Everyone knows that cold showers, like other tempering procedures, are good for health.. But what exactly happens in our body in the process of hardening? It turns out that its benefit is to stimulate the production of glutathione, one of the body's most powerful antioxidants.. In fact, many of the artificial antioxidants we consume help in the production of glutathione..

Usually we take glutathione in tablets, but in this form it is not fully absorbed.. Therefore, it is difficult to calculate the dose. Scientists have approached this issue from a practical point of view.. They measured the level of this substance in “walruses”. And they found that immediately after swimming in cold water in swimmers, the level of oxidized glutathione was significantly increased.. Swimming in relatively warm water does not lead to such a result..

Recall that oxidation is a process in which a cell loses an electron, which damages it.. Antioxidants Donate Their Own Electrons for the Benefit of Cells. So it turns out that immediately after a cold shower, the antioxidant glutathione becomes “oxidized”, but when the body returns to its original state, its protective form becomes stronger than it was before. This process is similar to exercise.; your muscles will be weak after a workout, but they will get stronger when you recover.

Scientists are convinced that the cold effect can be seen as an adaptation to repeated oxidative stress and is the body's hardening mechanism.. Hardening is the exposure to a natural, for example, temperature impulse, which leads to increased resistance, for example, to diseases.. Repeated exposure to short-term intense temperature pulses is often used in hydrotherapy, which is used in medicine for physical hardening..

Cold showers can replace hydrotherapy and winter swimming at home. How much to freeze under ice water? And this is individual. You can start with a few seconds, gradually increasing the time to 5-8 minutes.

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