COLD Showers: What does the Science Say?

Have any of you switched over to taking cold showers? If so, what improvements have you seen in your life?

Now in 2017, you would be hard pressed to find any positive self-help or "life hack' advice not advocating for taking cold showers. Many swear by them, call them life changing - with claims of increasing blood circulation and triggering the "Fight or flight" that can cure depression or anxiety.

In fact I remember reading in Paul M. Barrett's book, Glock: The Rise of America's Gun that Gaston Glock was brutally assaulted in his mid-to late 70s by a hitman and was able to show strength and resilience because of all of the years swimming in ice cold lakes:

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...At the car park, Ewert guided Glock to the third underground level, where they found themselves alone. Ewert pointed out the snazzy roadster, and Glock approached on foot to take a closer look. Suddenly, a tall man stepped out of the shadows, lunging at Glock. The Austrian raised his arms defensively. The attacker, his face obscured by a stocking mask, swung a large rubber mallet of the sort normally used to install bathroom tile. With a vicious overhand motion, he struck Glock on the top and side of the head. Rather than intervene to help Glock, Ewert turned and ran for the stairwell. “I am a coward,” he would explain later. Glock, meanwhile, was fighting for his life. The gun maker, who usually carried a pistol, lacked one on this day. With no other option, Glock fought with his hands. He swung his large fist into his attacker’s eye and mouth. Though seventy, the industrialist put up a stout defense. His frequent swims in the frigid lake near his villa in Velden had helped him maintain a younger man’s stamina. Glock drew blood and knocked out several of his attacker’s teeth. Despite the hammer blows to his skull, he gained the advantage.

via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/2matGye