Untold Health Benefits Of Cold Bath

Untold Health Benefits Of Cold Bath
By Tunde Oguntola
— Oct 31, 2015 6:11 am
While there is nothing special about hot bath, studies show that a bout of cold water bath can impact greatly to your health. TUNDE OGUNTOLA in this piece, writes on the numerous benefits of cold water bath.
Hot showers basically are a luxury and not a necessity, if you have read any of the James Bond books, you surely have noticed his unique take on showers. Bond, tough guy extraordinaire, started with hot water, but turned the temperature uytsrewrdown to freezing cold for the very end of his bathing routine. This character quirk is theorized to be a nod to Bond’s Scottish ancestry, since a “hot-to-cold” shower is often referred to as a “Scottish Shower.”
   Research shows that cold showers increase your overall blood circulation, which helps you avoid hypertension and the hardening of arteries. Cold showers speed up your metabolic rate, this increase activates your immune system, which releases virus-fighting white blood cells that will help you get sick less frequently.
Cold showers boost recovery after exercise:
Athletes often take ice baths after vigorous training do reduce soreness. You don’t have to take it that far, but you can obtain a similar benefit with a quick cold shower after your training sessions. Maybe dropping a pencil or walking upstairs won’t be quite so agonizing with a little dose of cold after all of that running.
Eases Stress:
Jumping into the shower without letting it heat up, or going into the swimming pool without slowly acclimating to it, can help promote hardening, increasing tolerance to stress, and even disease.
Relieves depression:
Cold showers have been shown to relieve depression symptoms due to the intense impact of cold receptors in the skin, which send an overwhelming amount of electrical impulses from the peripheral nerve endings to the brain. Lots of great men from history suffered bouts of depression. Recent research indicates that short cold showers may stimulate the brain’s “blue spot”– the brain’s primary source of noradrenaline — a chemical that could help mitigate depression.
Keeps skin and hair healthy:
Hot water has the tendency to dry out our skin, hence, when it comes to hair and skin, one of the most natural ways to maintain your appearance is with cold showers. So it’s best to use cold water to tighten your cuticles and pores, which will prevent them from getting clogged.
Boosts immunity:
Cold showers speed up your metabolic rate, this increase activates your immune system, which releases virus-fighting white blood cells that will help you get sick less frequently.
According to a recent study, individuals who took daily cold showers saw an increase in the number of virus fighting white blood cells compared to individuals who took hot showers. Researchers believe that the increased metabolic rate, which results from the body’s attempt to warm itself up, activates the immune system and releases more white blood cells in response.
Boosts energy and well-being:
Give it a try, have a cold water bath whenever you feel exhausted. For me, every time I end a shower with cold water, I leave feeling invigorated and energized. My heart starts pumping, and the rush of blood through your body helps shake off the lethargy of the previous night’s sleep.
Increases testosterone:
Testosterone helps to boost a man’s libido and his overall strength and energy level.
During the 19th century, many doctors and ministers recommended that young men take baths in cold water to reduce the sin of “self-pollution,” whacking off. Cold water was thought to extinguish a man’s flaming carnal desires. There was even a ghastly device invented on this principle.
How wrong they were! The same study by the Thrombosis Research Institute cited above showed that cold water showers actually increase testosterone production in men. Increased
Increases fertility:
A recent study revealed that men who took a 30 minute hot bath every other day for 3 weeks were infertile for the next six months. Hence, when trying to become a dad bout of hot showers are not the best for you.
Your testes aren’t meant to get too hot; that’s why they hang outside your body. Sperm counts decrease when the temperature of a man’s testes increases.