Dr Joy Hussain | Sauna and the Science of Sweating

This week we had the pleasure to speak with Dr Joy Hussain, a medical practitioner promoting wellness and evidence-based sauna therapies. Joy completed her PhD at RMIT University on the topic of health effects of frequent sweating and sauna bathing. Joy is currently working to adapt sauna-based experimental protocols for lifestyle and medical applications, such as in cardiovascular disease prevention, cardiac rehabilitation and treatment for postmenopausal hot flushes.In this episode, Joy discusses links between dementia and sauna use, the benefit to females of syncing their sauna use with their menstrual cycle, the increase in cardiac load with increased humidity, thermoregulation and perimenopause, and more. What we love most is Joy’s rare, but necessary, approach to her research. Her aim is to look at all the things that could be happening and then working backwards to see what we know instead of focusing on just one pathway. Our living experience is multifaceted and as the science should be to represent it.Find Joy here:Website - https://healthwithjoy.com.au/----------------------------------------------------------------------Mentioned in this podcast:-Jari Laukkenen-Comfort Crisis-Dr Earric Lee-Sauna Fitness-Dr Wanda Pilch-Mindy Peltz----------------------------------------------------------------------Want to watch this on video? Subscribe on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpVgBgbtgoNBz3sRQauH5wInstagram  @degreesofhealth Tik Tok @degrees_of_health Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.