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So perhaps all we are seeing is a transient effect of the dehydration that accompanies using a sauna. [6] A 2018 systematic review and meta-analysis of nine clinical trials found that five weekly conventional sauna sessions for 2 to 4 weeks was associated with a significant reduction in brain natriuretic peptide (BNP; a marker of heart failure ...
A sauna (/ ˈ s ɔː n ə, ˈ s aʊ n ə /, [1] [2] Finnish: [ˈsɑu̯nɑ]) is a room or building designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these facilities. The steam and high heat make the bathers perspire.
The World Sauna Championships were an annual endurance contest held in Heinola, Finland, from 1999 to 2010. They originated from unofficial sauna -sitting competitions that resulted in a ban from a swimming hall in Heinola.
A typical sauna suit. A sauna suit is a garment made from waterproof fabric designed to make the wearer sweat profusely during exercise. [1] A sauna suit is sometimes called a "rubber suit" because the early types were made of rubber or rubberized cloth. Now, sauna suits are typically made of PVC or coated nylon cloth.
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 ...
The Finnish sauna (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑu̯nɑ], Swedish: bastu) is a substantial part of Finnish [2] [3] [4] and Estonian culture. [5]It was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists at the 17 December 2020 meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Bre 693.01 Bréguet 693 prototype. Bre 693 Two-seat twin-engine ground-attack aircraft. Bre 694.01 Prototype intended to be two or three-seat tactical reconnaissance aircraft. S 10 Swedish reconnaissance variant of the export Bre 694 which would have had Swedish equipment and armament. 12 ordered but cancelled due to the war. Bre 695.01 Bre 695 ...
Year 693 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 693 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.