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Your metabolic rate can be several times higher in a pool or other body of water than it is on land without any exercise at all. Body heat is lost at a much higher rate when you are submerged in water and your body will burn more fuel to maintain core temperature.

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So why isn’t “a long cold bath every day” the trendiest weight loss method??

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This is something fighters do when they’re going extreme weight loss before a weight in. I’m addition to dehydrating themselves and eating clean, they have several different cold exposure methods that causes the body to burn more calories.

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several different cold exposure methods

“Cough in my face, I need to lose weight!”

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Because it still isn’t going to make that extra large pizza disappear.

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well, it cures ALS at least…

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The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was wildly successful, raising over $200m and leading to identifying 12 genes that play a critical role in ALS

https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/the-money-raised-by-the-als-ice-bucket-challenge-will-give-you-chills/

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because then they wouldn’t be able to sell weight loss products and gym memberships

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cold plunge is hyped up but idk if its for the weight loss

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Google “ice bath”

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Because it would be too difficult to monetize that trend, maybe?

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Thanks. I’ve had that theory for years, but you just articulated it much better than I could.

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