The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
We also make endorphins such as dinorphine. That's d y n o r p h i n. Dorphine that actually make us feel worse in response to stressors. When we get into a hot sauna or a hot environment of any kind, dinorphins are liberated in the brain and body.
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the discomfort experienced from intense exercise heat stress or even eating spicy foods is due to the release of that dysphoric opioid dorphin it is the release of dorphin that caus causes your mu opioid receptors to become sensitized to that feel-good opioid endorphin
this causes new opioid receptors to make more of them and it's sensitizes them to endorphin
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.