It has long been understood that the use of a sauna on a regular basis can help to lower blood pressure in those who are suffering from hypertension. Recent research from 2025 shows exactly how and why sauna use can powerfully create more flexibility within the artery walls to lower blood pressure. Furthermore, it was… Read more
Heart Health Articles
Long-Term Sauna Use May Prevent Cardiac Arrest
The global challenge of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCD) remains high to this day, accounting for 15-20% of all international deaths. While the rates of SCD have gone down somewhat in recent years, the numbers of individuals losing their lives to this sudden event remains high. While not all cases are preventable many of them are,… Read more
Use a Sauna to Treat and Prevent Peripheral Artery Disease: Put Cardiovascular Disease in Your Rear View Mirror This Year
For millennia humans have historically turned to a variety of heat therapy strategies to address critical health issues. As new studies pour into reputable peer reviewed journals it seems that this research only confirms what our ancestors have known for thousands of years that dose appropriate exposure to heat may cure a litany of diseases…. Read more
Do Saunas Really Mimic Exercise? Discover the Data and Mechanistic Details Behind this Claim
Have you ever heard claims such as ‘a single sauna session mimics moderate exercise’, or ‘taking a sauna is the same thing as going for a half hour long jog.’ Statements such as these are made by sauna companies and health influencers across the internet as well as in vivo interactions. So, what is really… Read more
Cardiometabolic Disease and Sauna Bathing: Your Sauna Sessions May be Saving Your Life
Simply picking your phone up and looking at the top news stories can elicit a strong hormonal stress response. Coupling this with a processed food based diet, personal life challenges, little exercise, air pollutants, and suddenly a perfect recipe has been created for the development of cardiometabolic disease. This disease takes the lives of 1… Read more
Sauna Use and Your Vagus Nerve: Increase Heart Rate Variability with Regular Sauna Bathing
Talk of the vagus nerve has become ubiquitous across social media and is referenced often in wellness communities. If you are swimming through a sea of information overload then you are certainly not alone. Moreover, if the details of exactly what the vagus nerve is and why it is important for your health are not… Read more
Sauna Use May Be a Key Element in Preventing Atherosclerosis: Heat Shock Protein 70 Powerfully Reduces Inflammation of the Arteries
The most deadly diseases in America are linked to Atheroscleorosis.(1) Atherosclerosis may not have any symptoms until one unsuspecting day a plaque on the artery walls ruptures, or blood flow is blocked. In many ways atherosclerosis is a silent killer, but still a preventable one. Some cases of heart attacks and strokes may be prevented… Read more
Why Do Humans Sweat?
Take one step back in your mind and consider the fact that every human sweats, and this emanating fluid sits on the surface of the flesh only to roll off in beads of a mixture of water and electrolytes. This strange, and uniquely human phenomenon is our central cooling system and necessary for our survival. … Read more
Your Nervous System and Passive Heat Exposure: Why Do Saunas Feel so Relaxing?
A warm glow of relaxation comes over the body as the clock ticks and the body is enveloped by the heat of the sauna. Saunas are almost synonymous with relaxation, and high-end spas around the world have used them for decades. The bio-mechanics behind the soothing sensations that are offered through a sauna experience all… Read more
New Research Reveals How Saunas Can Lower Blood Pressure
Almost half of all American adults have high blood pressure, and this alarming fact ought to be taken seriously as hypertension can lead to stroke and heart disease. Luckily, minor lifestyle changes can lower blood pressure. (1) Regardless of your age, if you have elevated blood pressure you need to make sure that you are… Read more