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Older female mice who underwent a daily 30-minute whole-body heat treatment gained less weight and showed improved insulin sensitivity, according to a new study.
Thompson says that consuming too much food or alcohol can make sauna and steam room use “an uncomfortable experience,” and that the effects of alcohol are stronger when you are in extreme heat ...
Frequent sauna use can save your life. Sauna use is both strongly rooted in multiple cultures and has long-term research studies. Can spending more time in the sauna save your life?
Sauna had a considerable role in the pagan traditions of the Baltic people. In the 17th century, Matthäus Prätorius described various rituals the Baltic people practiced in sauna. [66] For example, sauna was a primary place for women to give birth and rites would be performed for the Baltic goddess Laima. [66]
The Russian banya is the closest relative of the Finnish sauna. In modern Russian, a sauna is often called a "Finnish banya", though possibly only to distinguish it from other ethnic high-temperature bathing facilities such as Turkish baths referred to as "Turkish banya". Sauna, with its ancient history amongst Nordic and Uralic peoples, is a ...
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Võro: Savvusanna sõsarad, lit. ' Sisters of the smoke sauna ' ) is a 2023 documentary film written and directed by Anna Hints in her feature directorial debut. [ 3 ] It is about a group of women who gather in a smoke sauna where they clean the dirt from their ashamed and aching bodies. [ 4 ]
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A 2024 study published in JAMA Network Open found that adults over 60 who regularly drank–classified as 1.5 drinks per day for women–had an increased risk of early death, increased risk of ...