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today we’re gonna talk about the seven

benefits of taking a cold shower

this is really about something called

cryotherapy cold therapy now with

cryotherapy you’re put into a crowd

chamber for just a very small amount of

time because it’s a very very cold

two maybe three maybe up to five minutes

and this concept is really based on this

word hormesis okay hora mucins what is

that that is a situation where you’re

adding a low dose dress or a moderate

amount of stress to create a beneficial

effect there’s a lot of things that can

create this effect this is called

hormetic effect but it’s really a

survival mechanism that’s been around

for eons I mean if you think about in

the past with human bodies the

combination of how many times that our

bodies have starved and been in the cold

so you’re freezing and starving and what

the body will do over time to adapt it’s

really built within our genes so just by

taking a 20 minute cold shower it can

increase norepinephrine by two to three

hundred percent and when you increase

this neurotransmitter which is made by

your adrenal glands and other parts of

your body you can really drop

inflammation you can increase your

antioxidant networks including

glutathione so your ability to detox

protect against DNA damage is improved

also your mitochondria increase as far

as the numbers of mitochondria you can

generate more energy which is

fascinating so taking a cold shower of a

period of time can actually boost your

energy also your T cells increase these

are the cells that help you prevent

against infection against viruses and

even bacteria now you would think by

going into the cold you would get sick

but you’re only going in the cold for a

certain period of time when you do a

cold shower I always recommend start off

with maybe 30 seconds for a minute and

gradually increase it over time and then

maybe turn it on to a hot shower and

alternate just because pain tends to be

very painful so you want to gradually

ease into it

if here’s some of the benefits of a cold

shower it decreases muscle pain

and anytime you have an acute injury you

want to use cold and not heat that’s

just a side down

you also get decreased joint pain joint

inflammation especially with rheumatoid

arthritis you’ll speed up recovery from

either a workout or you had an actual

injury from sports eg it decreases

inflammation in general increases your

cognitive function your overall mood

there’s been some interesting studies on

depression and anxiety and also it can

even increase your metabolism now I know

the last way people want to lose weight

is by taking cold showers but it can

boost your metabolism a little bit but

of course you want to be on keto and

intermittent fasting to really do it

correctly anyway these are the benefits

and comment below if you have ever used

cold as a therapy thanks for watching

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