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Science•8 min read

The Science of Cold Water Immersion

What hormesis means, what cold water immersion has been studied for, and where the evidence is thin.

Ingredients•6 min read

Magnesium: The Athlete's Essential Mineral

Why athletes pay attention to magnesium, and how oral and transdermal forms differ.

Science•5 min read

Menthol and TRPM8: The Science of Cold Sensation

What menthol is, and why water with menthol in it feels colder than the thermometer says.

Ingredients•7 min read

Dead Sea Minerals: Ancient Recovery Secrets

The unique mineral composition that makes Dead Sea salt a premium recovery ingredient.

Recovery•6 min read

MSM for Athletes: The Recovery Compound

What OptiMSM® is, how distillation separates it from ordinary MSM, and what the research has looked at.

Ingredients•5 min read

Kunzea oil: the plant, the history and what it is used for

Kunzea ambigua is a shrub from south-eastern Australia. Where it grows, how a Tasmanian distilling industry started in the 1990s, what is in the oil, and what it is used for.

Recovery•6 min read

Optimal Ice Bath Temperature and Duration

Evidence-based guidelines for maximizing recovery benefits from cold water immersion.

Science•6 min read

Magnesium chloride vs Epsom salt: the difference, and which to put in the bath

Magnesium chloride and magnesium sulphate are two different compounds. What each one is, where it comes from, what it costs per bath, and how the water feels.