Dr. Stacy Sims

So when we look at a cold plunge, the whole idea again is environmental stress. So we start to see an improvement in our parasympathetic sympathetic drive. So now we're able to get into that calming phase. Because again, body becoming resilient to stress. We have an increase in our body's capacity for using glucose. So we have better insulin sensitivity, better blood glucose control.

So when we look at a cold plunge, the whole idea again is environmental stress. So we start to see an improvement in our parasympathetic sympathetic drive. So now we're able to get into that calming phase. Because again, body becoming resilient to stress. We have an increase in our body's capacity for using glucose. So we have better insulin sensitivity, better blood glucose control.

We have some signals to lose some of that deep body fat. And we start to see better cardiovascular responses, but women do better in the heat. Okay. Talk to me about this. Okay. So when we look at sauna exposure, women can tolerate heat a lot more than men. So if we get into a sauna that is 80 degrees or 60 degrees Celsius, so that's on the upwards of 50%. Gosh, metric math. Hold on.

We have some signals to lose some of that deep body fat. And we start to see better cardiovascular responses, but women do better in the heat. Okay. Talk to me about this. Okay. So when we look at sauna exposure, women can tolerate heat a lot more than men. So if we get into a sauna that is 80 degrees or 60 degrees Celsius, so that's on the upwards of 50%. Gosh, metric math. Hold on.

We have some signals to lose some of that deep body fat. And we start to see better cardiovascular responses, but women do better in the heat. Okay. Talk to me about this. Okay. So when we look at sauna exposure, women can tolerate heat a lot more than men. So if we get into a sauna that is 80 degrees or 60 degrees Celsius, so that's on the upwards of 50%. Gosh, metric math. Hold on.

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Science is Celsius. 130 degrees. Okay. We'll go with that. A woman can sit in there, sit up high, 20 minutes or so, not sweating yet. right? Absorbing heat, vasodilate, it's great. So we're heating ourselves. Our body's responding to it by what we call heat shock protein responses. So these little proteins that will uncouple and then recouple and be better for it.

Science is Celsius. 130 degrees. Okay. We'll go with that. A woman can sit in there, sit up high, 20 minutes or so, not sweating yet. right? Absorbing heat, vasodilate, it's great. So we're heating ourselves. Our body's responding to it by what we call heat shock protein responses. So these little proteins that will uncouple and then recouple and be better for it.

Science is Celsius. 130 degrees. Okay. We'll go with that. A woman can sit in there, sit up high, 20 minutes or so, not sweating yet. right? Absorbing heat, vasodilate, it's great. So we're heating ourselves. Our body's responding to it by what we call heat shock protein responses. So these little proteins that will uncouple and then recouple and be better for it.

So it's creating a whole cellular change that then is like, okay, now we have better responses within the muscle. The muscle can use glucose a lot better, can use fat a lot better. We're also increasing blood flow to the brain and

So it's creating a whole cellular change that then is like, okay, now we have better responses within the muscle. The muscle can use glucose a lot better, can use fat a lot better. We're also increasing blood flow to the brain and

So it's creating a whole cellular change that then is like, okay, now we have better responses within the muscle. The muscle can use glucose a lot better, can use fat a lot better. We're also increasing blood flow to the brain and

We're also improving our blood vessels so they respond to constriction dilation a lot faster, which is important as we get older and start hit perimenopause, we start having blood pressure problems. And it also allows us to hit higher temperatures on the outside So like summer times and things without having an undue stress because women by the nature of being women struggle more in the heat.

We're also improving our blood vessels so they respond to constriction dilation a lot faster, which is important as we get older and start hit perimenopause, we start having blood pressure problems. And it also allows us to hit higher temperatures on the outside So like summer times and things without having an undue stress because women by the nature of being women struggle more in the heat.

We're also improving our blood vessels so they respond to constriction dilation a lot faster, which is important as we get older and start hit perimenopause, we start having blood pressure problems. And it also allows us to hit higher temperatures on the outside So like summer times and things without having an undue stress because women by the nature of being women struggle more in the heat.

So if we, environmental heat on the outside, but when you're in the sauna sitting there, it takes time for the body to heat up because of our thermoregulatory differences between what men do when they get in and they start sweating profusely and then they get dehydrated and they don't have time to adapt as well to the heat as women do because we vasodilate first and then we start sweating.

So if we, environmental heat on the outside, but when you're in the sauna sitting there, it takes time for the body to heat up because of our thermoregulatory differences between what men do when they get in and they start sweating profusely and then they get dehydrated and they don't have time to adapt as well to the heat as women do because we vasodilate first and then we start sweating.

So if we, environmental heat on the outside, but when you're in the sauna sitting there, it takes time for the body to heat up because of our thermoregulatory differences between what men do when they get in and they start sweating profusely and then they get dehydrated and they don't have time to adapt as well to the heat as women do because we vasodilate first and then we start sweating.