Thankfully–because you may need one depending on the election results! As it turns out turning down the temperature in your morning routine might just keep you out of the doctor’s office.
A new study from the University of Basel reveals that taking a daily cold shower can cut your sick days by nearly one-third. Researchers tracked over 700 healthy adults for twelve weeks. They found those who braced the cold missed 31 % fewer workdays due to illness. They also reported feeling sharper, more alert, and highly energized.
And the benefits aren’t just physical. For the environmental crazies, shorter, colder showers cut individual carbon emissions–a smaller carbon footprint–by about fifteen kilograms (15 kg × 2.20462 = 33.07 lbs) over the course of the study—the environmental equivalent of driving one hundred kilometers (approximately 62.14 miles–the study doesn’t account for LA miles in traffic!)
