Sauna Big Wins: Body Detox & Depression Relief – Connie Zack : 993
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™… You’ll learn about the ways using a sauna can charge your energy, help you heal physical and mental health conditions—and science that backs that up.
Sunlighten sponsored this episode.
Connie Zack joins the show to talk about the far-reaching benefits of sauna use and what’s new in the field of infrared light. For more than 22 years, Connie and her husband, Aaron, have introduced infrared light therapy to 13 countries through Sunlighten. They’re leading innovations in infrared light therapy and infrared sauna manufacturing.
This conversation covers a range of good things you’ll experience from using a sauna:
- how infrared light affects the body and triggers a biochemical cascade of benefits;
- how near infrared penetrates the body to interact with mitochondria;
- why the real magic of infrared combines both light and heat;
- what evidence connects infrared and detoxification—and why sweating wins;
- why you sleep better—without feeling exhausted—when you do a sauna session before bed;
- how infrared shows promising relief for those who experience depression; and
- practical ways to incorporate sauna into your own stack for better sleep and higher performance.
Big takeaways for you:
- Sauna for Detox: Results from a blood-urine-sweat study support infrared for detoxification, and it’s more than just thermoregulation as traditional medicine often argues.
- Sauna for Depression: Chronic inflammation is associated with depression and may be a protective, inflammatory response involving thermoregulatory pathways, the immune system, serotonin system, heat shock proteins and more. Studies show that raising core body temperature can improve major symptoms of depression.
Connie’s been on the show before, so check out Saunas Use Infrared to Power Detox, Immunity & Renewal – #823 to find out how infrared sauna helps you with immunity and recovery.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:06.0 | Formerly, Bulletproof Radio. |
| 0:11.8 | You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:16.5 | Today, as always, I am going to tell you what you get at the start of the episode, so |
| 0:21.5 | you can say this episode is worth your time. |
| 0:23.2 | In fact, it's way more than worth your time, otherwise you shouldn't do it. |
| 0:28.1 | We're going to go deep in the world of biohacking on infrared light and infrared heat. |
| 0:34.6 | We're going to talk about infrared light, effects your body, how it triggers a bunch of different |
| 0:38.4 | biochemical cascades. |
| 0:39.8 | We're just figuring some of this out. |
| 0:41.8 | Some of this we've known about at some levels, but now because there's so many of us biohacking |
| 0:46.8 | in the world, there's real university research happening. |
| 0:50.8 | It's becoming its own industry. |
| 0:54.2 | This means that we can now, instead of saying something good for you, we can say this |
| 1:00.4 | amount of this type is good for you. |
| 1:03.2 | If you wanted an analogy, imagine if I said fat was good for you. |
| 1:07.3 | Well, if you're like a keto bro, you said, yeah, bro, except I didn't say what kind of fat. |
| 1:12.4 | Some fats are good and some are bad. |
| 1:14.1 | Now, if we say infrared's good for you, which kind of infrared does what? |
| 1:19.1 | That's what we're going to learn in this episode. |
| 1:22.0 | As you know, I bring experts in a field. |
| 1:25.2 | People have done a lot of work on the show. |
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