Sauna Use as an Exercise Mimetic for Heart and Healthspan
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2019
- Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D. gives a 45-minute presentation at the heart summit 2019 in Little Rock on how sauna use has emerged as a means to increase lifespan and improve overall health, based on compelling data from observational, interventional, and mechanistic studies.
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I tried every pill and potient on the market to ease my arthritis pain it was so bad that I couldn’t even bend over or lift my legs to get in the shower but nothing worked. I got a sauna and after my first week of using it my arthritic hip pain is completely gone! Thanks again Rhonda Patrick you are a God send.
Rhonda hits it out of the park again. Worth every second.
Nice sweaty red sauna face. I have been using dry sauna pre and post workout four or five times a week for years, typically 20 minutes twice per day with an hour to 90 minutes work out between the sauna events. I am a healthy 69 year old. Also have been on keto and intermittent fasting with a four hour eating window each day for approximately two years. I feel much better.
Thank u for sharing
modern day senior God bless!
wow thats great, one can really get into the habit of it, hope thats me one day soon
I wonder if the sauna can counteract the deleterious effects of that keto diet. You should know that long term keto is not artery or heart healthy. Keto is great if you have epilepsy, alzheimers, parkinsons. I have a friend that went keto to lose weight, lost about 60 lbs, two years in and after losing all that weight, he had a massive heart attack and required quadruple bypass! The doctor told him to never eat like that again!
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Been eating low carb since the late 1970’s. No negative health issues resulted in my case. My doctor says I appear to be 45, however I am five months away from 70 years old. The only health issue I have is glaucoma which runs in my family my dad and grandmother had it.
I’ve just started back with the sauna. 20 min daily for two weeks and my blood pressure is down ten points and now in the normal range. Sauna has been the only exercise I’ve been doing. 😎✌️
Just built one in my backyard. Hoping to do the same(get off the bp meds). Good for you.
@@TheoSmith249 Hibiscus tea lowers BP. Works gear for some.
@@roblovegreen I’ll try that. Thanks. I’m also just starting a hot/cold regime to invigorate the shock proteins. Left my pool open this fall and it’s 43F. I’m liking the focus and clarity it gives.
I’ve had the same experience, definitely can lower bp
Because of this amazing woman, I purchased a sauna for my home! I have rheumatoid arthritis and have looked for every edge to take care of my body! I highly recommend!
Good for you! I'm sorry you've been suffering with RA. What type of sauna did you buy? I've looked at infrared sauna but the temperature doesn't get very high in them. Also the person I'd like to buy one for has low blood pressure with RA like you. Will be going to their GP to ask if they think it's safe to use a sauna because of their low bp. Have you found your sauna to be helpful? Be well.
@@deel2435 Hi Dee, I purchased my sauna from Almost heaven saunas. It's a traditional 2 person that get to 180 degrees. I use it in the morning for 20 minutes and before bed for 20. Keep in mind the cardiovascular benefits are amazing! Inflammation must be removed from the body at all costs! Have a great day,
Jimmy
@@thehealthychefri wonderful! Thank you so much for your detailed reply and kindness. I hope your RA is getting better. We're on the same page! I don't know if we can use the sauna for our loved one because of her hypotension, and don't think it'll be possible but there are always other options and who knows maybe one day. Good thing there's a community who cares share information and good people like Dr Rhonda.
Be well, and thanks again. Hope you're having a great day too.
@@deel2435 I'm a modestly hypotensive sauna user. I used to get lightheaded after 20 minutes in the sauna, and once I came close to passing out. I discovered that if I am well fed prior to the sauna, I don't have any problem. I now use the sauna within a couple hours of a meal, and all is well. It might also help to use an electrolyte drink to keep sodium and potassium topped up.
