Review Fix Exclusive: Dr. Wayne B. Hayes Talks Cold Shoulder Vest

Review Fix chats with NASA scientist and UC Irvine Professor Dr. Wayne B. Hayes who discusses his invention the Cold Shoulder Vest, which uses the body’s own natural instinct to stay warm as fuel to burn calories. Featured on the Dr. Oz Show, Hayes discusses the product and his goals for it moving forward.

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Review Fix: What inspired this product?

Dr. Wayne B. Hayes: Tim Ferriss’s book The Four Hour Body has a whole chapter on cold exposure and weight loss.  In it he chronicles the story of Ray Cronise, another NASA scientist (whom I’ve now met) who was experimenting on himself in the mid-2000s using ice baths, cold showers, sleeping without covers, and drinking a gallon of ice water per day.  Using these (uncomfortable!) cold exposure techniques, he tripled his rate of weight loss. My goal was to build an ice vest that also accelerates weight loss, but to have it be comfortable and convenient.

Review Fix: How does it work?

Hayes: If your body is even the slightest bit cold, it needs to burn calories to stay warm.  The science is almost a century old and has been studied in the lab for decades.  Basically, the ice in the vest extracts heat from your body.  Heat is calories.  Thus, the vest directly extracts calories  from your body, and your body has to burn calories to replace those that were taken.

Review Fix: What is the difference between this version of the product (PRO) and the older ones?

Hayes: The Classic 1.0 used about 1 lb. of water ice, and the ice would melt in about an hour.  The new vest uses about 8 lbs of FDA-cleared food-grade glycerin gel, that lasts several hours at a stretch.  So now you can wear the vest for about 4 hours at a stretch if you want.  Of course, it can also help you stay cool in a hot environment.

Review Fix: Who do you think will get the most out of it?

Hayes: Anybody who wants to burn excess calories.  Cold exposure is universally applicable.  Anybody from a buff gym rat to a couch potato can benefit.  We like to emphasize though that the vest cannot replace a good diet and exercise; it can only augment an already good diet + exercise regimen.

Review Fix: How does it feel to have the product on the Dr. OZ show?

Hayes: It was cool.  Dr. Oz is a really smart guy.  He asked me lots of relevant question off camera before we even started.

Review Fix: Bottom line, why should someone buy it?

Hayes: It’s a high-tech gadget, cutting-edge technology to help burn calories.  Decades of research have demonstrated that mild cold exposure has so many health benefits that it should be considered as basic and as important as diet and exercise.  My fondest hope is that in 5-10 years, mild cold exposure will be as well-known a household idea as diet and exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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