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
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Enhance immunity against infections and cancer
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Give your glands (thyroid, adrenals, ovaries/testes) a boost, improving hormonal activity
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Jump-start your mood and motivation
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Crank up your metabolism to fight type 2 diabetes, obesity, gout, rheumatic diseases, depression, and more
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Normalize your blood pressure
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Decrease chronic pain
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Train and improve your blood circulation
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Detoxify your body
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Fight fatigue
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Strengthen exhausted, irritable nerves
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Rejuvenate, heal, and tone the skin
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Deepen your breathing
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Help with insomnia
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Improve kidney function
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Reduce swelling and edema
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Improve lymphatic circulation, thereby increasing immune function
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Reduce stress by regulating your autonomic nervous system
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Regulate temperature, fighting chronically cold hands and cold feet and excessive sweating
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Keep your hair healthy
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Improve hemorrhoids and varicose veins
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Reduce aches and pains”
Just thought you’d like to know. 
I have found that cold showers are a quick and cheap way to cool down when it gets too hot in my apartment. Actually I do it after I have been sunbathing and have taken in a lot of heat and feel too hot.
Wow thank you for the insightful article, I have known about some of the benefits of cold-showers for a while but I never considered that it had such a profound influence.
Thanks again!
I have been cold showering for over a year now and lost 10kg without changing my diet or exercise. A good result for a 45yo female. I also don’t feel the cold as much as I used to, my poor circulation improved and i don’t get sick much now. I enjoy it and can’t think of any reason to stop!