2.018 - Exploring New Horizons in Healthcare: Beyond Medications

PRACTICE: IMPOSSIBLE™

In this episode, Coach JPMD shares his personal health journey and how he tackled his high blood pressure. He discusses the importance of being proactive with one's health and explores the benefits of sauna bathing and heat exposure in reducing cardiovascular mortality and lowering blood pressure. Coach JPMD also highlights the life expectancy in Finland, where saunas are common in households, and encourages listeners to reflect on how healthcare practices can be improved.

Takeaways

• Being proactive with one's health is essential for physicians and healthcare providers.
• Sauna bathing and heat exposure can help reduce cardiovascular mortality and lower blood pressure.
• The presence of saunas in households in Finland may contribute to their longer life expectancy.
• Healthcare practices should consider alternative approaches beyond medications.

Show Notes/Resources
Sauna bathing is associated with reduced cardiovascular mortality and improves risk prediction in men and women: a prospective cohort study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6262976/

Cardiovascular and Other Health Benefits of Sauna Bathing: A Review of the Evidence
https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(18)30275-1/fulltext

Life Expectancy of Countries Around the World
https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/

Episode with My Functional Medicine Physician - Stacey Robinson, MD
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1714769/14005624

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition
https://a.co/d/cFy0eDX

Nothing said or discussed on the PRACTICE: IMPOSSIBLE should not be used as a substitute for seeking medical care from your own medical provider