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Mysterie

Mysterie

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i know there have been cold shower threads in the past, but i felt that the topic would not be brought up again in a good way if a year old thread got bumped

cold showers are a very good stepping stone into other great habits because our whole lives we have simply accepted that when you have a shower you take it at the temperature you like
but may have not critically thought to ourselves, why do i need to have a shower that is warmer than the temperature water would naturally be?

sometimes what we like isnt always the best thing for us

http://www.thehackedmind.com/7-reasons-to-take-cold-showers-and-1-that-really-matters/

i personally would attribute the mental power to quit a 3 year nicotine addiction, by learning how to overcome the initial hesitancy of embracing fear

so i think it could help other people get out of other ruts in their life, where that initial fear holds you back from doing something thats good for you :)

if you dont want to say bye to heated water you could always have a warm bath once a week/fortnight as a reward for the cold showers in the early stages

also some sites recommend you stand under the cold water for 5 minutes straight to get the full benefits from it, whilst that could be true it would be a pretty daunting and depressing concept for me to think of doing that the first time i had a cold shower

so i think a good way to do it is to ease into it gradually and if that means you dont shower for a couple days, dont shave for a couple days, i can vouch its worth it in the long run

has anyone else got any stories about cold showers they can share where they noticed a significant positive impact upon other parts of their life after embracing coldness for what it is?

or what are you thoughts on the idea? good/bad/i dont know/are you insane?

who knows maybe it can help me write posts without quadruple spacing them ;)
 
^ I had an ex coworker who took cold showers every day and she is in her late 60's. When I asked her age I was shocked because she only looked like 40 to me. When I asked her what her secret is to staying young she mentioned "cold showers." I never really looked into this information so thank you for sharing this. I wanted to try this too before but the water here in Canada specially in winter season is freezing cold :(
 
its had some pretty profound positive implications in my life so im happy to share that knowledge with others hoping they can make some effort to open themselves to the idea :D

i have been thinking a lot lately that if you follow the true nature of external beauty then inner beauty will surely follow, so that woman sounds pretty darn smart
 
Oh she is and she has been doing it for more than 20 years could you imagine. I think i might try this next year but I am in a juice fasting thing atm and I am getting cranky I miss real food lol
 
i know haha i made jokes to my sister all the time like "i need solid food", "why are there gourmet oreos in the fridge, why?", but it gets a lot easier after the end of day 2, make sure you are drinking enough fresh vegetable juice, organic is best.

for me 70% veg to 30% fruit is a good balance, and you cant really slam enough herbal teas and water really
 
I find alternating hot/cold a lot more useful than sticking to one temperature. Whenever I go to hot tubs or hot springs, I always go back and forth between the hot water and the cold immersion pool before the session is done. If it's the beginning of the winter season I can usually only tolerate the cold water for a couple of seconds before making a mad dash back to the hot water. But after many sessions, I can really take my time, sitting in the cold water up to a minute or two, without freaking out. I can even sit in the snow beside the hot tub with the outdoor temperature below zero and not feel like I'm freezing my ass off. So.... hot/cold therapy increases your resistance to temperature extremes. Once summer comes I won't be as hot either.

The other benefit is that hot/cold confuses your body so that it doesn't know what temperature it is. It contracts and expands so many times from the temp changes that it finally just releases everything, which improves circulation greatly. This is the basis of hydrotherapy as it's been practiced for over 100 years. You can cure cluster headaches and migraines this way.

There's not a really a hard and fast rule about how much cold you should endure before it's "healthy". I would listen to your body. In my case resistance to cold has developed gradually with each exposure. I don't think I could have forced myself to stay in cold immersion for 5 minutes back at the beginning of November. But now? Maybe it's a bit more feasible. But why suffer? Just do what seems right.

