I learned about the benefits of regular sauna from Dr. Jefrey Gladden in his “Living Beyond 120” weekly podcast. He said that he had read a scholarly report from Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA). In that report, the investigators had followed approximately 300 Finnish people of 40-60 ages for 20 years to study their risk of cardiovascular, cancer, and dementia disease against their regular use of sauna. The investigators reported that those who uses Sauna at least 4 times per week, and 20 minutes at a time in dry heat sauna have 60% reduction of the risks associated with those deliberated disease.
When I posted this finding in FaceBook few month ago, many of my FB friends including doctor relatives brushed them off. So, I decide to try on my own.
For many years (more than 10 years) , my White Blood Cell Counts (WBC) have been low (lower than 4.0). Lower WBC means I am quite susceptible to some chronicle debilitating disease. My WBC was more troublesome in last three years. My WBC have never been higher than 3 (Normal range is 4-11). When it hit the bottom low of 2.2, my doctor decided to send me to a hematologist. I have been observed by a hematologist for 9 months.
After learning about the benefits of the sauna, I decided to take actions and to see if the sauna can improve my WBC. In the last 2 months, I diligently sit inside a heat sauna room for 20 minutes, at least 4 times per week.
Today, I have an appointment with my hematologist. The technician took the blood. The results show impressive improvement of my WBC. The new WBC is 5.1. My WBC had not been this high for the last 10 years. It is quite amazing.
I cannot say that my WBC improvement is completely due to sauna, because I also did follow other healthy habits including intermittent fasting, hiking 2 hours in the nature every day and meditation. All those healthy habit helps. But, sauna could be another relatively easy way to achieve health benefits.
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