Eating Spicy Food In An Ice Bath

Will extra spicy foods warm our extra cold bodies? Let's talk about that. Good Mythical Morning. When the crew told me about this idea, I misheard them. And thought that Ice Spice was coming on the show. That is the only reason I agreed to this. But that is not the case, because instead we are. eating spicy foods in an ice bath to answer the question.

that has been plaguing scientists for centuries. Does spicy food warm you up even when. you're in an ice bath? Ice Spice, who's not here, and boopity boop boop boop boop. boop boop Scientific Research call for us to investigate. And when they call, we can't ignore it, right? Or can we? I mean, can we? Well, we could have, but we didn't. It's time for.

Welcome to the Spicy Icy Zone. Now, spicy foods, they're a bit of a scientific wonder. because, yes, they can make you all red and sweaty, but. also, some research suggests that spicy foods during hot. months can cool you down. That's because it's all connected. When the capsaicin from the spicy food is released into. your body, your skin tells your nervous system that. you're overheating, which then triggers your internal.

AC. system, and you start sweating, and. sweating cools you down. But, if you're in an ice bath, and you can't sweat, does that mean that the response. that your body is having to the spicy food is not able. to cool you down as much? Or does the fact that you're in an ice bath cool you down. twice as fast because your body's like, you are really. hot, I'm cooling you down, and you're in an ice bath? Yeah, I just, you know, I'm hoping that the. spicy food warms me up.

And you stay exactly the same temperature. Yeah. This is why we're doing this. They cancel each out. We don't know what's gonna happen. Okay, boys, the time for talk is over, but before you get. into these ice cold baths, we need to check your baseline. temperatures, so, Kase, KG, let's. I'm not that short. 98. I'm chill. 99.2. That's what I say about you. I'm super chill. A little hotter than you.

Huh. Okay, so these bags. I thought, thought my anger would've heated me up. Are about 55 degrees. And for your safety, we're gonna limit your cold. A, a cold ass bath time limit. That cold ash. I said ass. Okay, uh, ash. I C E, ash. Uh, to 15 minutes. Uh, so whenever you're ready. Well, actually, how about just not wherever? Whenever you're ready. Just now take off your robes and let's, let's get in there. We are naked. Nah, we're not. Okay.

See, the thing is Rhett is--. Oh gosh! He does this all the time. I mean, you got one of these at home, dude, so like. I'm gonna do this like an experienced. professional, and I'm gonna show you how it can be done. I'm gonna get, get in. Should I do squats or get hot? Like. I'm gonna just get in and I'm gonna, I won't have a reaction. I'm gonna keep a a, a normal look on my face. I'm not gonna embarrass myself or my friends. Or my family. Okay? It's very cold. I'm just letting you know. I'm just verbally communicating that to you.

It's very cold. But I'm not reacting to that. But that's just my shins. Ugh. Shins. And then, you come in to this part, and you still, you just, you're still fine. You're still fine. Oh, you're about to overflow. You wanna get your shoulders? Why are you talking like this? And you see how I never winced once. But you're, but you're talking like this.

Okay, let's see how you do, Neal. Woo! And then, what about that? Is that gonna go? Scrap, man. Link, Link, get in the bath, please. Whoops! Okay. Um, well. See, what you do is, you put your foot in, and then you, all your friends are here, Gah! Gah!

What? Go all the way down. Why do people--. Stevie, tell him. Go all the way down. Yeah, that's right. Hey, just, just do it. And you gotta get your belly in, you gotta. get your shoulders in. I'm gonna get angry or something. Gah! I'm angry. It's not that bad. It's good for you. I'm geeky, geeky, geeky. Oh, I hate it. I hate it so bad. I hate it all! You're gonna feel so good when you get out, though.

Ugh. What? Hold on, you're not even moving. It's the top of my thighs are going in! You're not even moving! Go down! Oh, look, he's shivering already. Yeah. Gahhh!!! Yeah. Why? Why do people do this on the internet? Because it makes you feel so good, it makes you feel alive!

Your body thinks, your brain, your brain thinks. that you're dying, but you won't die, and then the rest. of the day will be easy. I'm good. This is how I spend time with you every single day. Because the first thing I do is this. And then everything is easy. Get your nips in, Neil. You gotta get your, get your arms in. Put your arms down. Put your arms in. Put them all the way in. And now lean back. Get it, get it, get it.

Get it, get it, get it. Get the shoulders in. Get him down. Get up to the neck. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on! Okay. More, a little bit more. I'm good. Okay. Ah. Okay, so before we bring out the first spicy food, let's go ahead and take your temperatures again and see. how the ice bath, uh. What's happening behind my ears? It's so hot back there.

97.8. 98.9. Alright, we both dropped .2 and .3. Of course we did! Okay, let's bring it back up. We're gonna start with some horseradish here. Um, which does not contain capsaicin. I don't like horseradish. But it contains... This is gonna be the hardest part for me. Big bite. Isothiocyanate. Did you eat a whole thing? Yeah. Ugh! That helped, because it.

That helped, it detracted me. It detracted me. Uh. It doesn't have what, but it has what, Stevie? Oh, dang it. I thought you weren't listening. Alol isothiocyanate. Oh, yes. Issotheoninaite. Oh, well. Did you have that weird nose thing that happens. with horseradish? No. I feel like we need just a little bit more. Oh, come on, Stevie.

