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

1. Enhance immunity against infections and cancer

2. Give your glands (thyroid, adrenals, ovaries/testes) a boost, improving hormonal activity

3. Jump-start your mood and motivation

4. Crank up your metabolism to fight type 2 diabetes, obesity, gout, rheumatic diseases, depression, and more

5. Normalize your blood pressure

6. Decrease chronic pain

7. Train and improve your blood circulation

8. Detoxify your body

9. Fight fatigue

10. Strengthen exhausted, irritable nerves

11. Rejuvenate, heal, and tone the skin

12. Deepen your breathing

13. Help with insomnia

14. Improve kidney function

15. Reduce swelling and edema

16. Improve lymphatic circulation, thereby increasing immune function

17. Reduce stress by regulating your autonomic nervous system

18. Regulate temperature, fighting chronically cold hands and cold feet and excessive sweating

19. Keep your hair healthy

20. Improve hemorrhoids and varicose veins

21. Reduce aches and pains”

Just thought you’d like to know. For specific tried and true water cures, see the Water Therapy Guidebook