Combining hot sauna sessions with dips in cold water can be incredibly beneficial to both your physical and mental health.
Here is a list of benefits from regular sauna therapy by Dr Berg:
- It can help lower your resting heart rate
- It can stimulate lymphatic flow
- It can help lower blood pressure
- It can decrease the risk and intensity of an asthmatic event
- It increases circulation
- It can strengthen the immune system
- It can help decrease all-cause mortality
- It can decrease pain
- It can decrease inflammation
- It may help improve psoriasis
- It promotes recovery
- It supports cognitive function
- It increases insulin sensitivity
- It decreases ROS (it has an antioxidant effect)
- It has similar benefits to moderate aerobic exercise
- It promotes better skin quality
- It increases autophagy
- It increases melatonin (when using a sauna with infrared light)