@@deel2435 Keep in mine Dee that the correlation between RA and Cardiovascular disease is huge! The Sauna exercises your veins and arteries keeping them elastic and nit stiff! The #1 thing you need to do is keep your blood sugars in down. The driving force to CVD is too much sugars in the blood! Makes sure your A1c Is around 4, your fasting glucose 80, your triglycerides under 90. Make sure your C-reactive protein is below 1. You want vasodilation in your arteries! Here is my regime to keep calcium out of my arteries Vitamin K with MK-7 with Vitamin D with Tocotrienols a Form of VIT E! Eat lots of left greens and pomegranate to keep your endothelial cells healthy! Last but not least your homocysteine is imperative to arteries! You want that under 8. Methionine increases homocysteine. So easy on the red meat and animal foods. You lower it with and influx of B-12, 6 and folate with magnesium glycerinate. I studied RA since 1987 since my mothers side of the family was hit hard with it. If you want more education on how to keep inflammation down feel free to email me at jwmjr23@gmail. Be well, Jimmy
Finally a scientist that gives practical and understandable information! OK I'll be in my gym's sauna more. Thank you Dr. Patrick.
Glad to see some doctors getting on board with modalities outside conventional medicine.
Agreed, but she isn't a medical doctor, she is a doctor in the sense she has a phd. In my book, not being a doctor is an advantage tbh haha.
Met a woman in my sauna in San Jose CA whose doctor prescribed several sessions of sauna use per week. After three months her blood work is significantly “cleaner”. As per this middle aged woman - her cholesterol and diabetes and blood pressure have been corrected. I am in my 40’s and I sit there 3 times a week for 30 minutes. I am amazed as to how much I enjoy it and the peace of mind I achieve.
@Mark Rodriguez It's not a matter of being smarter it's a matter of respecting each persons contribution. Emotional intelligence and collaboration between professionals will have stronger potential than saying one person is smarter and expecting them to be able to contribute 100% of everything. People have a variety of gifts and it requires all of us to create balance.
@@eye-leenlove Ive done Sauna therapy for 40 years and just bought one for my house.
So using a Sauna especially an Infrared isnt just about a feel good factor
Dr. Patrick, very excited to see you expanding your audience to medical providers. As a PA student, I am frequently suggesting your podcast to classmates and preceptors. Thank you!
Dr. Patrick, loved this talk, not only for its invaluable and cutting edge content, but for its delivery system...YOU! You are a breath of fresh air. You are a brilliant scientist who has not lost the common touch. I have not doubt there are numerous viewers who feel the same way. In this age of technology and podcasts, where everyone wants to be a star, it is so refreshing to have someone who’s obvious mission is to research those things that will improve one’s health and longevity, get the word out, and then get out of the way! YOU, dear doctor, are a rare find!
This amazing woman changed my life! I have rheumatoid arthritis and the dry sauna has been an amazing experience for me!
What benefits and difference did you notice?
@@ukhan4546 blood flow to the areas with athritis. Most athritic joints dont get good blood flow. Sauna increases blood flow to these areas..
Any study mentioned in this presentation can be found in our in-depth sauna topic overview on the website at foundmyfitness.com/topics/sauna. This episode also has some show notes found at foundmyfitness.com/episodes/sauna-heart-health. Thanks for watching!
23and me lists the HSPA1A heatshock protein as RS1043618, assuming CC is the CHD risk variant for this reason ?
Hi Rhonda,
I really loved your presentation and also the notes you’re providing on your website. I grew up with sauna and been using it since the age of 5 to great benefit. The question that interests me is, you mentioned that the most benefit has been shown in people who visit the sauna 4-7 times per week, are these counted sessions then? What I mean by, that does one visit equal one session or more? I was always taught that per visit you would get most benefit by doing at least 2-3 sessions. In case one visit is one session, would you get the same benefit with let’s say going 2x per week but doing 3 sessions each, so total of 6 sessions per week? Or is the daily use the key? If so, is one session per visit enough? Just asking as I couldn’t find any info on your website regarding this. Thanks in advance!
