21 Health Benefits of a Cold Shower

 

Alexa Fleckenstein, M.D., author of Health20, has a few things to say about cold showers. Within the book, she writes:

“Cold water can do more than just wash away sweat, dirt, old skin cells, bacteria, and viruses:

What a Cold Shower Can Do For You

• Enhance immunity against infections and cancer
• Give your glands (thyroid, adrenals, ovaries/testes) a boost, improving hormonal activity
• Jump-start your mood and motivation
• Crank up your metabolism to fight type 2 diabetes, obesity, gout, rheumatic diseases, depression, and more
• Normalize your blood pressure
• Decrease chronic pain
• Train and improve your blood circulation
• Detoxify your body
• Fight fatigue
• Strengthen exhausted, irritable nerves
• Rejuvenate, heal, and tone the skin
• Deepen your breathing
• Help with insomnia
• Improve kidney function
• Reduce swelling and edema
• Improve lymphatic circulation, thereby increasing immune function
• Reduce stress by regulating your autonomic nervous system
• Regulate temperature, fighting chronically cold hands and cold feet and excessive sweating
• Keep your hair healthy
• Improve hemorrhoids and varicose veins
• Reduce aches and pains”

– Originally posted on: http://www.cold-showers.com