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15 Benefits of cold shower

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Cold showers involve lowering the water temperature below 60 degrees for two to three minutes at a time. Cold water immersion or ice baths, or submerging everything but your head and neck in cold water. Below are 15 benefits of cold shower; Cold showers strengthen willpower; It takes a lot of willpower to take a cold shower on a cold day. Cold shower improves emotional resilience; Cold showers strengthen your nervous system and make you more resistant to stress when you feel nervous or anxious. Cold shower reduce stress; Not only does it improve your ability to adapt to stressful situations, it also lowers uric acid levels in your blood and increases glutathione levels, thus reducing stress overall. Cold showers boost alertness; If you're brave enough to take a cold shower, you know that breathing can be difficult at first. Cold shower improves skin and hair; One of the best ways to improve your skin (and hair) is to take a cold shower. And it's free! Cold shower promote weight

PHOTOS: Edina Bakatue Festival 2023

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People from far and near joined the people of Elmina to celebrate this year's Bakatue festival on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 and will be climaxed with a durbar on Saturday, July 8, 2023. The Edina Bakatue Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Elmina in the Central Region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated on the first Tuesday in the month of July every year. The name "Bakatue" is from the Fante dialect and translates as "reopening of the Lagoon".  It's done every first Tuesday of July to lift the six-week ban on fishing that allowed the fishes in the sea to reproduce. Rites were performed for the Benya river god at the river bank and all the 77 gods of Elmina to traditionally lift the ban on fishing in the lagoon. This year’s festival mark 25th anniversary of the installation of Nana Kodwo Conduah VI as the Paramount Chief of Edina Traditional Area. The rites A net is cast three times by traditional priests after traditional ri