Bryan Johnson· Author
Regular sauna use (4–7 times a week, sessions lasting at least 19 minutes) can significantly improve heart health and lower blood pressure.
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Regular sauna use (4–7 times a week, sessions lasting at least 19 minutes) can significantly improve heart health and lower blood pressure.
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In patients with existing heart failure, using a sauna 5 times a week for 3 weeks improved heart function by nearly 7%, lowered stress hormones by 25%, and reduced heart failure markers by over 20%.
it's been shown to lower blood pressure improve endothelial cell function endothelial cells line your blood vessels it's been shown to um increase and improve uh left ventricular function so lots of different things that the has been shown to improv in terms of cardiovascular risk factors
the sauna has been shown to improve heart rate variability so a 30 minute Finnish sauna session just one 30-minute sauna session it lowered heart rate after the sauna it increased heart rate variability it increased parasympathetic activity so increased heart rate variability in it's basically indicative of a better capacity of the heart to respond favorably under stressful conditions
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.