How sauna mimics cardiovascular exercise: a comparison to stationary bike | Rhonda Patrick
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Exciting new research suggests that the positive effects of sauna bathing may mimic those of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise. During sauna use, heart rate, and blood pressure rise, returning to below baseline levels after the session. In this clip, Dr. Rhonda Patrick describes how the physiological effects observed during sauna use are comparable to those that occur during physical exercise.
Important for the endocrine enhancing properties of exercise. Exerkines are exercise-induced hormonal-like factors which mediate the systemic benefits of exercise through autocrine, paracrine, and/or endocrine properties.[1]
- ^ Helge, Jørn Wulff; Moritz, Thomas; Morville, Thomas; Clemmensen, Christoffer; Dela, Flemming (2020). Plasma Metabolome Profiling Of Resistance Exercise And Endurance Exercise In Humans Cell Reports 33, 13.
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