#014 Sauna Use and Building Resilience to Stress with Dr. Rhonda Patrick
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Heat Stress From the Sauna Affects Muscle Growth and Atrophy
The third way by which heat stress from the sauna affects muscle growth and atrophy is by increasing insulin sensitivity in muscle tissue. Heat stress has been shown to increase the expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor also known as BDNF more than just exercise alone. The other thing that heat Stress from the sonna does is it increases the release of nora epinephrine in the brain.
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