According to a Finnish study, men and women over 50 years, die from diseases rare to cardiovascular, if you go several times a week in the Sauna. This is probably due to the positive effects on blood pressure and heart rate.
In the case of people who were two to four times per week in the Sauna, have occurred according to the study, was 2.7 deaths in 1000 person-years. Among the people, the saunierten only once per week, in contrast to 10.1 per 1000 person-years. The evaluation of the scientists of the universities of Eastern Finland and Jyväskylä, which is published in the journal BMC Medicine shows. Also, the weekly in the Sauna, spent time showed effects: 45 minutes or more per week led to 5.1 cases per 1000 person-years, 15 minutes or less, however, to 9.6 cases.
The study’s author, Professor Jari Laukkanen says: "There are several possible reasons why Sauna visits lower the risk for cardiovascular disease. Our research team has been shown in previous studies that regular sauna bathing is associated with lower blood pressure (aponet.de reported). In addition, it is known that visits to the sauna can increase the heart rate to values that corresponds to a physical exercise of low to moderate intensity." For the study, the researchers examined the relationships between the information from the questionnaires of 1688 persons and deaths due to cardiovascular diseases in the years 1998 to 2015.
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