Recent research suggests taking a dip very cold water several hours a week is good our health. Researchers the University of Central Lancashire the U.K. looked the benefits of cold-water immersion therapy. They found it could have positive effects our cognition, sleep quality, and overall well-being. The researchers studied the effects the health of 13 people. The participants were dunked in 10ºC water for 10 minutes, three times a week, for four weeks. Study author Dr Robert Allan said the cold-water therapy could "help a number of positive physiological and psychological changes linked to improvements overall general health and well-being".
Cold-water immersion has been used various fields for its curative and healing benefits. many decades, ice baths have helped to speed the recovery athletes following intense, energy-sapping performances. Dr Allan said his findings also showed a positive impact sleep. He said: "Two weeks regular therapeutic cold-water immersion improved subjective sleep, fewer sleep disturbances." Subjecting the body to cold water health purposes is already a common practice. At the New Year, people take a plunge icy seas and lakes. In Japan, bathers refresh their bodies alternating dips in hot and cold baths a tradition known as toto-no-u.
