Wellness

People like cold plunges because they spike norepinephrine, which leads to a feeling of alertness and has other benefits like increasing fat loss

But my intuition tells me that activating your fear/stress mechanisms so abruptly would also age you faster

Human body temperature rarely step changes in nature, consistently

I've been down this research rabbithole cause my intuition was the same

Turns out the key difference is acute vs chronic

Acute stressors are adaptive 

Chronic stressors age you

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