You often here the saying after looking at a beautiful women, when your eyes cannot help but follow her against all your mother's good breeding, against all your better judgement, and you will be scolded with "Go Take A Cold Shower!"
Well guess what, they are right you know. And do you know the timeline of the plunge? I will break it down for you.
1. Within 10 seconds your body moves to fight or flight mode. 2. Within 10-45 seconds the body produces Neorepinephrine - which stimulates the body and promotes focus and alertness. At the same time, body releases dopamine which promotes a sense of well being. At this point your body also begins to relax into the new environment at 45 seconds.
3. Your metabolic rate now surges to 350% after 1 minute.
4. At 3 minutes your body goes into fat burning mode called thermogenesis as the body burns calories to try to heat up your core again.
So the next time your wife, your wag, your buddies see your spectacles fog up and tell you that you need to take a cold shower, do yourself a favour, go on, take the plunge.
