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Originally Posted by DrDln
This is interesting. We were taught never to do that. Because hot relaxes muscles and cold will make them stiff.... But cold does make you more alert.
I prefer hot shower.
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Yes, there are two opposite things they say to us:
- Hot shower and then a cold one is very good for health! That strengthens the body muscles, blah blah... (This theory is well known in Eastern culture of Yin and Yang, but in Western world it is really popular also).
Here's a link. And
here's another, benefits included.
- Hot shower and then a cold one? Your veins will burst. The pores are open too widely, blah blah... you'll die real soon.
