Cold Showers

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, [...]

Cold showers are sometimes touted as a preventative tonic for colds, flu, and infections. However, are these reported benefits just a placebo effect – the power of suggestion, or do cold showers have a direct and measurable effect on our immunity? Once again, studies show at least some support for the popular wisdom. An experiment [...]