As it gets hotter, experts share the reason to avoid a cold shower
The UK’s temperatures are rising and set to get hotter over the next few days, with experts predicting the possibility of 40C in some parts of the country.
The reason is down to how our body maintains its internal core temperature. While a cold shower may seem like a good choice as a tactic to “cool off”, the cold water actually causes decreased blood flow to the skin. “A cold shower to ‘cool off’ might seem a good immediate choice. We feel cooler because of the combination of the cold water and the decreased blood flow to the skin, but in fact our core will get warmer because of reduced heat loss from the body without skin blood flow.
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