She’s famous alright!!! She my hero 🦸♀️
And she's pretty too 😊
As a Finn this is very nice to hear. Sauna is huge in Finland and the health benefits have been known forever. There is a saying in Finland " if Sauna, Tar, and alchohol won´t cure you, nothing will. Drinking beer in the sauna is very common. Rhonda is so cool. I sprout my broccoli seeds cause of her:)
Thank you so much for this video - for sharing all this knowledge not only with health practitioners but also with the public. My husband has agreed we should get one, your video was the rippling point to convince him it will be a fantastic benefit to our health and the health of our whole family
Dr. Rhonda Patrick is absolutely amazing...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
What an absolutely lovely lady! @ 73, my wife and I are about to become huge fans of this gifted human being. Thanks Rhonda!! I hope to be thanking you again in 20 years.
Love listening/watching any of her talks. Great work Rhonda!
I’ve always loved saunas and steam rooms. Actually steam rooms are my first preference. I’ve found that going in / out 3 times per each use physically makes me as tired as if I did an intense workout of 1 1/2 hrs.
Glad to hear that there’s medical findings that there’s good reasons to do this
Keep up the good work Dr. Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.
Wow !!! How many people could have saved their lives ... Thanks Dr.
Fantastic talk! As always, so so informative,I’ve been doing I.F. For nearly 2 years and it has changed my whole life. I will definitely start visiting the sauna again.
Fantastic that the word(s) is being put out to the people who really need to know!
Amazing presentation !! I’m a huge fan of your work ! My Respects of what your are doing even though with kids tends to be harder ! Keep it up !
Excellent talk, as always!
My regular Sauna use has been instrumental in overcoming : Wegener's Granulomatosis.
And Man do I love my Sauna
Thank You Rhonda: love your work.
Great talk, thank you for sharing the findings. We had a sauna in our basement which we did not use for 3 years or so since we purchased the house. I fixed it this April and been using it everyday for 20 mins since than. Amazing changes to my body and even my cholesterol level is down and I believe it is due to regular sauna. I will be more than happy to share some of my results if you are interested. Thank you again.
I have a infrared and stay in 45-55 minutes at 140 degrees. I use it 3-5 times weekly, will never live without one!
Any updates how's your sauna working out for you?
Always nice to learn from Rhonda
Excellent as usual. Thank you.
I'm starting a sauna therapy where I work, this information is invaluable thanks !
i wish i have sauna where i work :)
❤️🧡Thank you Rhonda! I tell people about the benefits of sauna use all the time and your information has been systematic in helping me convince people to do it more and longer!
Wow.. amazing info at the end about immune cells. I was really fascinated by that one. Bravo presentation, Rhonda and thanks for this video!
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Great Talk! I take them some 3 to 4 times a week! Now I know most all the benefits! Thank You! ❤️
Thank you Rhonda Patrick.
Excellent information 🙂👍
This is very encouraging and pretty remarkable! I will recommend this video to my husband who is a family physician. I also have MS so I will definitely look into trying this! Thanks for the wonderful presentation. 🇨🇦
This is interesting, typically patients with MS have heat intolerance. Do you have problems with regulating your body temperature? Be well.
Dee L yes I do have difficulty regulating my temperature but I find I do better in the heat than in the cold and humid winters here in northern Ontario. I think it’s because of the large temperature fluctuations in wintertime. Ex -30 C then you go inside and the home is heated. For some reason I do very well in warm sunny weather but I do think that has to do with benefits of vitamins D forMS patients. Who knows!
Dee L I did it fascinating when she talked about auto immune diseases
@@melaronie3024 Absolutely, it is fascinating! I'm so pleased to read that you've found a way to help you. MS is a terrible disease, I have people close to me who have it and we're always trying to find ways of bettering their daily life. Most of which Dr R has talked about, but we've also found some other bits that have helped too. But, we also have someone in our lives that has low blood pressure, pots and rheumatoid arthritis but we're thinking a sauna may be too stressful for them considering their blood pressure. We're going to seek medical advice first.
Which sauna have you settled with (traditional or waon - infrared)?
We love Canada! Northern Ontario has some badass mosquitoes, but not compared to Southern. It's been a while since we've been out that way - hope the winter isn't too troublesome for you guys this year.
