{"id":291498,"date":"2017-12-12T11:48:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T03:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/10-incredible-health-benefits-saunas-korean-bath-houses-291498.html"},"modified":"2017-12-12T16:50:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T08:50:27","slug":"10-incredible-health-benefits-saunas-korean-bath-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/health-my\/healthy-practices-my\/wellbeing-tips-my\/10-incredible-health-benefits-saunas-korean-bath-houses-291498.html","title":{"rendered":"Why saunas & Korean bath houses are great for your health, according to new study"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you thought saunas and Korean bath houses<\/a> were just an\u00a0indulgent affair with no actual medical benefits, think again.<\/p>

Recent studies have revealed that visiting a sauna regularly can be extremely beneficial for your healt h<\/strong> - even dramatically lowering and preventing your chances of developing chronic diseases like heart diseases, stroke, dementia<\/a> and more. Although the supposed health benefits of saunas have been touted for a long time, these were all merely anecdotal claims with no solid evidence - that is, until today. <\/p>

A two decade-long study published in 2015 found the more regularly Finnish men and women visited the sauna per week, the longer they lived<\/strong> and the lower their risks of developing various chronic diseases.<\/strong> (Get this: let it be known that the Finnish have the highest life expectancy in the world).<\/p>

From preventing chronic diseases like heart disease, stroke and dementia to relieving chronic headaches<\/a> and arthritis symptoms<\/strong>, who knew the sauna could be so incredibly beneficial to your health? For more surprising health benefits of saunas, Korean bath houses, Turkish baths and the likes, browse the gallery above!<\/p>

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From preventing dementia to lowering risk of heart diseases, who knew saunas were so beneficial?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":608,"featured_media":291494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Did you know that regular sauna visits can prevent your chances of developing chronic diseases like heart diseases, stroke, dementia and more?","_is_translated":false,"_source_post_url":"","is_displayed_in_hp":false,"displayed_in_hp_after_update":false,"is_thumb_featured":false,"template_without_diapo":"","enable_bloc_resume":false,"bloc_resume_post":[],"ctc_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13087,13099],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-galerie-my","category-wellbeing-tips-my"],"yoast_head":"\n10 Incredible health benefits of saunas & Korean bath houses - Malaysia<\/title>\n<meta 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