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Cold shower #teatroartificial

13 Dec 2025 · 0 min

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Cold showers trigger adrenaline, cortisol, and dopamine release while boosting metabolism. A study in the European Journal of Physiology backs the effect. The speaker frames brief cold exposure as a morning shot for alertness.

when you get into cold water, as long as you don't stay in there to the point where you start becoming hypothermic, you actually are increasing your metabolism and body heat. So a lot of people take a cold shower or get into an ice bath early in the day because you get that shot of adrenaline and cortisol. You also get the release of a neuromodulator dopamine, which— this is incredible, but there's a paper published in the European Journal of Physiology. It