Does Cold Water Immersion Help With Weight Loss? What the Science Actually Says
By Dr. Susanna Søberg, PhD · Søberg Institute · soeberginstitute.com
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It is one of the most searched questions in the cold water immersion space. Scroll through any wellness platform and you will find confident claims — that cold plunging burns hundreds of calories, melts body fat, and transforms your metabolism. You will also find equally confident counter-claims that the whole thing is a myth.
As a metabolic scientist who has spent over 15 years researching exactly this question — and who published peer-reviewed research on the topic in Cell Reports Medicine in 2021 — I want to give you the most honest, evidence-based answer I can.
The truth is more interesting than either the hype or the scepticism.
