What if I told you that there’s one thing you could do for 30-90 seconds each morning that would have an immediate positive impact on your health, your energy level, your brain chemistry, and your attitude? What is this miracle elixir? An icy cold shower. Not a coldish shower, but a blast of 38 degree icy cold water that causes you to gasp for air and let loose with a stream of obscenities. For at least 30 seconds.
Some of the benefits:
• It triggers deep breathing which in turn increases your oxygen levels, your heart rate, and your overall cardiac function.
• It improves circulation and helps your arteries more efficiently pump blood.
• It lowers blood pressure, boosts your immune systems.
• Repeated cold showers have been shown to toughen you up, increasing your resilience to stress, or what’s called hardening.
• It activates your brown fat (this is the good fat that increases you metabolic rate so that you can burn more calories).
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