While saunas are known to be beneficial to health (by inducing ‘heat shock proteins’) and might even aid hypertrophy (muscle growth), the evidence for a ‘detox’ effect is less clear....
detoxification
Key points
- Toxins are poisonous substances produced within an organism
- Toxicants are synthetically produced (i.e. in manufacturing)
- Common toxins/toxicants include heavy metals, bisphenols...