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Finnish Sauna Bathing and Cardiovascular Mortality: The Dose-Response Relationship Between Heat Exposure Frequency and All-Cause Death Risk

March 31, 20269 min

A twenty-year prospective study of over two thousand Finnish men demonstrated that those using sauna four to seven times weekly had a sixty-three percent lower risk of sudden cardiac death compared to once-weekly users.

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Cold Adaptation

Deliberate Cold Exposure and Brown Adipose Tissue Activation: Metabolic Remodelling Through Controlled Thermal Stress

March 30, 20268 min

Repeated cold exposure activates and proliferates brown adipose tissue — metabolically active fat generating heat by burning calories through non-shivering thermogenesis.

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Contrast Protocols

Contrast Therapy: The Science of Alternating Heat and Cold for Accelerated Inflammation Resolution and Neuromuscular Recovery

March 29, 20268 min

Alternating between hot and cold creates a vascular pumping action — vasodilation during heat followed by vasoconstriction during cold — that accelerates metabolic waste removal from damaged tissue.

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