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The Science & Health Benefits of Deliberate Heat Exposure

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The Effects of Sauna on Your Health

Heat shock proteins are a protective mechanism in your brain and body to rescue proteins that would otherwise misfold. Heat changes the quality of proteins, not just in terms how they taste, but the way in which they are configured. There have been interesting studies done in humans examining some of the downstream molecular pathways of deliberate heat exposure. One such mechanism involves a genetic programme involving a cule called fox o three. Fox o three is involved in dna repair pathways - part of the process of remaining healthy.

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