Be well.
Mel... a very clean carnivore leaning has helped someone I know with Ms greatly... I know it's anecdotal and the internet, but it was actually miraculous. In another instance, years ago, I recommended very high doses of Omega-3 omega-6 fatty acids to someone who was just beginning to become symptomatic and her symptoms disappeared completely for years. Based on what I've seen, although a small sample, oils and fats are definitely important to stable brain health and especially important for someone with nervous system issues. I will wager a bet that if you did sauna 6 days a week and one on a very clean high-fat diet you could be amazed after about a month or so. Goodluck
Don’t have access to a sauna but I find hot baths also very beneficial it feels like an intense workout if you have it hot enough plus put the heating on full blast you will feel the sweat and pain lol. Great video again Rhonda you are one very, very smart lady
Fantastic review of sauna use and fasting to improve overall health.
Sauna and heavy drinking is the most iconic finnish thing, lmao
Those two are prototypical Russian activities :)
You're gonna have to share it boys
I know a gentleman pushing 80yrs old.
Drinks before and during dry heat sauna. For most of his life.
Takes a break to refill his GIANTinsulated mug about every half hour.😆🤠
Also the Nordic Winters are extremely cold and long and maybe that's another reason why the saunas are so popular there and they just happens to be benefits from doing the sauna regularly.
One of the best doctors who speak the truth !!!!
After listening to this great lecture i'm going to take the sauna after my workout.
Dear Dr Patrick,
Another excellent video and dear to my heart as I'm Finnish and have been using sauna since birth.
I'm building my last new house and will have a separate sauna building as was the custom in Upper Michigan on the farm. There's something to be said of a wood fired sauna stove with a water jacket welded around it and splashing. water on the rocks on top the stove to open pores then jump into the snow or lake to cool off.
I'm an engineer and appreciate your lecture style. I think you could sell refrigerators to the Eskimos.
GOD bless you and your family for teaching us.
Charles Bryan That’s the best one yet! :)
Hah! I grew up in Northern Minnesota and I can attest that Finnish sauna was the only thing that could heat me to the bone and make me sneer back at the minus 30+ below temperatures! We also used to beat ourselves with pine boughs and roll in the snow...good memories. I do now use sauna on a regular basis, it still has the rejuvenation properties I remember from childhood, but I no longer roll in the snow naked 🤣😂
When I was a child in the UP. I remember just that! 👍
@@pohkeee Warren Buffett is alive and well into his nineties and drinks 3 sodas, eats 1 cheeseburger per day. And I say this as a sauna and exercise fanatic. Socioeconomic status (by far) will have a greater effect on lifespan and healthspan than anything Rhonda can think of.
Re3iRtH : I’ll follow the science and data...sure, socio-economists are always at play for some basics, but so are genetics, environment (which is heavily determined by economic status), nutrition (both during gestation and lifetime, also both socio-economic factors). All that said, what the science is doing is drilling down and parsing out what the specifics are... Now that I have access to my DNA SNPs, I have modified much about my diet and lifestyle. Ironically, this is only possible because of my socioeconomic opportunity to do so. Warren apparently started out with good enough inherited health status that he can handle careless diet and lifestyle choices, many have pre-existing conditions that would spell catastrophe for them...
Amazing information.
So great to see this
I am actually in the middle of turning my storage shed into a dry sauna because of Dr. Ronda..thanks
Awesome...retired ICU R.N....got rid of my car 4 years ago...ride my bike/walk everywhere all the time (have 3 bikes...2 are E bikes) now have private sauna in my garden...finally fully set up/used twice so far...4 X a week sounds really good to me...I feel fantastic...so relaxed/happy/great sleep...helps me deal w the shit storm of stress in this beleaguered country...during pandemic/California fires... le sigh...
Wow, what a great video! You explained so many great benefits of sauna use.
