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In some good news for people who do not exercise but still want to stay fit, researchers have claimed that taking a hot bath has similar benefits as work out. During vigorous exercise, the body gets hot. The same thing happens while taking a hot bath, researchers said.
Steve Faulkner from Loughborough University in the UK followed 2,300 middle-aged male participants for 20 years on average. Among the men who visited the sauna once a week, half died within the time period.
Among those who visited the sauna two to three times in a week, only 38 per cent died, Tech Times reported. The findings suggest that increased sauna usage reduced the risk of death from stroke or heart attack. This could be because of the increased blood flow and reduced blood pressure that people get when going to a sauna, researchers said.
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