Andrew Huberman· PhD
If you at 200 plus pounds, I assume, or roughly, if you're in the sauna for 20 minutes, I would imagine you can do two or three pounds.
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If you at 200 plus pounds, I assume, or roughly, if you're in the sauna for 20 minutes, I would imagine you can do two or three pounds.
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Yeah, you're probably half the water that you need to get.
one way to approach this would be to make sure that you drink at least 16 ounces of water for every 10 minutes that you happen to be in the sauna.
If you are sitting in the sauna, I highly recommend consuming at least 8 ounces and probably more like 16 ounces of fluid. So that translates again to about 240 or about 480, let's just round up 500 milliliters of fluid for every 20 to 30 minutes that you are in a hot sauna.
But in general, one way to approach this would be to make sure that you drink at least 16 ounces of water for every 10 minutes that you happen to be in the sauna. You could do that before and during and after. You could do it during and after or you could do it after.
Dry sauna induces sweating as part of its beneficial mechanism. Be sure to hydrate properly. In general, you might need to rehydrate with up to 16–32 oz (0.5–1 L) of fluid after a sauna session. Be sure to add electrolytes.
Yes, I drink a total of 36 like I guess 40 ounces. 20 before and 20 after.
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.