Jul 01, 2022
Cold showers could help obese people lose weight, study finds
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COLD showers could help obese people lose weight, a study suggests.
Research found being in 4C temperatures improves metabolism — meaning TV Iceman Wim Hof, 63, may be on to something with his extreme dips.
1Cold showers could help obese people lose weight, study findsCredit: Getty - ContributorResearchers fed mice a high-fat Western diet.
Some of the overweight rodents were exposed to around 4C while others were kept at a temperature where the body does not need to produce heat.
The boffins found being in the cold helped obesity-induced inflammation and imporoved the body’s use of blood glucose reducing blood sugar.
The mice’s weight dropped compared to those not in the cold.
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Prof Yu-Hua Tseng said: “Cold exposure reduced inflammation and improved metabolism in obesity.”
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