Exogenous GH / Secretelogues Supress Related Sauna Benefits?

Is there any research or even supported notion behind the idea that exogenous use of various hormones that are stimulated via heat stress (such as growth hormone) would disrupt the body’s affinity to respond to the hormetic stress?

I understand that there probably is not much to go off of, but this is more of a question of theorizing exogenous introduction of various compounds on natural pathways that stimulate these.

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If Dr. Rhonda P had to guess, what would she think? I could see it being both synergistic and disruptive.

Have we looked at the effects of fasted sauna use vs non fasted as well? This is something i do, post workout, typically fasted for 20 hours.

THANKS

https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-2007-971895 http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/3218898