JJ Virgin4x NYTimes Best Selling Author, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Fitness Hall of Famer

Benefits of Saunas

20 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief interview segment, JJ Virgin affirms strong evidence linking sauna use to increased longevity and detoxification. He explains that his facility offers two sauna modalities: a fast‑heating, high‑temperature sauna and a Sunlight infrared sauna, allowing varied therapeutic approaches. Virgin shares his personal habit of spending extensive time working in the sauna, emphasizing that more exposure is better. He references a conversation with Dr. Gundry, noting that among the world’s healthiest nations, a common practice is contrast therapy—alternating hot and cold exposure—rather than a specific diet, and that regular sauna use is a key component of this regimen.

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I mean, the evidence for the sauna and longevity is pretty solid, but I do wonder about, is that one of the added benefits? Like clearly it sounds like you're a believer that like this detox phenomenon from sauna uses is part of the value in terms of longevity.
No question. And that's why we actually have two different types of saunas here. We have the one that heats fast, heats and heats up higher. And then we have the one by Sunlight and the infrared. So that we can do both. And I literally have just taken to working in the sauna because I'm just like, I think the more the better. Like, if you look at the healthiest countries, the thing they have in common— everyone's always trying to say it's, it's this, it's that. I just got off with Dr. Gundry and he was telling me like some of the things that they really have in common, which it's not a vegan diet, by the way, hint hint. But one of them is always contrast therapy. They do hot and cold and they do a lot of sauna. Sauna to me makes a ton of sense.