Sauna Function?

Great question - first off the stress of the heat causes a survival response getting your body to release norepinephrine. Heating up the body and blood also activated heat shock proteins, transcriptional regulators, and pro- and anti-inflammatory factors.

Regular sauna also activates transcription regulators that have a strong role in aging and lifespan. They help to protect cell damage, dna damage and stem cell function.

These effects and others play a role in the benefits of sauna for heart health, aging, life span and Alzheimer’s prevention

Sauna is one of my favorite health and wellness #biostacks. It helps a lot on its own but when you stack it with other treatments it really does some amazing things. 
The research on the benefits of sauna have continued to grow in recent years. 
This study done with 2,300 middle-aged men, showed beneficial effects with sauna use reducing risk death and disease. 
Men who used the sauna two to three times per week were about 27% less likely to die from cardiovascular-related causes than men who didn't use the sauna. When compared to men who used the sauna 4-7 times per week they found the increased dose gave almost twice the benefits – those men who did more sauna sessions were 50% less likely to die from cardiovascular-related causes. 
They also found the men were about 40% less likely to die from all premature death causes.  This was even after age, activity and lifestyle was factored in.
The researchers also found that the frequent sauna use reduced the risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia. Both reduced around 66%!
Not a bad reason to sweat...

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