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If you are a man, the hot water has a deleterious effect on your testicles' ability to make sperm. But so do saunas apparently. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.go
by Mistletoe 6mo ago
If you are a man, the hot water has a deleterious effect on your testicles' ability to make sperm. But so do saunas apparently.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23411620/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23411620/
That one was 80-90C, which is a really hot sauna.
- p1esk 6mo agoJust to clarify - it’s a temporary effect - lasts for 3-6 months
- Aboutplants 6mo agoThen I’m gonna start doing it on my death bed!
- orthoxerox 6mo agoFinns go to sauna at least once every week and haven't gone extinct yet.
- nnevod 6mo agoStill there are studies that regular sauna does decrease testosterone production. It's not hard to counter though, ice packs applied to testicles ( not direct ice, ice in a cloth) during sauna are effective for that purpose. And maybe Finns don't go to sauna when they plan to conceive? Does Finland have a lower rate of unwanted pregnancies?
- 2000UltraDeluxe 6mo agoFinland's fertility rate drove off a cliff in the 60's like in so many other countries. If sauna has an overall effect we wouldn't know as we've nothing to compare with -- going to sauna is rather universal and the tradition is ancient.
- KellyCriterion 6mo agoCant be true: I went to sauna 3 - 4 times a week, ex-girlfriend got pregnant 2 month after cancelling the pill (while I still went to sauna)