Andrew Huberman· PhD
Consider other ways of exploring the dynorphin-endorphin see-saw (like sauna) or cold.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Consider other ways of exploring the dynorphin-endorphin see-saw (like sauna) or cold.
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And in terms of the mental health benefits, it seems that getting a little bit uncomfortable in that heat environment, sauna or otherwise, provided it's safe, is going to be the best way to access those mental health effects by way of increasing dynorphine, which, as you recall, will then increase the ability of endorphin to have its positive effects on mood after you get out of the sauna or other deliberate heat exposure.