Best Saunas 2026

[1]Hamaya R, Joyama Y, Miyata T, Fuse SI, Yamane N, Maruyama N, Kanazawa H, Morishita K, Sesso HD. Non-acute effects of passive heating interventions on cardiometabolic risk and vascular health: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. — Am J Prev Cardiol, 2025PubMed →

Regular sauna use associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk

[2]Yamasaki S, Tokunou T, Kashiwado Y, Makishi M, Horiuchi T. Hot spring and sauna use for improving blood lipid profiles: A systematic review and expert consensus on efficacy and recommendations. — Complement Ther Med, 2025PubMed →

Regular sauna use associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk

[3]Lee E, Ketelhut S, Wiklund P, Kostensalo J, Kolunsarka I, Hägglund H, Ahtiainen JP. Regular postexercise sauna bathing does not improve heart rate variability: A multi-arm randomized controlled trial. — Physiol Rep, 2025PubMed →

Regular sauna use associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk

[4]Laukkanen JA, Kunutsor SK. The multifaceted benefits of passive heat therapies for extending the healthspan: A comprehensive review with a focus on Finnish sauna. — Temperature (Austin), 2024PubMed →

Frequent sauna bathing inversely associated with all-cause mortality

[5]Schroeder HT, De Lemos Muller CH, Heck TG, Krause M, Homem de Bittencourt PI Jr. Resolution of inflammation in chronic disease via restoration of the heat shock response (HSR). — Cell Stress Chaperones, 2024PubMed →

Sauna-induced heat stress upregulates beneficial heat shock proteins

[6]Debray A, Gravel H, Garceau L, Bartlett AA, Chaseling GK, Barry H, Behzadi P, Ravanelli N, Iglesies-Grau J, Nigam A, Juneau M, Gagnon D. Finnish sauna bathing and vascular health of adults with coronary artery disease: a randomized controlled trial. — J Appl Physiol (1985), 2023PubMed →

Regular sauna use associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk

[7]Pilch W, Szarek M, Olga CL, Anna P, Żychowska M, Ewa SK, Andraščíková Š, Pałka T. The effects of a single and a series of Finnish sauna sessions on the immune response and HSP-70 levels in trained and untrained men. — Int J Hyperthermia, 2023PubMed →

Sauna-induced heat stress upregulates beneficial heat shock proteins

[8]Lee E, Kolunsarka I, Kostensalo J, Ahtiainen JP, Haapala EA, Willeit P, Kunutsor SK, Laukkanen JA. Effects of regular sauna bathing in conjunction with exercise on cardiovascular function: a multi-arm, randomized controlled trial. — Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol, 2022PubMed →

Regular sauna use associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk

[9]Hussain JN, Cohen MM, Mantri N, O'Malley CJ, Greaves RF. Infrared sauna as exercise-mimetic? Physiological responses to infrared sauna vs exercise in healthy women: A randomized controlled crossover trial. — Complement Ther Med, 2022PubMed →

Regular sauna use associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk

[10]Fukui K, Kimura S, Kato Y, Kohno M. Effects of far infrared light on Alzheimer's disease-transgenic mice. — PLoS One, 2021PubMed →

Regular sauna bathing associated with reduced dementia risk

[11]Wegner A, Doberentz E, Madea B. Death in the sauna-vitality markers for heat exposure. — Int J Legal Med, 2021PubMed →

Sauna-induced heat stress upregulates beneficial heat shock proteins

[12]Choi HS, Kwon H, Cho KH, Thuc LC, Park SY, Kim NH, Kim WJ, Kim YK, Jeon WS, Lee JA, Kim HC, Cho EH. Repeated Dry Sauna Therapy Improves Quality of Life in Obese Korean People. — Korean J Fam Med, 2020PubMed →

Infrared sauna reduces blood pressure in hypertension and heart failure

[13]Kominami K, Noda K, Takahashi N, Izumi T, Yonezawa K. Cardiovascular reactions for whole-body thermal therapy with a hot pack and Waon therapy. — Int J Hyperthermia, 2020PubMed →

Infrared sauna reduces blood pressure in hypertension and heart failure

[14]Hoekstra SP, Bishop NC, Leicht CA. Elevating body termperature to reduce low-grade inflammation: a welcome strategy for those unable to exercise? — Exerc Immunol Rev, 2020PubMed →

