#14 Sauna Use and Building Resilience to Stress with Dr. Rhonda Patrick
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January 3rd 2016
(almost 6 years)
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- New comprehensive analysis of the literature by @LaukkanenJari shows frequent sauna use may reduce the risk of heart disease, neurocognitive diseases.
- Four weeks of using the sauna increased resting anti-inflammatory biomarkers (IL-10).
- People who used the sauna 2-3x per week had a 12% reduction in stroke risk & people who used the sauna 4-7x per week reduced their stroke risk by 62%.
- The sauna improved people’s vascular compliance which is blood vessels’ ability to expand and contract with changing pressure & decreased hypertension
- Using the sauna 4x per week lowered hypertension by 46% in men.