What to know about sauna wellness
Nate Daubert (right) works at Eastend, a wellness center with a sauna in Chicago's Fulton Market District. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ
If one of your resolutions was to be generally healthier and to lower your stress levels, perhaps you’ve heard about the sauna craze that’s “steaming” across America right now.
Saunas have always been around in some form, but there’s more and more sauna businesses opening up, and content creators online are sharing all sorts of health claims associated with saunas. A health expert offers some tips.
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Sean Mullen
Associate Professor and Director of the Exercise, Technology & Cognition Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign