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Re:Association Between Sauna Bathing and All-Cause Mortality... by blennon on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @02:17PM (#9108861)
Martin Pall hypothesizes that sauna therapy increases the availability of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) through multiple mechanisms [1]. A small study with people with chronic fatigue syndrome provides evidence to confirm this [2] (I don't think this publication is peer reviewed). I believe there is an association between BH4 and cardiovascular health, but this is not my field.

[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19581054 [2] http://www.townsendletter.com/Nov2013/sauna1113.html

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Re:Association Between Sauna Bathing and All-Cause Mortality... by cpncrunch on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @07:12PM (#9110637)
Martin Pall has a history of dubious hypotheses. It seems more likely that it is simply the increase in heart rate that improves cardiovascular health.
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