Longevity Is One Out Of Many Benefits Of Sauna

Longevity is just one of the many reasons for taking dry sauna regularly. I met remarkable centenarians during my joyful sauna sessions. They inspired me to be their sauna-body. I'm now addicted.

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I experienced many benefits of taking regular sauna. It turned out to be a lifestyle choice for me.

Let me start by sharing some reasons that made me addicted to it.

• 1. Stress management - lowering cortisol
• 2. Removing toxins
• 3. Increasing sleep quality
• 4. Improving endurance
• 5. Reducing inflammation
• 6. Speeding up recovery
• 7. Increasing energy
• 8. Contributing to longevity

Practising dry sauna regularly provided me with proven benefits such as reducing my chronic stress, improving the quality of my sleep, accelerating recovery from exercise, increasing my energy level, reducing painful inflammation.

Apart from these health and fitness benefits, I gained a sense of joyful state.

I have a stressful profession. My social life is hectic. My family commitments are excessive. I try to make every family member happy. Excessive stress is inevitable in my complicated lifestyle.

Finding the dry sauna as a hobby was a life-changing discovery for me.

Sauna has been an effective tool to support my professional and social challenges, even in the midst of critical situations.

This is my personal story. I want to reflect upon my experience and how I use the dry sauna to gain health and fitness benefits.

The noticeable benefits included to reduce stress, improve sleep quality, speed up recovery from exercise, increase energy, reduce inflammation, enhance productivity, improve skin conditions, lighten up my mood, and optimize overall blood markers for better health.

The heat in a dry sauna induces quickly noticeable physiological effects in our bodies. More specifically, the heat can increase skin and core body temperature quickly. This quick increase in body temperature can also increase our heart rate, skin blood flow, hence cause perspiration rapidly. This simple yet powerful physical phenomenon can have tremendous health benefits.

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Dry sauna has been the best stress management tool. It added extra pleasure and joy to my challenging life. It has been a lifesaver for me when leading critical situations in my business and dealing with people in my social circles.

Stressed inflamed my body for many years. My cortisol level was over the top when I discovered the sauna. Managing my cortisol level was the first reason I introduced dry sauna to my lifestyle.

Apart from addressing my past inflammation issues, which made me miserable, there were a few other compelling reasons that I practised and enjoyed a dry sauna so much.

Let me give you an idea of how I use dry sauna based on my learning from the experts in the field. As you may have heard, there is substantial research on the health benefits of a dry sauna in many countries.

The way I enjoy a sauna is taking it in a few small sessions. These sessions are usually between 15 to 20 minutes, depending on the temperature of the sauna. After ten minutes, I can experience a lot of perspiration in many parts of my body. I feel it heaviest on the face. Then, I have a quick break. I go outside of the sauna for five minutes and take fresh and cool air. Then I try another 15-minute session. After that 15 minutes, I have a cold shower for three to five minutes.

Having a cold shower after an intense sauna session feels excellent. You can feel your stress disappear.

After the third or fourth sessions, I keep cooling down with constant cold showers. Cold showers are critical to cope with the thermal effect of the sauna.

My pulse fluctuates up and down frequently. Sometimes reaches to 150 beats per minutes when inside the sauna. It takes only 15 minutes. The good thing, my pulse drops back to around 60 beats per second after having cold showers.

I feel the real difference after around an hour. Most of my stress magically disappears an hour after the last sauna session. I feel more productive.

It affects me both physically and mentally. The physical manifestation becomes evident in relaxed muscles, joints, and ligaments. The mental effect is joy and clear thinking.

I always take a dry sauna day after weight training, callisthenics, and HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training). After a few hours of sauna sessions, any exercise-induced pain quickly melts away.

Dry sauna positively affects my mental health. For example, my anxieties and worries go away after a few hours of dry sauna sessions.

I read a lot about the benefits of dry saunas. The most compelling benefits were about improving cardiovascular health, removing toxins from our organs, improving the immune system, inducing deep quality sleep, reducing Alzheimer’s risks.

The most interesting finding was related to improving longevity by activating the SIRT2 genes. You can learn more about SIRT2 genes and silent information regulators from this scientific paper titled SIRT2 as a therapeutic target for age-related disorders.

I read about ongoing research in Finland. My understanding is that those who had a regular sauna for a few times a week lived longer than those how didn't. Reading this news in 2015 was an eye-opener for me "Sauna use associated with reduced risk of cardiac, all-cause mortality".

I met many centenarians during my sauna sessions. They were fit and lively. They inspired me to participate in this joyful activity. I still chat with them, listen to their esoteric stories, and learn from their secrets.

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All these benefits are substantial and make dry sauna compelling for many of us.

Sleep quality is very important to me. Dry sauna was one of the key contributors to improve the quality of sleep and get more deep sleep as my muscles needed it. I believe that sleep quality can increase longevity.

As I consumed more than half of my lifespan, improving longevity and reducing age-induced conditions like Alzheimer's turned to be a great interest in my life.

I haven’t fully proven all these benefits empirically yet and am open-minded about the potential benefits. However, I have immensely enjoyed the stress and pain management aspects of the sauna. Using dry sauna has become a pleasant hobby and a regular transformational fitness and health improvement tool for my challenging life.

To conclude, I found the dry sauna as an excellent addition to my health and fitness regime. In my opinion, many people can benefit from it. Of course, a discussion with qualified health professionals is required before starting the sauna. It may not be for everyone. The heat may have undesirable side effects for some people with different health conditions. I was lucky my physician has approved it and my body tolerated it.

Thank you for reading my perspectives.

Reference: Simple & Powerful Life-Transforming Bio-Hacks

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