Andrew Huberman· PhD
deliberate heat exposure can be a very powerful way to improve health and longevity.
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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.
deliberate heat exposure can be a very powerful way to improve health and longevity.
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for those of you that don't like heat exposure, keep in mind that a lot of the observed positive effects on our biology relate to metabolism, cardiovascular function, but also mental health.
done anywhere from once a week to four times a week pretty impressive data in terms of reducing all cause mortality improving cardiovascular function it's also for most people pretty Pleasant to sit in a sauna if you don't have access to a sauna taking a hot bath not so hot that you burn yourself but a hot bath that also will activate some of these same Pathways
The use of deliberate heat exposure can be a very powerful way to improve health and longevity.
Now, there are other reasons to do deliberate heat exposure that have improvements in mood and mental health. In fact, the data related to sauna and other forms of deliberate heat exposure improving mood are very impressive both at
Yeah I I am still a huge proponent of using deliberate heat exposure to improve your health both cardiovascular and brain.
Over the last decade, scientific research into deliberate heat exposure through saunas and hot tubs has yielded overwhelmingly positive results.
The converging totality of evidence for sauna as a practice is increasingly overwhelming, even if I've somehow related it in an incomplete way in a live conversation.
over the past few decades there's been emerging research very compelling research observational studies prospective studies interventional trials as well as mechanistic studies that suggest that sauna bathing improves overall health
deliberate heat exposure um for example using a sauna some nutrition protein intake and then also some supplements like omega-3 fatty acids and creatine um so starting with deliberate heat exposure drawing from um some of the leading experts in the this area of sonor research um Dr Yari linan being one of the world's experts on how the sauna is affecting cardiovascular health
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.