Posted on 08/03/2018 12:04:00 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
People who visit the sauna frequently may be less likely to develop heart and lung diseases or to get the flu than those who rarely go, a research review suggests.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Kimchi, a well-known traditional fermented Korean food, has proven effective against influenza virus
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Not really a surprise why.
What if you live in a sauna (outside) for many months out of the year?
So the Finns live forever?
maybe, just maybe, healthy people are the ones going to saunas...saunas don’t necessarily make you healthy.
More breaking news, driving a ferrari makes you rich.
I want one.
A sauna.
Ferraris make your kids take joy rides.
“maybe, just maybe, healthy people are the ones going to saunas...saunas don’t necessarily make you healthy.”
Yep. All the saunas I know about are in gyms. People in gyms are healthier because they work out and, also, unhealthy people have less energy to work out and therefore are not found in gyms.
Something I learned in statistics; correlation does not mean causation.
I’m going to substitute a hot tub instead. ;)
Gulf Coast?
I mostly grew up there, then moved to Arizona. Now the outdoor sauna I live in is even hotter but of course quite a bit drier. Presently happens to be monsoon season when the humidity goes up somewhat, but still nothing like the Gulf Coast wet-towel-in-the-face effect.
Yep, you got that right. Go into any military gym, and probably 20-percent of folks will go for a 10-minute piece into the sauna, after their 50-minute work-out. I noticed that for years.
You can likely find similar statistics that show people who drink regular unsweetened ice tea instead of Pepsi or Coke...are less likely to be diabetics. But you’d get the same values if they just drunk spring water.
When I was a kid at my Grandparents (Finns), a sauna was an hour long over 200 F. 15 minutes in 5 minutes out (or however long it took the adults to drink a beer) times 3.
Females went first and refired the stove before the males went.
The Finns have this down to a science, and preach this as a health mandated thing. It’s hard to find any other European culture who goes to this extent. But it’s also a social meeting thing, which Finns tend to have issues in having conversations with people (especially strangers).
Because those things correlate with high income and higher IQ.
Most of these ‘studies’ are the same - pick out something common for upper class or lower class people and correlate it with health. AND voila - a fake connection.
People who believe the latest “study” may be more prone to confuse cause and correlation.
There is a large body of medical literature in which correlation is taken as evidence of cause. It drives me nuts every time I see one of these “studies” but they keep getting published.
When I see someone link to such a study here on FR, I try to take the time to explain to non-medically educated people exactly what is wrong with the study.
“People who believe the latest “study” may be more prone to confuse cause and correlation.”
For the reason that there is usually, but certainly not always, a relationship between correlation and cause. We hear it everyday: don’t drive and drink, buckle up, exercise is healthy, etc.
Saunas have long been known to produce positive results in health across many cultures.
Conversation flows much easier when everyone is naked and sweaty.
During THE WINTER WAR between the USSR and Finland, the Finns had saunas behind the front lines on the Karelian isthmus.
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