Let's just move on to the next spicy food. Other spicy things. Let's just go with the chips and salsa. I don't think your temperatures have changed yet. So let's bring some hot salsa in. As crazy as that horseradish gulp was, I didn't feel it, and I don't remember it. I don't remember it. Yeah. Mm. Oh. Mm. This is odd. One more? Good gracious.

Like, which part is odd? No thank you. Mm. Being really cold. Oh. Having all my parts really cold. Except my mouth. Does it neutralize it? It is exciting. I am feeling some sort of, like, death high. There's a little bit of euphoria. Is there? Are you? Yeah. Oh, hey, Link, hands under.

Hands under makes it a lot better. No, listen, you can't have your hands up. Hey, listen, hands under. Hands under makes it a much colder experience because your. hands are I can't remember the technical name for it, but heat. exchanges through your hands. You've gotta get your hands under to get. the full experience. Put your hands under! I'll put them under. And leave them. Let's see temperatures now, but I think we need to crank. it up in order to. I hate that. Ooh.

98. Oh! Okay. 98.9. Oh, I went up a .1! Yeah, I think, I believe you stayed the same, Rhett. But, uh, Link went up a little bit. Did I? It's okay, we have more. We have wings. And, and also all the foods are room temperature to. make sure that it's just, you know, that we're not. taking in like, heat. There's no actual heat? Yeah, exactly. It's just spice? I never eat while I'm in this thing. But, I feel like I should, but I'm gonna have to have. KG come over and feed me.

Good gracious. Mm, mm. Okay, that's a hot wing. A little more? Hold on, give me a second. Oh, that is a hot wing! Woo! Yeah, it's a little scotch bonnet on that, baby. Oh, God! Okay, let's see a little temp action. That was a very hot wing. People, why do people do this? I don't get it. 99. Yeah, back. 97.9. I guess if you feel like you're like in a death situation.

It helps with the immunity. You train your body to like, not care about dying. It helps with confidence. Um, some things get small and then you can. watch 'em get big again. Oh, you what? That helps. Watch 'em get big. That that helps with confidence. Let's have some green thai chili. I'll tell you Rhett, everything, I'm sure everything's. I mean curry. What? Can I take the whole thing? Curry. Well, green Thai chili curry. No, no, no, no.

Mm mm. Mm mm mm. Oh! Okay, this is a new thing for me. I mean, outside of a bath, I would be hiccuping. Oh, God. I feel like I wanna put my mouth in the water. Mama! Is it the curry spicier than the, yeah, okay, we're escalating. Everything is definitely progressively spicier in. a way that's making me feel very uncomfortable. Okay, let's take your temperature now. Oh, God. It's definitely the spice is much more of a problem.

than the cold at this point. You're still 99. I disagree with that. Really? I still think the cold is worse in the bath. Like, I'm almost not even thinking about the, the spiciness that's happening in my mouth. Really? I'm only thinking about the spiciness. Okay so Rhett's the same. The, I do think about it, it helps. Link is the same. 97.9. Interesting. Okay. All right. Um, I think what we need to do is we need to talk about. the Mythical Society now. What.

Join the Mythical Society, third degree. quarterly or annual clamp. You get the Rhett and Link heads mug included in your membership. It's got me on one side, Link on the other side, or as some people say, Jesus and Rachel Maddow. if you wanna get it, there's a deadline to join it. And it is a month of the year. It is a day of the month. That the last of that month. What month? I don't know. March 31st. Okay. March. Ugh. And there's a website. You can go to.

Mythicalsociety.com. Thank you. Um, let's bring in that final spicy food, please. I don't want to say what it is out loud. This is, this is, this is not right, y'all. We said we weren't going to do this kind of thing. What are we going to do? How much of it are we going to eat? The whole thing. Big bite. Let's do half. I'm already hiccuping from the green chili. Let's do half? Let's start with half. Start with half? I either wanna do it all or do half. Do all of it. All of it. All of it.

Hold on, let me see how big your pepper is. All of it. All of it. All of it. One. I'm gonna bite it with this side of my mouth. You ready? Okay. Three, two. Okay. Oh, my God. Ooh! Oh my god. Euuuh.

I'm being flushed with blood! I feel it! I feel electric! Oh, my stomach is hot! My mouth is hot! I feel waves of--. Everything else is HOOOT! I feel waves of warmth going from my mouth down. into all my regions. Do you not feel that? It's wild! [gibberish]. ...What?

The only thing I feel, my ears are trying to. crawl off my skull. Oh! Oh, that's so hot. Let's see, let's see what your temperature is. My nose is running. Look what I found. Just like old times. 98.9. Oh, I went down! 97. 9. Stayed the same. Now typically your body temperature would have gone.

down significantly being in this thing like this. By maybe. Well it did and then, and then we tracked it. going back up and then it kind of stayed the same. Woo. I need milk in my mouth. Experiment over. Okay. Yes, you boys can now get outta your tubs. Thank you. Oh god. Oh, this is the best part. This is when you feel electric. Ah.

Hey, if you turn around and look at yourself. Then you can gain confidence as it grows. [Laughter]. Okay, so we we learned something today because. we took your baseline temperatures and then you. got in the bath and they went down and then we started. feeding you spicy food and they went up a little bit and. then they kind of maintained.

You didn't hear anything I just said. I don't know how to put this robe on. My arms aren't working yet. I know. Oh, okay. Yeah, we learned some things. Is that what you said? Went up, went down. About to stay the same. Okay. Hey man, you did it. You could be my ice buddy.

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