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Cold · 10

30 s

of cold at the end of a shower did as much as 90 seconds

The end of your shower is the cheapest place to try cold water.

In a Dutch trial of 3,018 adults, people who ended a warm shower with 30 to 90 seconds of cold took 29% fewer sick days off work, and the shortest dose did as well as the longest. The days they spent feeling ill didn't change significantly.Source 1 · Randomized trialThe Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work: A Randomized Controlled TrialBuijze GA, Sierevelt IN, van der Heijden BCJM, et al.. PLOS ONE, 2016.Read the paperPubMed ↗

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Finish your shower with 30 seconds of cold for a month and see whether you like it.

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  1. 01Buijze GA, Sierevelt IN, van der Heijden BCJM, Dijkgraaf MG, Frings-Dresen MHW. The Effect of Cold Showering on Health and Work: A Randomized Controlled Trial. PLOS ONE. 2016;11(9):e0161749. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161749 PMID 27631616