Dr. Stacy Sims

Saunas, I love. I started as an environmental exercise physiologist. So I look at how the heat can invoke positive change on the body. It doesn't have to be a large dose. It could be 10 to 15 minutes in a finished sauna three times a week because we start to see massive cardiovascular improvements, blood pressure improvements included in that, metabolic changes.

Saunas, I love. I started as an environmental exercise physiologist. So I look at how the heat can invoke positive change on the body. It doesn't have to be a large dose. It could be 10 to 15 minutes in a finished sauna three times a week because we start to see massive cardiovascular improvements, blood pressure improvements included in that, metabolic changes.

Saunas, I love. I started as an environmental exercise physiologist. So I look at how the heat can invoke positive change on the body. It doesn't have to be a large dose. It could be 10 to 15 minutes in a finished sauna three times a week because we start to see massive cardiovascular improvements, blood pressure improvements included in that, metabolic changes.

We have better blood glucose control. We have better gut health, brain health. So many great things happen with the heat. When we think about cold plunge for women, it's cool water. It's around 15 degrees Celsius, which is around that 56, 57 degree Fahrenheit mark. Ice is too cold and we don't get the same kind of response that men do when we get into ice.

We have better blood glucose control. We have better gut health, brain health. So many great things happen with the heat. When we think about cold plunge for women, it's cool water. It's around 15 degrees Celsius, which is around that 56, 57 degree Fahrenheit mark. Ice is too cold and we don't get the same kind of response that men do when we get into ice.

We have better blood glucose control. We have better gut health, brain health. So many great things happen with the heat. When we think about cold plunge for women, it's cool water. It's around 15 degrees Celsius, which is around that 56, 57 degree Fahrenheit mark. Ice is too cold and we don't get the same kind of response that men do when we get into ice.

It's too strong of a stress and the body rebounds with too much sympathetic drive. too much constriction, where if it's cool water, we're going to invoke initially a vagal response, which is that, and then the body's going to get that more parasympathetic relaxation response that we're looking for, for cold plunge.

It's too strong of a stress and the body rebounds with too much sympathetic drive. too much constriction, where if it's cool water, we're going to invoke initially a vagal response, which is that, and then the body's going to get that more parasympathetic relaxation response that we're looking for, for cold plunge.

It's too strong of a stress and the body rebounds with too much sympathetic drive. too much constriction, where if it's cool water, we're going to invoke initially a vagal response, which is that, and then the body's going to get that more parasympathetic relaxation response that we're looking for, for cold plunge.

So if you're a woman, you're jumping in. Yeah. So you're jumping into that icy cold water and you're getting that shock. And that shock is a sympathetic so that you have your flight or fight sensation, which is your sympathetic drive. And you have that deep relaxation, which is your parasympathetic drive.

So if you're a woman, you're jumping in. Yeah. So you're jumping into that icy cold water and you're getting that shock. And that shock is a sympathetic so that you have your flight or fight sensation, which is your sympathetic drive. And you have that deep relaxation, which is your parasympathetic drive.

So if you're a woman, you're jumping in. Yeah. So you're jumping into that icy cold water and you're getting that shock. And that shock is a sympathetic so that you have your flight or fight sensation, which is your sympathetic drive. And you have that deep relaxation, which is your parasympathetic drive.

For women, we get that shock and that sympathetic drive, which increases cortisol, increases our blood glucose and our free fatty acids because the body's like, ah, what is this incredible shock? I've got to get out and run away. For cool water, it's not as intense. So you don't get that sympathetic. You get the initial, and then the body's like, okay, I can deal with this.

For women, we get that shock and that sympathetic drive, which increases cortisol, increases our blood glucose and our free fatty acids because the body's like, ah, what is this incredible shock? I've got to get out and run away. For cool water, it's not as intense. So you don't get that sympathetic. You get the initial, and then the body's like, okay, I can deal with this.

For women, we get that shock and that sympathetic drive, which increases cortisol, increases our blood glucose and our free fatty acids because the body's like, ah, what is this incredible shock? I've got to get out and run away. For cool water, it's not as intense. So you don't get that sympathetic. You get the initial, and then the body's like, okay, I can deal with this.

I'm going to do some vasoconstriction. I'm going to put more blood sugar to the brain so that the brain understands what's going on and stimulates what we call the vagal nerve. So the vagal nerve is what that parasympathetic nervous system is attached to. So it invokes that calming and you can stay in it, take some deep breaths.

I'm going to do some vasoconstriction. I'm going to put more blood sugar to the brain so that the brain understands what's going on and stimulates what we call the vagal nerve. So the vagal nerve is what that parasympathetic nervous system is attached to. So it invokes that calming and you can stay in it, take some deep breaths.

I'm going to do some vasoconstriction. I'm going to put more blood sugar to the brain so that the brain understands what's going on and stimulates what we call the vagal nerve. So the vagal nerve is what that parasympathetic nervous system is attached to. So it invokes that calming and you can stay in it, take some deep breaths.

But that said, heat does so much more for a woman's body than cold plunge. So if we're looking for increased parasympathetic drive, we're looking for better metabolic control, we're getting better hormonal control, it's all instigated by sauna work, not by cold plunge.

But that said, heat does so much more for a woman's body than cold plunge. So if we're looking for increased parasympathetic drive, we're looking for better metabolic control, we're getting better hormonal control, it's all instigated by sauna work, not by cold plunge.