Not an ordinary sauna!!! Ck out the Far Infrared sauna, ua-cam.com/video/ZhGisNG9AGw/v-deo.html
Thanks RP 😊
yes another video!!😊😊😊😊😊 now time to digest 🧐
Great video about on an important topic. I'm looking at the topic of mould and detoxification using saunas - have read the main papers, am wondering if you have any new studies on biotoxins and sauna relief?
Used to go to gym sauna but with Covid, they closed the saunas indefinitely. Finally, decided to buy an infra red from Amazon and its arriving in 2 weeks! It's not as hot (140F) but its better than nothing. Thanks Rhonda!
I've decided to build my own mini lightweight sauna. One doesn't have to use only wood and make it super fancy UNLESS u want to. Tile and other materials can also be used as long as it holds heat n moisture and is a tough, long lasting material. I'm looking to spend around $500 in material and customize it my way, which is way cheaper than buying it from a company.
Edit: not sure if it's gonna be near infrared or something else. And yes, I'm also using wood.
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Intelligent and beautiful 🙌🙌🙌
Looking great!! Very important when we're talking about taking advice on ageing. 😁😁
It's so true! People take advice seriously when they can see the advice giver has embodied their own advice.
How old is she? 55?
@@ClayMationNation Google says about 41!
@@NABloisROTH In that case she looks about 30.
at least she looks same like 6 years ago.
Combining full spectrum infrared like from incandescent infrared heat lamps along with the increased heat of a finish sauna seems like the best of both worlds. The many benefits of photobiomodulation from the different frequencies of near infrared, mid infrared and far infrared combined with heat. I’m going to build a infrared sauna in my walk in closet. 4 250 watt incandescent infrared bulbs and fixtures is only around 100 bucks. Insulated well and it should work pretty well. Hormesis, autophagy, neurogenesis, detoxification, reduced inflammation, improved mitochondria. 🤓👍
Every time I watch one of your presentations I binge watch several other videos to make sure I am caught up.
Great talk. To the point and made sense to anyone interested in heart health! Let me put a plug in for your website and uploading dna data for a more insightful data interpretation. Love you so very much. I’ve incorporated many of your tips or findings and have def improved my health outlook as opposed to just accepting my apoe4 results. Love the sauna and use it as often as I can! Ty dr Rhonda xxoo
Love you, Rhonda! Is there yet any peer reviewed research regarding near infrared sauna benefits?
Great talk. I use an infrared sauna blanket and I adore it. Haven’t gotten sick since using it and it boosts my mood and I lost weight without effort. Love it so much.
I've wondered if just using it at a higher heat setting only on the torso rather than the whole body would create more heat around the heart and thus more cardio benefit.
I really look up to her.
Amanda Grant is she really talk
Hi Rhonda (@ FoundMyFitness) - Looking at Bikram yoga, would this be the way to go as well?
do you have a list of saunas and infared saunas you recommend?
Great Work Dr Patrick ! Question is it 20 straight minutes? or can you do 10 then come out for water and go back in for 10??
I'm surprised there is no mention of Heat and bad bacteria and bacterial populations. Sauna causes body temperature increase which has a very interesting effect on bacteria and other things like fungus. That is why having a fever is important when you are sick. So much potential with Saunas and Heat Shock.
My wife and I have been using the sauna for years along with niacin and activated charcoal for detox and overall general health.
Amazing presentation! I'm not just gona forward this to everyone I know, I'm gonna sit down family members, to make them listen to it WITH ME, especially the last 5 minutes when your red dot was going berserk, that's when you were dropping the (huge) health truth bombs! Thx
Here is a clip from part of that Q&A you mentioned...
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Thanks for the nice note! :)
According to a Swedish friend, there is considerable concern around male fertility and sauna. Not a concern for me cause I'm past worrying about having children but maybe a consideration for some of the younger men out there. I haven't heard that mentioned.
And a question- is it recommended to include some electrolytes? Obviously keeping hydrated is important but should we be including some electrolytes with the water?
Absolutely love your work but don't always have time for long form clips. Can you possibly do some clips that are highlights. Thanks.
