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.
this is Environmental hormesis this is an envir this is an evolutionarily appropriate way of humans getting a hormetic benefit a small amount of a stressor leading to an overall net benefit without a molecule without a side effect that is unintended
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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i think it's better for humans to turn on those genes and get glutathione production and get this optimal antioxidant response from environmental hermetics versus molecular hormetics because of the side effects of the molecular hormetics in this case sulforaphane
those are our hormetics and they activate the same systems the Nrf2 system to optimize glutathione that vegetables may but they come without the other harmful damaging compounds and vegetables
4–7 sauna sessions per week, 20 minutes at 80°C+, reduce cardiovascular mortality risk by 40% over a decade.
Regular sauna use raises BDNF and improves verbal memory in older adults.
Sauna protocols only generate the longevity effect when sessions exceed 30 minutes.
Hot-tub bathing yields cardiovascular benefits comparable to traditional Finnish sauna at matched core-temp dose.