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Wild Health Podcast
Wild Health Heats Up - All about the sauna
Mar 27, 2021
Discover the amazing benefits of using a sauna, including reducing cardiovascular disease, stroke, and treating conditions like arthritis. Compare different types of saunas and learn about their physiological effects. Explore the surprising effects of sauna visits on health, including reductions in cardiovascular mortality, dementia, and stroke. Discover the benefits and drawbacks of sauna utilization in managing autoimmune diseases. Learn how to safely incorporate sauna therapy into your routine and enhance its effects with alternating cold and hot showers.
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- Sauna provides numerous health benefits and can reduce the risk of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, dementia, cognitive decline, and non-vascular conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia.
- Regular sauna use, particularly having four to seven sessions per week, has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death, coronary heart disease, stroke, all-cause mortality, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, respiratory diseases, and hypertension.
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The Health Benefits of Sauna
Sauna has numerous health benefits, similar to the effects of exercise. It can help reduce hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke risk, dementia, cognitive decline, and non-vascular conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. Sauna has a significant impact on all-cause mortality, with studies showing a bigger effect than aspirin. However, the medical community does not widely promote sauna as a clear intervention in medicine.
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