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The Science & Health Benefits of Deliberate Heat Exposure

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Why You Want to Get Out of the Hot Sauna?

When we get into a hot sana, or hot environment of any kind, dinorphens are liberated in the brain and body. Dinorpen binds to what's called the capa receptor. The capa receptor binds dinorpen and triggers pathways in the brain that lead to agitation,. to stress and, believe it or not, to a general sense of pain. This is why you want to get out of the hot sauna. And remember, if it's unsafe ves of hot than you should get out of that sana  and other hot environments.

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