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Podcast: The mindbodygreen Podcast
Episode: The science of sweat, saunas & stress | best-selling author Bill Gifford
Description: “Sweating is our superpower," explains Bill Gifford.
Gifford, a veteran science journalist and author of Spring Chicken, a New York Times bestseller on longevity. His latest book, Hotwired: How the Hidden Power of Heat Makes Us Stronger, dives deep into the emerging science of heat, sweating, and what happens when we stop running from discomfort.
00:00 — Sweating as an evolutionary superpower
03:00 — The science of ancient heat rituals
05:45 — How long & how hot?
07:55 — The dehydration trap
09:52 — All about Finnish sauna culture
12:50 — Heat acclimation training
16:41 — Elite athletes & what they can teach...