Tend Natural Health

Do you know I’ve been cold water ‘plunging’ two days a week since January 1st? Dipping like this can be a love/strongly dislike relationship due to…well…the absolute freezing temp of the water. 🤣😂

❄️ All said and done, the net effect for me has been a great improvement in my mood, better sleep and mental discipline and resilience. Cool (pun intended), right???

❄️ Cold water immersion is something I’ve heard about for years but had never tried. I was moved to swim because doctors of old, without access to modern medications/therapies, used cold water to successfully treat a variety of ailments.

❄️ Today we can and have measured some of the tremendous health benefits from cold water exposure/immersion.

❄️ For optimal benefits plan to dip for a total of 11 mins/ wk over 2-4 days. After exposure allow yourself to warm up on your own (without a warm shower or blasting furnace). Shivering will confer the greatest health benefits which are:

🥶 Improved immune function
🥶 Physiologic Resilience to stress
🥶 Decreased Inflammation
🥶 Improved Mood and Mental Focus
🥶 Protection from Dementia
🥶 Increased Brown Fat and therefore increased metabolic rate
🥶 Improved Insulin Sensitivity

Hope to see ya’ll at the river!!! 💗🥶❄️

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