Sauna-induced heat stress upregulates beneficial heat shock proteins

[15]Hettiarachchi GK, Katneni UK, Hunt RC, Kames JM, Athey JC, Bar H, Sauna ZE, McGill JR, Ibla JC, Kimchi-Sarfaty C. Translational and transcriptional responses in human primary hepatocytes under hypoxia. — Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol, 2019PubMed →

Sauna-induced heat stress upregulates beneficial heat shock proteins

[16]Brunt VE, Wiedenfeld-Needham K, Comrada LN, Minson CT. Passive heat therapy protects against endothelial cell hypoxia-reoxygenation via effects of elevations in temperature and circulating factors. — J Physiol, 2018PubMed →

Sauna-induced heat stress upregulates beneficial heat shock proteins

[17]Żychowska M, Nowak-Zaleska A, Chruściński G, Zaleski R, Mieszkowski J, Niespodziński B, Tymański R, Kochanowicz A. Association of High Cardiovascular Fitness and the Rate of Adaptation to Heat Stress. — Biomed Res Int, 2018PubMed →

Sauna-induced heat stress upregulates beneficial heat shock proteins

[18]Källström M, Soveri I, Oldgren J, Laukkanen J, Ichiki T, Tei C, Timmerman M, Berglund L, Hägglund H. Effects of sauna bath on heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis. — Clin Cardiol, 2018PubMed →

Infrared sauna reduces blood pressure in hypertension and heart failure

[19]Mee JA, Peters S, Doust JH, Maxwell NS. Sauna exposure immediately prior to short-term heat acclimation accelerates phenotypic adaptation in females. — J Sci Med Sport, 2018PubMed →

Regular sauna use associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk

[20]Zychowska M, Półrola P, Chruściński G, Zielińska J, Góral-Półrola J. Effects of sauna bathing on stress-related genes expression in athletes and non-athletes. — Ann Agric Environ Med, 2017PubMed →

Sauna-induced heat stress upregulates beneficial heat shock proteins

[21]Bouchama A, Aziz MA, Mahri SA, Gabere MN, Dlamy MA, Mohammad S, Abbad MA, Hussein M. A Model of Exposure to Extreme Environmental Heat Uncovers the Human Transcriptome to Heat Stress. — Sci Rep, 2017PubMed →

Sauna-induced heat stress upregulates beneficial heat shock proteins

[22]Ihori H, Nozawa T, Sobajima M, Shida T, Fukui Y, Fujii N, Inoue H. Waon therapy attenuates cardiac hypertrophy and promotes myocardial capillary growth in hypertensive rats: a comparative study with fluvastatin. — Heart Vessels, 2016PubMed →

Infrared sauna reduces blood pressure in hypertension and heart failure

[23]Sobajima M, Nozawa T, Shida T, Ohori T, Suzuki T, Matsuki A, Inoue H. Repeated sauna therapy attenuates ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction in rats by increasing coronary vascularity of noninfarcted myocardium. — Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 2011PubMed →

Infrared sauna reduces blood pressure in hypertension and heart failure

[24]Beever R. Far-infrared saunas for treatment of cardiovascular risk factors: summary of published evidence. — Can Fam Physician, 2009PubMed →

Infrared sauna reduces blood pressure in hypertension and heart failure

[25]Mozaffarieh M, Flammer J. A novel perspective on natural therapeutic approaches in glaucoma therapy. — Expert Opin Emerg Drugs, 2007PubMed →

Sauna-induced heat stress upregulates beneficial heat shock proteins

[26]Kukkonen-Harjula K, Oja P, Vuori I, Pasanen M, Lange K, Siitonen S, Metsä-Ketelä T, Vapaatalo H. Cardiovascular effects of Atenolol, scopolamine and their combination on healthy men in Finnish sauna baths. — Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol, 1994PubMed →

Regular sauna use associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk

[27]Tei C, Horikiri Y, Park JC, Jeong JW, Chang KS, Tanaka N, Toyama Y. [Effects of hot water bath or sauna on patients with congestive heart failure: acute hemodynamic improvement by thermal vasodilation]. — J Cardiol, 1994PubMed →

Infrared sauna reduces blood pressure in hypertension and heart failure

[28]Konttinen MP. Long-term efficacy of coronary artery bypass surgery. — Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1987PubMed →

Regular sauna use associated with reduced cardiovascular disease risk