Wim Hof climbed Mount Everest wearing shorts. Temperatures at the summit of Mount Everest range from -19 ° to -36 °. Scientists examined his body and confirmed that it was not affected in any way by low temperatures, which could kill a person of average abilities.
The Wim Hof technique allows a person to independently defeat some diseases with the help of thought. And he can teach this to other people. Dutch scientists recently published a report showing that Hof is able to consciously influence his immune system.
Hof trained 12 volunteers in his method. It included meditation, breathing techniques, lying barefoot and shirtless in the snow, swimming in icy water. After training, all volunteers were injected with toxins to see how their bodies would react. A control group of 12 other non-training volunteers also received toxin injections.
The bacterial toxin secreted by Escherichia coli causes temporary fever, headache, and tremors. This is the standard test for inflammation.
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Volunteers who went through the training had fewer painful symptoms after the injection. Their bodies produced fewer proteins that cause inflammation and more proteins that prevent inflammation. They also released more adrenaline, a hormone associated with immune responses.
Scientists have found that Hof's technique offers hope of recovery for people suffering from chronic inflammatory diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and intestinal inflammation.
But it is too early to draw unambiguous conclusions, it is necessary to conduct more experiments.
In a YouTube video, Hof explained why he does this: "My mission is to show that anyone can get to know themselves more deeply with their minds."
He says he hopes to see more people healed with an "inner doctor" instead of depending on pills and modern medical procedures.
Speaking of the “inner doctor,” Hof adds: “2,000 years ago people already knew about him. We just forgot a little about it."