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Dr. Sarah Novak

Dr. Sarah Novak

I'm an integrative medicine physician based in Minneapolis. Board-certified in Internal Medicine with fellowship training in Integrative Medicine through the Andrew Weil Center. I've spent 8 years incorporating heat therapy protocols into patient care and tracking outcomes. I write about what the research actually shows — not what the sauna industry wants you to believe.

Is Steam Better Than Sauna

In clinic, I frame this less as a wellness trend and more as a question of heat type, tolerance, and actual therapeutic goal. Steam rooms and saunas both deliver heat, relaxation, and that satisfying post-session feeling, but they do it…