Growtika2d ago

Finnish sauna heat exposure induces stronger immune cell than cytokine responses

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23328940.2026.2645467#abstract

Show threadhattmall2d ago

>mitigate the adverse effects of low socioeconomic status

Makes me wonder how much of it is Sauna, vs just the luxury of having the time to go do nothing for ~30 minutes.

Show threadSharlin2d ago
I just cannot fathom comments like this. I’m preeetty sure that the vast majority of people spend half an hour a day doing nothing, in front of a screen of some type. How many people do you think there are there who don’t have thirty minutes of leisure time once per week?!
Show threadlxgr
There's a world of a difference between being able to carve out 30 actually uninterrupted minutes (and realistically more; most people don't have a sauna in their home, so they'd need to spend some time getting there and back) and being able to zone out and stare at a screen for 30 minutes in bed or on public transit.
Apr 5 at 3:03pmWeb
Show threadJensson2d ago

> and realistically more; most people don't have a sauna in their home

Most people have a sauna in their home, this is Finland.

Show threadSharlin2d ago
Not having an hour of uninterrupted leisure time per day, never mind per week (most Finns don’t go to sauna every day) still sounds pretty unfathomable, except maybe in some specific circumstances like being a fresh single parent or similar. In any case, in Finland people go to sauna together with even fairly young kids (like 3+ years old), with breaks as needed of course, even most adults don’t usually spend thirty continuous minutes in a 80°C sauna.