Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Now, what’s interesting is the higher the IL6 went up, if you look at the whole population, the higher the IL6 went up, the more un-depressed you were a week later. There was a pretty strong correlation. The correlation is even stronger between how happy you were when you got out of the box, so the acute mood elevating effect which you noticed from taking a sauna, it nicely correlates with increased IL6.