What are the physiological and health benefits of cold water immersion, particularly regarding metabolism, cardiovascular health, and recovery from physical exertion?

To experience these incredible benefits, you only need to do cold-water immersion therapy for eleven minutes per week.

You can get the advantages of cold-water immersion by using a special cold-water immersion tank, a cold shower, a cold pool, or a cold body of water. While heat therapy is beneficial, cold therapy has even more benefits. If you have no tolerance for doing this, taking B vitamins may help make it easier.

Cold-water immersion can potentially help decrease:

• ApoA to ApoB ratios

• Homocysteine levels

• Oxidative stress

• ACTH and cortisol

• Antibodies

• Insulin

• Uric acid

• Your risk for upper respiratory tract infections

• Depression

• Pain

• Inflammation

• Muscle soreness

• Recovery time after exercise

• The growth of tumors

Cold-water immersion can potentially help increase:

• Thyroid stimulating hormone and T3

• T cells

• White blood cells

• Zinc

• Noradrenaline

• Insulin sensitivity

• Mental resilience

Cold-water immersion also helps turn on certain genes that would otherwise be inhibited. These genes have amazing effects, like supporting metabolism and many other health benefits.