Dr. David Sinclair

And in many studies, mostly on Finnish men, businessmen,

Those that go into their home saunas, and the majority of homes in Finland do have saunas, so they can do these studies pretty easily.

The bottom line is that those that didn't do regular quote-unquote sauna bathing tended to die earlier, in particular from heart disease and cardiovascular events, than those that did regular sauna bathing.

So I'm a big advocate of sauna.

I don't have one in my house.

But I do have a really hot steam shower, which I use regularly every day.

I think a sauna is better because it gets hotter.

Yeah, and I would have a sauna if I had my choice.

And the cold plunge?

Not a lot of data.

There's a lot of theory that, again, hormesis, adversity, feeling better.

There's some evidence that it can actually help with muscle repair after workouts.

But I think we need a lot more research in that regard.

But then nevertheless, I used to do it.

um before i was so busy and traveling the world um and i certainly feel better so even if i don't didn't live longer because of it i i definitely had more mental clarity and i felt better in general but but if you were if you were prioritizing all of the things we've talked about so far and you had to pick one do i have to pick one because you need more than one but just in terms of like the most important one that's maybe the first domino yeah i would say that the

A combination of what the easiest, biggest impact you can have, combine that, that would be skipping meals.

Skipping meals.

Skipping meals.

And then a close second would be exercise that includes losing your breath for at least five minutes, three times a week.

So what do I mean by losing your breath for five minutes?