Roughly two months ago, a workmate enthusiastically relayed to me the benefits of switching to cold showers. He said it was the very reason he hadn’t caught a cold in 11 months and declared he would be a cold shower person for the rest of his life.
Earthclinic.com believes a cold shower has the following positive effects:
- Brings blood to the capillaries, therefore increasing circulation throughout the body.
- Cleans the circulatory system.
- Reduces blood pressure on internal organs.
- Provides flushing for the organs and provides a new supply of blood.
- Strengthens the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.
- Contracts the muscles to eliminate toxins and poisonous wastes.
- Strengthens the mucous membranes, which help resist hay fever, allergies, colds, coughs.
Oh yeah, and Kramer takes cold showers too. Here’s a Seinfeld excerpt:
George: “What day is today? Aghh, Tuesday! I shouldn’t have worked out today. Mr Wilhem has called a big meeting and now I’m gonna be sweating through the whole thing.”
Jerry: “Why? You took a shower?”
George: “Aghh, it wouldn’t take. Ten minutes from now, I’ll be sweating all over again, I can feel it. I’m a human heat pump!!”
Kramer: “You should take cold showers.”
George: “Cold showers? They’re for psychotics.”
Kramer: “Well I take ‘em ….. they give me a whooooosh!”
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