Heart attack: The shower habit that could ‘precipitate’ a heart attack in the 'healthy'

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[cport]

In the Fleming novels, James Bond always begins the day with a "scalding hot" shower, as hot as he can stand it, followed by an "ice cold" shower, as cold as he can get it.

I thought that remedy was for hangovers in the novel I read (can't remember which one), and he would repeat the cycle

[HartleyMBaldwin]

West of Tucson. Just about the same thing happens in Tucson every summer, too. Some years I wouldn’t even light the water heater until Thanksgiving when I lived in town.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“I’ll pay you 100 dollars for 10,000 words on the risk of heart attacks in cold showers.”

“OK, boss. I’ll do it.”

[Grampa Dave]

Yes, and the ads could have appeared with or after this:

“Cold showers may have a negative effect on people with heart disease “as it could precipitate a heart attack or heart rhythm irregularities”.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I use good ad blockers on my computer, phone and iPad. I rarely see ads at all. I use paid versions which work well and are updated regularly

[blackdog]

Yep.

[TBP]

So ar ewomen who want to put off randy guys now going to suggest that htey go hve a heart attack?

[Grampa Dave]

I use ad blocker and ad blocker plus, and they work most of the time.

B$ like this re hiding the key sentence in the middle of a 1-2 page oped gets past them sometimes.

[Greenpees]

Same here in Scottsdale - I run my shower on full cold - but it’s warm anyway. Not too warm, but certainly not cool. It’ll be like that until Oct.

[existentially_kuffer]

I believe it!

[Angelino97]

I read all the Fleming novels, more than once. I think it was Bond’s standard way of showering. He did it several times, with or without a hangover.