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I'd not heard this about heat. It doesn't seem like an entirely straightforward link to me - aren't saunas supposed to fight cancer?
by dTal 9y ago
I'd not heard this about heat. It doesn't seem like an entirely straightforward link to me - aren't saunas supposed to fight cancer?
- thatcat 9y agoSince cancer is caused by certain mutations and heat can induce mutation, ingesting hot things can be mutagenic and thus carcinogenic.[0] Saunas at the right temp for the right time can induce the expression of protective heat shock protiens.[1] [0]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2773211/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2773211/ [1]https://www.selfhacked.com/blog/reasons-sweating-far-often/ https://www.selfhacked.com/blog/reasons-sweating-far-often/