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