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I agree, saunas are different. People working outside don't have the luxury to do so for only 10-30 minutes a week. And, not all positive: in Finland, a study
by klyrs 3y ago
I agree, saunas are different. People working outside don't have the luxury to do so for only 10-30 minutes a week. And, not all positive: in Finland, a study found that there's around a 1 in 100k death rate per capita where heat exposure was the culprit.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18471223/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18471223/
- coffeebeqn 3y agoInteresting but you can’t really draw any conclusions on the healthiness of proper sauna use. We also don’t have any data on if people in general are living longer/healthier because of the sauna. Some people die from drinking water too > Overall, 50% of all cases were under the influence of alcohol. The main conclusion is that death in the sauna is a rare event even in Finland where the frequency of sauna bathing is high.
- klyrs 3y agoI was responding to the claim "their effect for health is entirely positive." If you want to shift the goalpost from there, I'm not here for that debate. I love saunas myself, wet or dry.