Cold water vs. warm water has become an ongoing debate about which one is damaging your health. If you continue reading, you’ll find out.
614shares6140Note: With the spring boating season upon us, the U.S. Coast Guard warned today that although the air temperatures are warmer, the water is still cold and presents a significant danger to those looking to cool off.
If you’re wondering whether drinking cold water to lose weight is a good idea, you’re in the right place. Welcome to another installment of SELF.com’s weight-loss myth busters. Previous topics have ranged from whether strength training or cardio burns more calories to the sad-but-true fact that, no
Minnesota’s inland lakes and streams are generally colder than 70° F in winter and spring. Water this cold always presents the danger of hypothermia.
THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE – The secrets of cold water swimming’s health benefits for men and women in freezing waters.
The scientific phenomenon of hot water freezing faster than cold water is known as the Mpemba effect, named after Erasto Mpemba, a Tanzanian student who in 1963 was making ice cream as part of a college project.
The Chilling Truth About Cold Water. This article first appeared in Pacific Yachting Magazine, February 2006.. Back to Cold Water Survival. It can happen quickly: a slip on a slick deck; leaning too far without a handhold; a momentary loss of balance; and suddenly the sea has wrapped its frigid fingers around another victim.
You probably see cold showers as dreadful things that you’ve never put yourself through of your own free will; rather, they’re forced on you by circumstances beyond your control. The jerks in your dorm or apartment used up all the hot water or some inconsiderate person may have flushed the
Alexa Fleckenstein, M.D., author of Health 2 O, has a few things to say about cold showers.Within the book, she writes: “Cold water can do more than just wash away sweat, dirt, old skin cells, bacteria, and viruses:
Sudden Drowning With very few exceptions, immersion in cold water is immediately life-threatening for anyone not wearing thermal protection like a wetsuit or drysuit.. When cold water makes contact with your skin, cold shock causes an immediate loss of breathing control.