The temperature of things is very important, as anyone who has suffered warm white wine will know.

Does the chilly willy hype about deliberate cold exposure (DWE) stand up to science? 🧊 Is cold water a source of health, hope and salvation? 🧊 Or is it just macho bro' woo?

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Cold water as a tonic has been around a bloody long time. As have most wellness tools. Once you take away all the commercial supplements, the longevity medicines, all the floggable bits and bobs, take that away and wellness is little changed for eons.

Wellbeing’s most potent medicines are food, light, heat, cold, hydration, sleep, healthy digestion, …