That's an interesting idea... about how your ability to handle cold shocks can impact your ability to handle shocks in life. I'll have to give that more thought. Intuitively, I can see the connection.
 
what i forgot to mention is that

ive tried to apply this idea to my life before, but with a bit more black and white thinking behind it

what happened this time that helped me stick to the cold shower mentality, is, i had a bit more confidence in what i was doing, and i let myself have a 30 second cold shower if need be, and i could step out of the stream whenever i felt the need to do so, and do most of the washing without the water hitting me at all, so long as i could gradually build up my tolerance to cold in a gradual fashion

hot/cold therapy is very interesting, as is the thought on cold showers in cold climates, its summer here in australia so at least that wont keep me from my new true love, cold showers ~~~~~~~~~~=D
 
Maya said:
Oh she is and she has been doing it for more than 20 years could you imagine. I think i might try this next year but I am in a juice fasting thing atm and I am getting cranky I miss real food lol
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this juice fasting is bs for hippies that dont care about muscle... i can see reason to not eat meat but something like pure unflavored whey isolate or hydro is like cleanest food,it have high absorbtion and it absorbs super fast so all this intestine cleanse can continue
 
i think you are missing some of my points

are you aware that approximately 30% of your bodies energy is directed at breaking down fibre you are breaking down through your metabolism due to consumption of solid food every day?

have you ever experienced a healthy juice fast for 3 days or more?

have you done much research yourself into the mechanics behind a healthy juice fast? im guessing not and if the reason is that you dont care, perhaps you shouldnt try to influence others on the topic...

im guessing whey isolate and hydro contain fibre? that would make a fast pretty much not a fast

just so im not misunderstood i do not propose we live on liquid juice diets, i simply think it can rewire your thinking in a positive manner if you approach it well and understand integration to a decent extent

in fact i would suggest that perhaps, DOB, a juice fast may not be beneficial to you at this time in your life

to each their own ey?
 
Mysterie said:
i think you are missing some of my points

are you aware that approximately 30% of your bodies energy is directed at breaking down fibre you are breaking down through your metabolism due to consumption of solid food every day?

have you ever experienced a healthy juice fast for 3 days or more?

have you done much research yourself into the mechanics behind a healthy juice fast? im guessing not and if the reason is that you dont care, perhaps you shouldnt try to influence others on the topic...

im guessing whey isolate and hydro contain fibre? that would make a fast pretty much not a fast

just so im not misunderstood i do not propose we live on liquid juice diets, i simply think it can rewire your thinking in a positive manner if you approach it well and understand integration to a decent extent

in fact i would suggest that perhaps, DOB, a juice fast may not be beneficial to you at this time in your life

to each their own ey?
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wait wait wait,you say the 30% of my daily energy like ( joules ) goes to break down the fibre? that sounds unlikely if i understood it correctly

no the whey have no fibre,its dust like powder of practicaly pure amino acids,atleast the 90% stuff

but why would anyone avoid fibre? people ate fibre everyday since forever,except the carnivor ice age mammoth feast era
fibre is good cleaning of intesines.

i can understand no meat,no fat 2 day diet,but fibre? and whats even problem with energy on fibre,when fiber is carbohydrate,so it gives energy

also this juice diet..... herbicide and pesticide cancer and xenoestrogen
 
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if all bio-energy is being redirected on other parts of your body, instead of metabolic processes, for 3 days, and you can do this without being detrimental to your mental/physical health

and you have the knowledge behind you to do this in a healthy manner, i only see positive things coming from doing it

i dont mean 'joules', although perhaps that is what western science calls what the traditionalist chinese would call 'chi', anyway approx 30% of your chi goes into breaking down fibre throughout the day if you eat a normal human diet of solid food

i wouldnt recommend doing it more than once every 6 months-1 year, i also dont think if you dont understand the process and mechanics and working and nutritional concepts behind the idea, it could be bad for your health to attempt it
 
I dont think just ONE Thing can make a 60 year old look young. Besides cold showers she probably eats well, exercises and tries to be healthy.
 
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