occurs, I will recommend backing off cold exposure until underlying issues are fixed.

我认为,只要在冷暴露后,一致性的措施得到改善,这是一件好事。如果出现相反的情况,我建议在根本问题解决之前不要冷暴露。

CT is a tool to be used appropriately.

CT是一种需要适当使用的工具。

Update [Tue-17-Nov-2015]: Response to a Particular Paper

更新[tue -17- 2015年11月17日]:对一篇特定论文的回应

I was pointed to a paper “Human physiological responses to immersion into water of different temperatures.”

有人给我看了一篇名为《人类对浸入不同温度的水的生理反应》的论文。

which supposedly showed some of the benefits of Cold Exposure.

这显示了冷暴露的一些好处。

(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10751106)

Keep in mind the experimental conditions:记住实验条件:

•10 young man, aged 20-24. Youth has it's advantages ;)10个年轻人,年龄20-24岁。年轻有它的优势;)

•These were Men – no guarantee that women react the same or differently.这些都是男性——不能保证女性的反应是一样的还是不同的。

•Full body immersion (no head) for 1 hour. This was intense!!!

全身浸泡(无头部)1小时。这很强烈!

•Skinfolds put them at 10.2% body fat on average. Lean and definitely no major issues with maintaining fat mass homeostasis. Likely no major issues with hormonal balances (no major leptin signalling issues, dopamine homeostasis working fine, etc …)皮肤褶皱显示他们的体脂平均为10.2%。瘦而且绝对没有维持体内脂肪平衡的大问题。可能荷尔蒙平衡没有大的问题(没有大的瘦素信号问题,多巴胺稳态工作正常,等等…)

•“Metabolic rate” means “rate of O2 consumption”. This is not entirely indicative of a favourable rise in metabolic rate. I would have likely to see a O2 vs CO2 metric, to see how much fat vs carbs they were burning. These men were lean, I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of shivering thermogenesis, and a lot of glycogen burning. (what would happen if you put these guys on a no-carb diet for 3 days, deplete all their muscle glycogen, and then run the same test?)“代谢率”指的是“氧气消耗率”。这并不完全表明代谢率出现了有利的上升。我很可能会看到氧气和二氧化碳的比例,看看他们消耗了多少脂肪和碳水化合物。这些人都很瘦,我不会惊讶于看到很多发抖的生热作用和大量的糖原燃烧。(如果你让这些人连续3天不吃碳水化合物,耗尽他们所有的肌糖原,然后进行同样的测试,会发生什么?)

•14 degrees C water. What would happen in even colder water? Colder water requires an even greater biologic response.

14摄氏度的水。在更冷的水里会发生什么?更冷的水需要更强烈的生物反应。

Other ideas I would like to see:

其他我想看到的想法:

•Test FFA levels before and after immersion.在浸泡前后测试FFA水平。

•Do an OGGT before and after cold immersion to test differences in insulin response.冷浸前后进行OGGT测试胰岛素反应的差异。

•Do muscle biopsy before and after to test for Intramuscular Trigs, Glycogen levels, UCP activity, and GLUT4 activation.前后做肌肉活检以检测肌内Trigs/糖原水平/UCP活性和GLUT4激活。

•Do the same test on obese patients and/or sick patients.

对肥胖人或病人做同样的测试。

There are other ideas, but you can see that we MUST check the methods used in a study in order to determine if the suggested mechanism is generalisable.

还有其他的想法,但你可以看到,我们必须检查研究中使用的方法,以确定所建议的机制是否可推广。

On to some results.

一些结果。

Cold water immersion (14 degrees C) lowered rectal temperature and increased metabolic rate (by 350%), heart rate and systolic and diastolic blood pressure (by 5%, 7%, and 8%, respectively)

冷水浸泡(14℃)降低直肠温度,增加代谢率(350%)、心率、收缩压和舒张压(分别提高5%、7%和8%)

Again, “metabolic rate” means “Oxygen Consumption”. Increased oxygen consumption is not always a good thing, especially if we do not know what sort of metabolism that increased oxygen consumption is driving.

同样,“代谢率”的意思是“耗氧量”。氧气消耗的增加并不总是一件好事,尤其是当我们不知道氧气消耗的增加推动了什么样的新陈代谢时。

•Is this increased glycogen metabolism through shivering? Is this increased metaoblic uncoupling fueled by fatty acids?

What if we could not achieve an uncoupling response?

What happens once glycogen is depleted? Will the body be prompted to try and make more? (and increasing the glucorticoids as a result)颤抖会增加糖原代谢吗?这种增加的代谢解耦是由脂肪酸引起的吗?

如果我们不能实现解耦合响应,该怎么办?

糖原耗尽后会发生什么?身体会被提示去尝试制造更多吗?(并因此增加糖皮质激素)

•What would happen if we eat a lot of carbs before cold exposure? What would happen if we eat a lot of fat? What would happen if we were fasted?

Clearly biological-specific mechanisms which modulate the biology of the organism are at play here.

如果我们在寒冷暴露前吃了很多碳水化合物会发生什么?如果我们吃了很多脂肪会发生什么?如果我们禁食会发生什么?

很明显,调节生物体生物学特性的生物特异性机制在这里起作用。

What would happen if cold exposure were to happen first thing in the morning? What if it were to happen?如果早上第一件事就是暴露在寒冷中会发生什么?万一发生了呢?

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