Dec 19, 2016 20:00:00

Studies show that people who take sauna baths more often are 66% less likely to have dementia than those who don't.

by

Thomas Wanhoff

The University of Eastern Finland in Finland, the home of sauna baths, announced a research result that 'people who frequently use sauna baths have a lower risk of dementia' in a 20-year follow-up survey of 2000 people. Did. This is the first time I have investigated the relationship between sauna baths and dementia.

Frequent sauna bathing protects men against dementia --News | UEF
http://www.uef.fi/-/runsas-saunominen-suojaa-miehia-muistisairaudelta

Frequent sauna bathing protects men against dementia – Science Bulletin
http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/8286.html

According to a research team at the University of Eastern Finland, a follow-up study over the past 20 years shows that people who take a sauna bath 4 to 7 times a week are at greater risk of developing dementia than those who take a sauna bath once a week. It turned out to be as low as 66%.

The study was conducted as part of a study of risk factors for Kuopio ischemic heart disease (KIHD) and included 2000 middle-aged men living in eastern Finland. In the survey, the subjects first grasped the habits of the sauna bath, '(1) a group that uses the sauna bath once a week', '(2) a group that uses the sauna bath 2-3 times a week', and '(3). ) The group was divided into groups that use the sauna bath 4 to 7 times a week, and the subsequent changes in their health status were followed up.

As a result, it was found that the subjects in the group (3) who use the sauna bath most frequently had the lowest risk of dementia. The subjects in group (3) were 66% less likely to develop dementia and 65% less likely to develop Alzheimer's than the subjects in group (1).

by Miika Silfverberg

Previous KIHD studies have also shown that sauna baths reduce the risk of death not only due to dementia but also due to sudden cardiac death and coronary artery disease. According to Professor Jari Laukkanen, who led the study, sauna baths have been found to protect people at similar rates in terms of heart and memory, but the mechanism is still mysterious. 'But cardiovascular health is also known to affect the brain. The relaxation and health that sauna baths bring may play a role,' says Professor Laukkanen.