Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses how conditioning the body to heat stress through sauna use, called «hyperthermic conditioning» causes adaptations that increase athletic endurance (by
increasing plasma volume and blood flow to heart and muscles) and muscle mass (by boosting levels of heat shock proteins and growth hormone).
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The
increase in
plasma plays a critical role in maintaining circulating blood
volume, blood pressure and uteroplacental perfusion during pregnancy.
During pregnancy, red blood cells
increase by about 20 - 30 percent, while
plasma volume increases by at least 50 percent.
A 1 % loss of body weight from dehydration is associated with a 2.5 % decrease in
plasma volume and a 0.5 °C
increase in body temperature (Hultman et al. 1994).