Should you shower with hot or cold water?
Showering can bring you many health benefits, whether you do it with hot water or choose cold water. Get to know them...
Showering is an essential part of a healthy routine, but depending on the temperature, time spent underwater can offer different benefits.** Whether you like hot water or prefer to shower with cold water, learn how your shower routine can affect your health.
Hot water
Some like hot water and may reap the following benefits: • *Taking a hot shower can relieve tension and soothe stiff muscles. Let the hot water work as a mini massage on your shoulders, neck, and back. • Taking a hot shower can increase oxytocin levels and relieve anxiety. Anyone dealing with stress can use more of the love hormone in their life. • A hot shower also acts as a natural decongestant to relieve cold symptoms, as the hot steam from the water hydrates the nasal passages. • Hot showers are one of the best remedies against insomnia. They help us fall asleep because it relaxes our body and
- our mind and allows us to rest. • Hot water eliminates our stress and cures our pain or fatigue after an exercise routine.
Cold water
Others, on the other hand, like to shower with cold water and when they do they achieve the following: • Cold showers are really good for our bodies! Showering with cold water for the last five minutes can help your body wake up. This instant change in temperature relieves your body of fatigue and increases your mental alertness. • A cold shower (around 20 degrees Celsius) for two to three minutes once or twice a day is recommended as a treatment for depression. Just be sure to check with your doctor before trying this! * • Cold showers are better for our hair and skin because they hydrate them and help with split ends of hair and dry skin. • Baths with cold water improve people’s ability to control stress, which over time strengthens our immune system. • Cold water also helps to improve people’s self-esteem and improves their willpower. How do you like your shower?** Hot or cold? If you want more information on nutrition and health topics, or need advice on losing weight, click here.
