Hailey Bieber swears by 'cold plunge' bath; know how it affects health

As the scorching heat is making summers insufferable for people, the trend called 'cold plunge' bath is doing rounds on the internet, to help people beat the heat.

Recently, Hailey Bieber also hopped onto this trend and said that cold plunge bath has helped her a lot with anxiety. The initial months of 2023 has been hard for Hailey and she talked about it too as she got in the middle of a controversy surrounding Selena Gomez.

What is cold plunging?

For those wondering, cold plunging is a practice in which a person takes a dip in freezing cold water and stays there for sometime. This is done mostly by athletes in an effort to enhance post-workout recovery.

What do experts say?

However, American Heart Association has warned about this trend and said that long exposure to cold temperatures could be dangerous.

And according to some experts, there could be several risks of cold plunging practice which include cold shock, hypothermia, and cardiovascular dysfunction.

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