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Lindsay Bottoms, and ,The Conversation

Are cold showers healthy? Why the jury is still out on Wim Hof


Anyone watching the BBC program Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof may be starting to wonder whether there is really “power in the cold shower” as extreme athlete Hof claims. Hof, who set a Guinness World Record for swimming under ice, says that a “cold shower a day keeps the doctor away” by decreasing stress and increasing energy levels.

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