Paul Saladino· MD
If your sauna is too hot (>212F/100C) you may be INCREASING (2x) your dementia risk, rather than lowering it. (PMID: 33088678)
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If your sauna is too hot (>212F/100C) you may be INCREASING (2x) your dementia risk, rather than lowering it. (PMID: 33088678)
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there's data that like sauna that's too hot is actually associated with higher rates of dementia so sauna above >> 190 degrees like 88 degrees Celsius is is potentially associated with higher rates of dementia.
There's actually pretty interesting studies showing that in a cohort of people, a sauna over 200 degrees Fahrenheit, mostly over 210, 215, actually increases dementia risk. So, I always wear the hat in the sauna to protect my brain.
But if you go too hot, it's actually associated with a two times increase in dementia risk. How hot is too hot? 100 degrees Celsius is probably the cutoff. That's 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
There's a recent analysis by Connect that shows that if the sauna temperature is above 100 degrees Celsius, which is greater than 212 degrees Fahrenheit, that's actually associated with a 2x increase in dementia risk.
But when people were going extreme, so if they're going above 200 degrees Fahrenheit and they were on average it was like if they were getting to like 212, people do this by the way. This is like you can go on Instagram and see it's not an uncommon thing. >> Their dementia risk was actually increased with that temperature where it was like really hot and my concern is the head at that high of a temperature.
But when people were going extreme, so if they're going above 200 degrees Fahrenheit and they were on average it was like if they're getting to like 212. People do this by the way. This is like you can go on Instagram and see it's not an uncommon thing. >> Their dementia risk was actually increased with that temperature where it was like really hot and my concern is the head at that high of a temperature.
people that used the sauna frequently uh had a much lower risk of Dementia in Alzheimer's disease but only if they weren't getting in a a sauna that was over 200 degrees Fahrenheit if they were getting in a sauna that was over 200 degrees Fahrenheit they were actually having the opposite effect
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