When you enter a cold environment, your body redistributes blood to the torso, protecting and maintaining the warmth of the vital organs there. At the same time, your body constricts blood flow to ...

That "feeling" of warmth does not mean your body temperature will be affected. — -- Popping a bottle of champagne during a New Year's Eve bash may be a tradition, but drinking in excess while ...

No one likes to be cold enough to shiver, but what if being cold could actually increase your metabolism, improve blood sugar and help you lose weight? A study done on mice at the University of ...

Both cold and room-temperature water keep you hydrated effectively. Cold water can be especially refreshing after a workout, helping cool the body and possibly giving a small metabolism boost.

Now, there’s a new study that suggests that cold plunging can literally impact you on a cellular level, triggering them to start a process called autophagy that can have total-body benefits.

Listen to your body and only exercise at a level that makes you feel good. So, when is it truly okay to work out with a cold? If you have a cold and do want to exercise, follow the “neck rule.” ...

A cold is caused by a virus that causes inflammation of the membranes that line the nose and throat, Johns Hopkins said, adding that it can result from any one of more than 200 different viruses.