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Cold Plunges & Ice Baths: Healthy for Seniors?

People with a heart condition, high blood pressure, or a history of heart attacks need to tread carefully

Ever seen something on Instagram or TikTok or YouTube that makes your jaw drop and your "gotta have it" adrenalin kick in, sending you off to Amazon to maybe buy one of the products being applauded?

Any more, it's not as easy as going to, say, WalMart and deciding between one or two versions of something. Nowadays, the online and terrestrial stores are loaded with a variety of manufacturers trying to cash in on those "exciting new products."

Smart Senior Daily isn't the FDA, the FTC, or Einstein, but we've seen (and bought) enough of this stuff to know that not every single one is worth your money (like those brain supplements). To that end, we're about to head off into a series of finding which of these things is worth a hoot.

Here's our first...

✅ Cold plunges/ice baths

For Seniors, this one has more legitimate science behind it than almost anything else in the wellness trend space.

However, before we get into the good stuff, there's some important caveats our readers need to hear.

Gary P Guthrie

Gary P Guthrie

Gary Guthrie is Editor-in-Chief of Smart Senior Daily — broadcaster, consultant, station owner, and author of 3,500+ consumer articles across 50+ years. Also particular about his french fries (lightly done, always).

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