Author
John Elam
Writing
- Sauna and heart rhythm: does heat trigger arrhythmias, or protect against sudden cardiac death?
- Sauna and heat acclimation: how many sessions does it actually take to adapt?
- Sauna and psychotic disorders: does frequent heat exposure actually lower the risk?
- Sauna and peripheral artery disease: can heat therapy actually help leg circulation and walking?
- Sauna and fibromyalgia: does heat therapy actually reduce the pain?
- Sauna and HFpEF: does sauna bathing actually help heart failure with preserved ejection fraction?
- Sauna and blood clots: does regular heat exposure raise or lower your risk of DVT?
- Sauna for sore muscles: does heat actually help DOMS?
- Contrast therapy and circulation: does alternating hot and cold actually pump blood through your muscles?
- Should you ice an injury? What the research actually shows
- Sauna before a workout: does heat exposure help or hurt performance?
- Cold plunge and muscle soreness: does an ice bath actually reduce DOMS?
- Sauna and core body temperature: how much does a session actually raise it?
- Cold shock response: why do you gasp in cold water, and can you train it away?
- Cold plunge before a workout: does cold water help or hurt performance?
- Sauna and bone density: does heat exposure actually build bone?
- Sauna and multiple sclerosis: does heat exposure actually make symptoms worse?
- Sauna and autophagy: does heat exposure actually trigger cellular recycling?
- Sauna and headaches: does heat exposure actually help tension headache?
- Post-sauna cooldown: how long should you actually cool down after a sauna?
- Cold plunge afterdrop: why do you keep getting colder after you get out?
- Sauna and children: is it actually safe for kids?
- Steam room vs sauna: which one does the research actually support?
- Sauna and arthritis: does heat therapy actually relieve joint pain?
- Cold plunge and appetite: does cold water actually make you eat more?
- Sauna and muscle loss: can heat protect muscle when you cannot train?
- Sauna and medications: which prescriptions actually change how you handle heat?
- Sauna and dementia risk: does regular heat exposure actually protect your brain?
- Cryotherapy vs cold plunge: which one does the research actually support?
- Sauna and heat shock proteins: does heat exposure actually raise HSP levels?
- Hot tub vs sauna: what the research actually shows
- Cold plunge and blood pressure: what happens, and is it safe if yours is high?
- Cold plunge and inflammation: does cold water immersion actually reduce it?
- Sauna and cancer risk: does regular heat exposure raise or lower it?
- Cold plunge and testosterone: does cold water immersion actually raise T?
- Sauna and kidney health: is regular heat exposure bad for your kidneys?
- Where are saunas actually made? What country-of-origin claims do and don't tell you
- Sauna and gut health: does heat exposure damage your gut lining?
- Cold plunge and cortisol: does cold water immersion actually lower your stress hormones?
- Sauna and heavy metal detox: does sweating actually remove toxins?
- Sauna and mitochondria: does heat exposure actually build mitochondrial capacity?
- Does cold plunging burn calories? What the research actually shows
- Is a sauna like exercise? What the heart-rate data actually shows
- Sauna and BDNF: does heat exposure actually raise brain-derived neurotrophic factor?
- Sauna and menopause: does heat exposure help or trigger hot flushes?
- How hot should a sauna be? What the research actually shows
- Cold plunge safety: is cold water immersion actually dangerous?
- Cold plunge for women: does the research support a different protocol?
- Sauna and alcohol: what does the research actually show?
- Sauna and male fertility: does heat exposure actually lower sperm count?
- Cold plunge and heart rate variability: does cold water immersion actually raise HRV?
- Cold plunge and sleep: does cold water immersion actually help you sleep better?
- Cold plunge and mood: does cold water immersion actually make you feel better?
- Sauna and heart failure: does Waon therapy actually help a failing heart?
- Sauna and arterial stiffness: does heat exposure actually improve your blood vessels?
- Sauna and weight loss: does sweating actually burn fat?
- Sauna and chronic pain: does heat therapy actually relieve it?
- How to take delivery of a sauna you bought online
- How much does it cost to install a sauna?
- Sauna and blood sugar: what the research actually shows
- Sauna and heat shock proteins: what does the research actually show?
- Sauna and lung health: does regular heat exposure actually protect your lungs?
- Sauna and cholesterol: does heat exposure actually lower your lipids?
- Sauna and heart health: what the Finnish mortality data actually shows
- Sauna and cortisol: does heat exposure lower your stress hormones?
- Sauna and inflammation: does heat exposure actually reduce it?
- Sauna and stroke risk: does regular sauna use lower your chance of stroke?
- Cold plunge after a workout: does it blunt muscle growth?
- How long should you stay in a sauna? What the research says
- Sauna and heart rate variability: does heat exposure actually improve HRV?
- How long should you cold plunge? What the research recommends
- Sauna and endurance: can heat training make you a better runner?
- Sauna and the common cold: can regular heat exposure keep you from getting sick?
- The Wim Hof Method: does it actually work?
- Sauna hydration: how much fluid do you really lose, and how should you replace it?
- Cold exposure and insulin sensitivity: what does the research show?
- Sauna and growth hormone: does heat exposure really raise HGH?
- Sauna and VO2 max: can heat exposure improve your fitness?
- Sauna and heat shock proteins: what does the research actually show?
- Cold exposure and the immune system: do cold showers actually boost immunity?
- Sauna and blood pressure: what does the research actually show?
- Cold plunge and dopamine: does cold water really raise dopamine?
- Sauna during pregnancy: what does the research actually say?
- Cold exposure and brown fat activation: what the research actually shows
- Infrared sauna vs. traditional sauna: which one is actually better?
- Contrast therapy for athletic recovery: what the protocol actually looks like
- Cold plunge temperature: what does the research actually recommend?
- Does sauna remove microplastics?
- Sauna for skin: what actually happens to your skin in the heat?
- Sauna after workout: does it increase muscle mass?
- Sauna and testosterone: does heat exposure increase T levels?
- Sauna for longevity: what does Bryan Johnson's $4 million experiment show?
- The Contrast: Wired But Tired
- Sauna vs. cold plunge: which one should you do first?
- Sauna and sleep: the circadian temperature trick
- Sauna and Alzheimer's prevention: what does the research say?
- How often should you sauna? The dose-response data
- Sauna for depression: does it actually work?
- The Contrast: Optimization is Not Always Optimal
- Dr. Andy Galpin Sauna Protocol
- Bryan Johnson Sauna Protocol
- Dr. Rhonda Patrick Sauna Protocol
- Andrew Huberman Sauna Protocol