Protocols

Heat and cold

Sauna and cold plunge, with Rhonda Patrick's work front and center.

I use both a sauna and a cold plunge. These pages cover what the research supports for each: the temperatures, the time, how often, and what the studies actually found, from the Finnish sauna cohorts to the cold-water trials. Rhonda Patrick, PhD, has covered both topics in depth, so her take gets its own section on each page.

Heat

Sauna

Finnish cohorts, a few small trials, and Rhonda Patrick's read on the dose.

Moderate25 sources

Cold

Cold plunge

A big hormone response, thin trials, and one result that says when not to plunge.

Mixed17 sources