If you live in Atlantic Canada, you know that from November to April, the weather is essentially a personal attack. It’s damp, it’s windy, and it cuts right through you. The natural human instinct is to hide. We crank the thermostat to 22°C (72°F). We start our cars ten minutes early to warm the seats. We bundle up in Gore-Tex armor just to walk to the mailbox. We are addicted to thermal comfort. But as I’ve rebuilt my metabolic engine over the last few months, I’ve started doing something that makes my friends look at me like I’ve lost my mind. I’ve stopped hiding from the cold. In fact, I’m actively seeking it out. I don't do it because I’m tough (I’m not). I do it because I’m an optimizer. I’ve learned that cold is not just a weather condition; it is a powerful metabolic switch that turns my body from a storage unit into a furnace. Here is the science of Hormesis and why I’ve learned to embrace the chill. Part 1: The "Good" Fat (Brown vs. White) To understand why I wa...
Nearly twenty years ago, I started a blog called The Path is Too Deep, a geeky reference to a rare computer error message. A great deal of life has happened since then, a life I would like to share. So, here again, are some random bits of unfiltered Chris.