Showering: Ending with cold water can lead to better health and mood, say experts

Most probably, you are skipping this important step at the end of your shower.

Ending showers with cold water can lead to better health and mood
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Ending showers with cold water can lead to better health and mood

Now that you know how often you should be taking a shower, and if you should shower in the morning or the evening, it's time to level up your shower habits.

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While you might know to skip shower mistakes that can have dangerous consequences to your health, make sure to include steps that can aid your health and wellness.

Apparently, just a short blast of cold water at the end of your showers can do wonders for your health, immunity and mood!

This is how to end your showers

Express reported on a Youtube video by Dr Janine Bowring, a naturopath. She shares that we should all be ending our showers with cold water.

According to her, cold helps your leptin receptors function, and helps in balancing your hormones and can even aid in weight loss.

Along with this, the cold water activates Vagus nerve that can help with 'moods, anxiety, and nervousness.'

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Finishing showers with cold water can also help make your hair shinier and keep your skin from getting dry. Ron Lach

Benefits of cold shower

As per a report by Insider, finishing your showers with a 30 second cold water shower over your body can have a lot of health benefits. These include:

Studies have shown that exposure to cold may induce your body to produce morewhite blood cells, which aids immunity.

Also, cold water showers can aid in alleviating depression, as well as cutting down recovery time after your workouts.

The report states that cold water showers can also be beneficial for the health of your hair, keeping them shiny. Along with this, it can also help in preventing dry skin.

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Sources used:

Express: ' Doctor shares one thing you should always do at the end of your shower for overall health'

Insider: ' How a 30-second blast of cold water at the end of a shower may boost immunity'

Youtube: Dr. Janine Browning

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