The Science & Health Benefits of Deliberate Heat Exposure

I describe the mechanisms by which deliberate heat exposure impacts body temperature, metabolism, heart health, hormone production, exercise recovery, cognition, mood, and longevity. I detail specific protocols for deliberate heat exposure, including exposure times, temperature ranges to consider, time of day, and delivery mechanisms (sauna vs. hot... See more

80-100 degree C for 5-20 minutes. Adjust duration and intensity to each other. Beige fat and brown fat exist around our spinal cord and clavicals and are not just storage sites like white fat. They are generating heat in our body. Young children have a lot of them because they cannot shiver, so they need them to generate heat. Fewer and bigger ship... See more

The trip channels in the skin have receptors that monitor changes in temperature. The dorsal Horn neurons in the spinal cord relays the signals to the POA in the hypothalamus. These send out signals to heat up or to cause behavior to heat up. Our main way to dump heat is sweating.

How do we heat up? We heat up through external sources (ambient temperature, clothing) and internal sources (heat generation). Body temperature varies across the day and across individuals. We have to distinct temperatures - shell and core temperature. The temperature at the core is always higher than at the shell. The brain is constantly signallin... See more