Are Cold Showers Good For You? - Brit Lab

Does the recent hype about taking ice cold showers stand up to science? Doctor Chris van Tulleken is today's guinea pig.
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1) Cold Water Shock:
Cold Water Safety:
2) Adapted cold shower as a potential treatment for depression:
Scientific Evidence-Based Effects of Hydrotherapy on Various Systems of the Body:
3) Adapted cold shower as a potential treatment for depression:
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Post-exercise cold water immersion attenuates acute anabolic signalling and long-term adaptations in muscle to strength training.The Journal of Physiology, 2015; DOI: 10.1113/JP270570
5) Cold water immersion in the management of delayed-onset muscle soreness: Is dose important? A randomised controlled trial, Philip D. Glasgow, Roisin Ferris, Chris M. Bleakley
6) White to Brown Fat -Irisinand FGF21 Are Cold-Induced Endocrine Activators of Brown Fat Function in Humans. Cell Metabolism, Volume 19, Issue 2, 4 February 2014, Pages 302-309 DOI:
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