Love you’re pushing this topic forward! One question - I saw some of these studies are on “Finnish” people. Is race/ethnicity controlled for in any of these studies? Just curious if the studies are mostly centered around people of Finnish descent.
Jun Harada she said it was controlled for those factors
Jun Harada It would kinda be a bummer if it really wasn’t the sauna with all the benefits but instead the robust finish genetics 😂
Finns are accustomed to using the sauna for cultural reasons, doubt you would get any other nationality to do it to be honest
Finnish saunas are also different. People wear clothes in American saunas, cause they're not actually hot. If you can last more than 10 minutes without a break it is not a sauna!!!
Hello Dr. Patrick, have you kept up with Dr. David Sinclair's book and its surrounding scientific papers? I am excited to find out if his claims and recent work will be a portion of your discussion with him. Thanks!
Great woman!
Maybe Electrolytes replacement is required and as someone mentioned skin is the "3-rd Kidney".
I love your channel and information. Do you know anything about Short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (SCADD)? I was recently diagnosed and what I have been told is low fat high carbohydrate. But I need more information especially since I have Crohn's disease? We found this issue after the DNA testing came back. Any information about this issue would be very helpful
I would love to see you get an expert on to speak on the problem of excess folic acid. From what I've seen it can cause damage to the renal system, and from there can impair the renal handling of thiamine, the deficiency of which has been implicated in both Metabolic Syndrome and Alzheimer's disease, two of the modern scourges of our day.
Do the personal sauna's that you sit in with your head sticking out have the same health benefits as a regular sauna?
I have low blood pressure history. Can I still use infrared sauna ? If yes. How long for session and how many sessions per week ? Thanks 🙏
Instant like crew checking in - sup
same
How about clinical endpoints of mortality?
I sort of chuckled when she mentioned a worm and fly sauna!!
Ronda, you are my female spirit animal
I have been sauna bathing every day for 40+ years. My resting heart rate is 55 and my blood pressure is usually 110/ 78. My bad cholesterol is usually borderline...204 and good cholesterol is high.
Miss the sauna at my local gym (as well as steam room), can't wait for it to re-open in June. It has been so long (March 2020) since I was last in the sauna .. probably be a shock to the system. Normally in one of the Infra-red ones and in there for 30 minutes. Great for having a good chat as well with friends. What about Steam rooms ?
I've never used a sauna but now I will. 💞
Now here's a comment from a Finn. Old people and Sauna in Finland, in well build sauna you can take rollator to and there are handrails that help to get up, and rules often demand people to use seat cover. I feel that if you need rollator to move because of your age you should go to sauna alone, but I won't stop you anyway, it is something that feels like slightly elevated risk activity. However, people who use rollator to get to sauna in Finland probably have used sauna their entire life and it isn't some new stressor to them unlike for elderly people in rest of the world. And getting pacemakers also don't stop elderly from going to sauna weekly.
As for children most important issue is that child needs to be capable of saying when it is too hot, and temperature is lower with children and foreigners. Because children have the different surface area to mass ratio they heat up much faster. And when considering the lower temperature and that they heat faster you probably want to try either negotiate. Our daughter got to sauna before she was 3, before getting to sauna herself she had already been in a children's portable bathtub in the shower room when parents took turns of who went to sauna. It was baby steps, and after showing that she could actually handle sauna there is small negotiation on being one more throw of water to the stove, let her throw the water etc... to slowly build up how long she can be in a sauna. But always remember children are smaller and they heat up a lot faster and if temperature starts to be uncomfortable for you it is more for a child. Another thing about Finnish sauna and children, is that temperature is related to the height, so children can be seated at lower positions if they feel it is too hot.
As an absolutist Finn I do have to comment on Sauna and alcohol, we have a combined word for (Sauna Beer) which is just taking beer at sauna and some people use it just to tell others that they limit their alcohol use. The Sauna is first place people take alcohol, or right after sauna. And being drunk in sauna use increases risk of loosing consciousness and in Finland there are 20 such deaths in a year. [The wording of the source could mean either 20 dying by fainting in sauna while drunk , or 20 dying from fainting in sauna.]
