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Saunas: is sweating really that good for you?

2024/5/8
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Saunas or thermotherapy, is a way of making your body SUPER hot in order to feel better and hopefully have a positive physiological response. The popularity of sauna bathing has increased in recent years, but is there a good reason for it? It may feel good, but the science of saunas may say something else about how they affect your body.

STUDYTIME: Are saunas actually good for you?

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RESOURCES:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4042662/v)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14017431.2024.2302159)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941775/)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556521002916)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941775/#B47)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531556521002916)

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2130724)

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpregu.00076.2022)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7908414/)

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