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Ice baths promote Vitamin D for healthy immune function. As soon as you feel you might be getting sick, go cold and short. Don't treat a fever with dangerous pharmaceuticals. If your physician says you're hyperthermic, ask them if they'd allow you to do ice bath.

Thermogenic foods like chili peppers, ginger, and cinnamon may help prepare cold sensitive people starting a new cold plunge practice.

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Measuring your deliberate cold exposure dose might help you decide what temperature & time in the ice bath is best for you.

Cold therapy lowers blood glucose, increases insulin sensitivity, boosts mitochondrial activity, & reverses Type 2 diabetes. Continuous glucose monitoring data shows how an short ice bath will reduce blood glucose from 220 mg/dL to 146 mg/dL in an untreated Type 2 diabetic. Data from clinical trials corroborates his experience.

Psychological benefits of ice baths are found at temperatures that frighten you. After acclimation to cold water, a cold plunge will not have the same psychological effect as a true ice bath.