[Fixed/Clarified version of google translate from a Finnish news article].
"Children's sweating and skin blood flow capacity are also lower than that of adults. For this reason, the use of saunas for children under 7 years of age should use consideration. Dizziness and malaise are typical consequences of too much bathing in children.
In the 1940s, Dr Veikko Venho conducted a sauna study on infant children under the leadership of the archiater Arvo Ylpö .
This lesser-known study involved 138 children, including Venho's own son, current Dr. Vesa Venho. The youngest child was 3 days old and the youngest child weighed 2015 grams.
Venho found that most of the children calmed down and fell asleep immediately after the sauna. The average inner-temperature increase was 1.4 degrees Celsius, indicating a moderate heat load.
On the basis of the study, Venho concludes that, with certain reservations, even a small child can be taken to the sauna from a few minutes to 10 minutes, and even the water can be thrown to the stove somewhat.
The thermoregulation system of the elderly is weakening. The sweat glands become atrophied and the blood vessels in the skin stiffen with age. In the elderly, maintaining the blood pressure (might/may) become a problem in the sauna.
On the other hand, the sauna stimulates sweating and may thus maintain this physiological activity as more 'youthful'. One of the guidelines is that if you can walk in the sauna, you can walk out of there.
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Dry sauna is a well-established health habit in central and northern Europe. I can say that the benefits are truly there. But yes, it won't replace a proper diet and resistance exercise but just add-on to their benefits.
@rhonda can you suggest your most effective affordable at home
Saunas?
Pulse went from 65 to 81! Really, how long after tha sauna is it 81. Keen to hear what other people get because 20 mins at 80 deg (celcius) causes mine to hit 120bpm
25 minutes @ 165 F, 120-125BPM for me (dry sauna).
Hi Dr Rhonda, I have an unrelated question. What are your thoughts regarding Aspirin? Some say that taking it daily (without medical conditions) is beneficial for general health and longevity, do you agree? Is there some papers backing that? Thanks a lot
I found a info some time ago that gave the mortality rates of those who did and didn't and there was found to be no benefit. Keep looking as you may find what you need. Also look up research on side effects of regular aspirin use.
I live in Houston, Texas, which is like living 24/7 in a "sauna" :-)
I would love to have a rough estimate of how hot would a bath need to be and for how long to produce a comparable effect to 20 minutes in a Finnish sauna. I love hot baths, can do 50ºC with ease although I don't go that hot often to save fuel but totally would if it provides a health benefit. Would core temperature or heart rate elevation be a good indicator and what numbers should I shoot for ? . Few people have saunas but most people have a bath.
You just have to be careful because hot water can dry out and thin your skin.
What about the patients who had surgery cause of MI, not recently years ago, can they go into the sauna ?? And if yes, for how long and in what temperature ?? Thank you!!!
I wonder if thermogenics like yohimbine offer any related benefits when used with healthy lifestyle 🤔
Does this apply to steam rooms / wet sauna as well as dry?
What about dogs? My dog has heart issues, would this benefit him? Would the temp and time need to change? Would you rehydrate him with subcutaneous fluids? It's not like you can make him drink to rehydrate
How does this compare to Jacuzzi exposure? Have there been any studies comparing the two? I have noticed similar physiological responses. For example, when exiting my Jacuzzi I continue sweating for 10 min.
Dr. Rhonda Patrick you are so ahead of the curve! I recently made a video about sauna use and autophagy via heat shock protein induction 🔥🔥🔥. I look forward to watching this later!
Ivan B Is your video available to watch or can I read your research about autophagy and sauna?
Yes here it is- ua-cam.com/video/zQEKROTzUR4/v-deo.html
Ivan B thank you 😊
Do you have any info. on infrared saunas being used by people who have medical implants on their body for Dialysis/pacemakers ect.?
Wheres the summary guy? am i too early?? btw,,love u rhonda!
LMFAO
Great speech. I love sauna but for me that was only one timr per week. I'm gonna change duration.