Healing Crohn's Disease Week 4 - Cold Showers

 

I have to admit, it was actually nice to have a week where the changes I made to my lifestyle weren't as huge as the week prior! My body is still adjusting to the intermittent fasting and cold showers was something that was more doable than I had anticipated. In the past, when I've done cold showers, I've found them to be a challenge...like, dreading turning off the hot water at the end of my shower and thinking of many reasons why I could justify skipping it for one day.

Ultimately, the health benefits of sucking it up far outweigh my momentary discomfort. Here are some of the things that interest me in cold showers:

• Improved circulation
• Improved immune system response
• Increased lymphatic drainage
• Weight loss
• Reduced Stress
• Faster recovery from training
• Anti-aging

In addition to these benefits, there are plenty more. I found this article to be a helpful place to start digging deeper and of course, you can always find lots of information through Wim Hof's website/app/YouTube. 

In the coming weeks, I'll be adding more time under cold water daily as my body adjusts and as with everything else, I'll be keeping track of the changes.

This coming week I'm onto adding Water Kefir...hopefully it's as easy to make as the package suggests!