What a Hot Bath Actually Does for You
Two offhand comments — one about hygiene, one about water use — convinced Daniel that baths were pointless. He's been a shower person ever since. But when he finally climbed back into a tub with frankincense and myrrh salts, sick and achy, he wrote in to ask what the science really says. It turns out the research on immersion bathing is stronger than the folklore ever was, and he was robbed. This episode digs into the head-to-head trial that pitted baths against showers, the sleep mechanism that explains why a hot bath makes you sleepy (it's not the warming — it's the cooling that follows)…
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