Rhonda Patrick Changing Perspective on Sauna...

Well {NAME}... In my recent interview with Rhonda Patrick, we talked a little bit about how some of her perspective has changed in terms of a few things. For one, she isn’t as big of a fan of longer fasts anymore… Now, personally, I think that longer fasts are just fine, but probably should make a concerted effort to get adequate protein in before and after the fast. Of course, the frequency of fasting makes a difference too. It probably is not wise to do a 3 day fast more than one time per month It seems as though her biggest concern was surrounding protein intake, so generally she recommended shorter fasts. Here’s the issue I have with that. Shorter fasts are great. They really are, but what you achieve out of a shorter fast really does seem to come down to caloric restriction benefits. Whereas a longer fast might start to get a bit more hefty in terms of benefits. However, to be fully realistic, those hefty benefits are generally a result of a more extreme caloric deficit that really can only be achieved through a longer fast unless you’re doing extreme amounts of exercise during a shorter fast. Later in this email I will share some ways to accelerate a shorter fast in order to get more out of it, but first I need to explain something that illustrates the point… If you look at a caloric deficit like a dimmer switch, you could visualize that a small deficit would be like turning a light dimmer up just a little bit. A BIG deficit would crank the dimmer up higher. If you’re fasting for 12 hours, that is a bit of a dimmer increase, but if you’re fasting for 24 hours, it’s a bigger deficit and ultimately a bigger turn on the dimmer switch. It’s not magic, it’s just how the phosphorylation of AMPK works. Now, if I fasted for 96 hours, it would be a BIG deficit and a BIG crank on the dimmer, but that’s also very hard on the body in other ways. So in essence, we could achieve a similar deficit by fasting for 24 hours and then running 25 miles… The total deficit between not eating and heavy exercising might put you at the same place… but is it optimal? No. But what we can do is encourage effects of a fast that are beneficial and GENTLE, that don’t put as much stress on the body. For example, if you’re doing a 12 hour fast, you could do things like: -     Sauna ([here’s an infrared sauna blanket]( for 25% off using TD25 that is by far the most affordable form of sauna that you could get and it works amazing – Using Code TD25 [Gets you a 25% off discount](  and it is only valid for 28 hours, so it is a very short discount) -     Green Tea Consumption -     Turmeric -     After finishing the fast only consuming protein for a while (as it seems to not interrupt the muscle autophagy -     Hot Bath (similar to a sauna benefit) Now, the difference between a high heat sauna and infrared is important as well. Think of a Dry Heat Sauna like an oven, and think of infrared like a microwave (not literally, don’t worry). A dry heat sauna heats you from the outside in, while an infrared heats your cells first, even if you’re not sweating or hot yet. When I am doing fasts, I like to switch around with both. I will do a dry heat sauna for certain benefits (or a hot bath) and do infrared for more cellular specific benefits. The thing I like about an infrared sauna is that it doesn’t place the level of stress on the body that a dry heat sauna can. In fact, this is something that Rhonda mentioned to me in our interview. She said that she’s concerned with people that sauna TOO much in the high heat as you can also be cooking your body and harm your brain. So an infrared can be very helpful to achieve sauna benefits at a lower heat. Here's that Sauna Link again for 25% off using code TD25: [INFRARED SAUNA BLANKET]( I know they can be large and cumbersome (and really pricey though), so using an infrared saina blanket makes a lot of logical sense (few hundred bucks vs thousands and thousands). Here is that link for the Bon Charge Sauna Blanket. This is the one I use when I travel or need convenience. It folds up nicely in my car for easy sauna use wherever I go. So for me, 2024 is about working smarter, not harder. I feel the effects of beating my body up for years. Some of you mention it in the comments. I do push hard. I don’t have an "off switch" sometimes. Nowadays, I want to pull the right levers that keep me energized for my family. Ones that don’t exhaust me and stress me too much. Remember, stress is a great thing. But too much stress is most definitely NOT. See you tomorrow Thomas Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( Thomas DeLauer, PO Box 1120, Stateline, NV 89449, United States