Winter swimming or extreme hardening is one of the common ways to strengthen the immune system. Winter swimming has both notorious supporters and enthusiastic opponents. Therefore, people who "know" believe that the human body only benefits from this immune system training. The doctor expressed doubts about this problem. We tried to find the main advantages and disadvantages of extreme hardening.
What is winter swimming?
Let us see what this process is? When immersed in ice water, people will be under pressure. Under pressure, the body will produce a lot of adrenaline (the so-called stress hormone). It is this hormone that helps the body adapt to extreme situations. Against the background of a surge in adrenaline, the heart rate increases, blood pressure rises, and the immune system begins to "survive". In other words, by creating an extreme atmosphere, the body's "sleep" reserves are activated and mobilized hidden internal resources. Most importantly, in response to "frost shock", the human body begins to actively generate heat. The experienced "walrus" expressed his opinion: a person is accustomed to getting rid of the cold in the simplest, if not primitive way (by wearing clothes) in daily life. But due to winter swimming, it is possible to wake up the natural temperature regulation process. Practice shows that the more experienced a person is, the faster the body will return to normal temperature after being immersed in an ice cave or snowdrift.
The main benefits of winter swimming
This is the main advantage of such a broad and fashionable hobby today:
l Stimulate the circulatory system. As a result, the work of organs and systems are activated, and immunity is enhanced. However, not everything is that simple-sudden changes in temperature can cause vasospasm. If a person’s vascular system and heart have problems, it is very dangerous. In order to avoid a stroke in winter swimming, this process must always be handled wisely.
l Experienced "walruses" rarely suffer from colds and other diseases. Statistics show that the number of colds among hardened enthusiasts is 5 times less than that of ordinary people. After years of respiratory diseases and cold complications, some people come to swim in the winter. This makes a lot of sense-if you train your body to respond correctly to temperature changes on a regular basis for a long time, then hypothermia is not terrible.
l Winter swimming allows you to maintain a normal weight and health while improving weight-another cognitive fact. Changes in temperature will trigger the body's metabolic process and activate metabolism. In addition, it is surprising-people who are overweight will lose too much, and those who need to gain weight will get better.
l Rejuvenating effect-on the face. Low temperature helps to rejuvenate the skin and the entire organism. The temperature jump "trains" the heart, blood vessels, and has a beneficial effect on skin conditions. It is enough to look at pictures of experienced "walruses"-they always have the right figure and look younger than their peers!
Disadvantages of winter swimming
l The risk of chronic disease worsening is great. People who are just learning the hardening process should be especially careful. It is known that after such an experiment, the organs of the urinary and reproductive system have severe inflammation. It is necessary to gradually activate the walrus to prepare for the future decline. Better-check the disease to rule out the development of the inflammatory process.
l Winter swimming is absolutely forbidden as an inflammation treatment! This trend is especially common among people of retirement age. They think: "Here, I will jump into the hole and kill all the sores in one breath!" The consequences of this "one size fits all" can be very terrible. Therefore, it is absolutely forbidden to swim in winter when there is an inflammatory process in the body!
l Girls have special needs. For anyone, swimming in cold water, depression, and wiping with snow are all stressful. Expectant mothers need to be very careful-hypothermia is definitely a taboo!
l Swimming in winter can cause hormonal imbalance. Medical practice has proved the following points: jumping into the ice cave, a person will feel euphoria, a large amount of happiness hormones are produced, which may cause adrenal gland, thyroid and hormonal imbalance.
l Children should be taught to swim in winter since they were young. It is forbidden to wipe with snow suddenly or immerse the child in an ice hole. The child's body is particularly sensitive to temperature fluctuations, and such experiments do more harm than good.
Like other types of hardening, winter swimming must be done carefully and gradually. Expert advice: It is best to gradually lower the water temperature first, exercise the heart and blood vessels, and then gradually "lower the temperature".
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