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Are ice baths dangerous? The risks include drowning, hypothermia, hypertension, & heart failure. Follow these safety protocols.

Which salts are safe and beneficial to add to your ice bath, and which to avoid? Follow this guide to Epsom salt & other additives.

The most important contraindication to cold plunge is hypertension. Nitrates, dry sauna, & exercise might help counteract adverse effects.

The benefits of whole body cold water immersion are well-supported. The dangers are few. Follow these safety tips to minimize risks.

Cold water & exercise can suppress cancer. That may explain how Dean Hall's leukemia disappeared after swimming the Willamette River.

Cardiovascular, neurological, & cold allergy contraindications suggest that ice baths can be dangerous under some conditions.

Use these precautions to avoid frostbite, brain fog, & hypothermia from an ice bath overdose.

Ice baths increase blood pressure in the short term, but may reduce hypertension in the long term.

Whole body cold immersion has been shown to protect brain health, even though my ice bath makes me stupid in the short term.

Ice bath vasoconstriction may improve digestion, circulation, & sexual function. For vasodilation, dry sauna, not hot tub.