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25.01.2022 Heat stress has many benefits. The easiest and safest way to expose yourself to this stress is sauna. There are three main areas that benefit brain, overall longevity and muscle and tissue repairs. This post is about positive brain effects of the sauna. Next two posts will be about the other two areas, so stay tuned. Brain Benefits: Many of you, if not all, heard of Endorphins this is one of the feel-good hormones. Our bodies produce it, and endorphins make us euphoric.... They work similarly to a class of drugs called opioids. I’m sure not so many of you heard of Dynorphins. This hormone has many functions, but I’ll cover just a couple. Dynorphins released to cool the body down. It makes us feel dysphoric (i.e. uncomfortable). So, in simple terms, this is the body response to heat stress. The magic thing is that in response to increase of Dynorphins our body increases the number and sensitivity of Endorphin receptors. It means the next time you have endorphins produced you will feel more intense pleasure/euphoria than before. How cool is this?! And this is just from a humble sauna session. More to come See more

16.01.2022 I came across an important research why eating 2-3 hours (not later) before bedtime plays an important role in blood glucose level. But first, I was of the view it is irrelevant when you finish your meal if intervals between meals are maintained and there is no snaking. It turns out the melatonin (a hormone that body produces for us to fall asleep) signals to the pancreas to reduce insulin production. That leads to blood glucose level to be elevated if meal is consumed within 2-3 hours before bedtime. The elevated blood glucose levels are harmful (especially for the brain). To conclude, it is a particularly good idea to finish any food intakes 2-3 hours before bed!

13.01.2022 From heat stress (see previous three posts) to cold stress now. The cold exposure can come from many ways whether you just take a cold shower, swim in a cold water or use luxurious CryoSauna. Cold shock increases norepinephrine a neurotransmitter and a hormone. It makes you feel better and even used pharmacologically to treat depression. The norepinephrine plays the key role in browning of adipose tissue (i.e. fat) and starts the process of burning fat to create the energy to warm up the body. Also, as a bonus, norepinephrine leads to substantial increase in muscle endurance. So, this is why you often see athletes up to their waist deep in the freezing Port Phillip bay in the winter in Melbourne .

03.01.2022 There are three main areas that benefit from the heat stress brain (see previous post 1), overall longevity (see previous post 2), muscle and tissue repairs. This post is about effects of the sauna on muscles and tissues repair. Next post will be about cold stress benefits - stay tuned. Muscles and Tissues Repair Benefits: 20 min sauna session increases human growth hormone by around 2-3 times! This hormone is essential in muscles and tissues repair. It hugely helps with w...eight loss. It also benefits quality and appearance of the skin. It can help to speed up healing after an injury. Sadly, human growth hormone naturally declines with age, so if you are over 40 going to sauna is even more important! This is the last post in the series of sauna benefits. There is more to come though on cold exposure benefits!