# Can saunas make you live longer?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Max G. Levy
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/max_g_levy_can_saunas_make_you_live_longer)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Finnish sauna, Roman balneae, Japanese onsen, and Indigenous American sweat lodges are just a few examples of how cultures across the globe have long considered exposure to extreme temperatures therapeutic. But today scientists are only just beginning to unravel how and why this may be the case. So, what exactly is happening in your body when you feel the heat? Max G. Levy investigates. \[Directed by Noam Sussman, Ali Kellner, Homework Studio, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio\].

## Lectures

1. [Can saunas make you live longer?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/max_g_levy_can_saunas_make_you_live_longer/ce51260c7af5), 5 min (TED's player)