#1:
Is sauna a miracle treatment?
While
researching, I found Ken Swearengen had worked on the same topic —
reported Jan 20, 2014, at www.Myhealthwire.com/news.mind-body/681.
He
said: “Turns out there is a good amount of evidence to support the
positive benefits of sauna use. Now, I won't delve into 'sweating out
toxins' or other holistic mumbo-jumbo here, which is hard to
scientifically measure and for which no studies are available. No,
I’m
talking about evidenced benefits like:
- Improving blood pressure. http://www.cfp.ca/content/55/7/691.full(Canadian Family Physician, July 2009)
- Treating congestive heart failure. http://www.cfp.ca/content/55/7/691.full (Canadian Family Physician, July 2009)
Reducing
the risk of coming down with a cold.
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/07853899009148930
(Annals of Medicine 1990, Vol. 22)- Increasing exercise endurance. http://jsams.org/article/S1440-2440%2806%2900139-3/abstract (Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, August 2007)
- Relieving chronic pain. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16088266 (Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 2007)
- Relieving rheumatoid arthritis when combined with a cold shower. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8146771 (Terapevticheskiĭ Arkhiv, 1993)
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/030439599290186F (Pain, April 1992)
- Treating mild depression and appetite loss. http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/content/67/4/64 or http://prohealthsauna.com/files/saunatherapy3.pdf (Psychosomatic Medicine, November 2004)
- It may also help treat hypertension, hyperlipidemia (high blood fats), type 2 diabetes, obesity, smoking http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14610268 (Experimental Biology and Medicine, November 2003), and obstructive lung disease. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2596966 (Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, December 1989).”
Note:
Swearengen footnoted the studies; I included the references on the same line, with the journal name and date. (I tried to link them but they don't look the usual way. Then I ran out of time.) He located impressive evidence of the health aspects of sauna.
After reading each of those studies, I then looked for more. There were so many I need to make it a separate post. Coming next...
Swearengen footnoted the studies; I included the references on the same line, with the journal name and date. (I tried to link them but they don't look the usual way. Then I ran out of time.) He located impressive evidence of the health aspects of sauna.
After reading each of those studies, I then looked for more. There were so many I need to make it a separate post. Coming next...
Nikki
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