A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise

Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by Nomentatus on Monday March 20, 2017 @06:01PM (#13918039)

Actually 20% is dwarfed by other interventions. "Swedish study demonstrated that over a 20- year period, women who avoided the sun were TWICE AS LIKELY TO DIE OF ANY CAUSE, as women who were sun-seekers" referring to:

Lindqvist PG, Epstein E, Nielsen K, Landin-Olsson M, Ingvar C, Olsson H. Avoidance of sun exposure as a risk factor for major causes of death: a competing risk analysis of the Melanoma in Southern Sweden cohort. J Intern Med. 2016 Oct;280(4):375-87

Lindqvist PG, Epstein E, Landin-Olsson M, Ingvar C, Nielsen K, Stenbeck M, Olsson H. Avoidance of sun exposure is a risk factor for all-cause mortality: results from the Melanoma in Southern Sweden cohort. J Intern Med. 2014 Jul;276(1):77-86

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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by timthelion on Monday March 20, 2017 @06:29PM (#13918209)

but couldn't that be because people who are more stressed are more likely to be photosensitive? Photo-phobia is a symptom of many severe diseases...

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Re:A hot bath has benefits similar to exercise by Nomentatus on Monday March 20, 2017 @06:46PM (#13918307)

Stress and MCAS often do correlate with photosensitivity, and if you have MCAS all your allergy-like reactions are going to be increased by stress, true. I've found that if my exposure to sunlight is very regular I do pretty well, though. Of course, if stress leads you to take tricyclics, they can cause photosensitivity as well. I would not discount the possibility that regular sun exposure reduces stress by boosting the immune system (not just by Vitamin D) however: https://www.labroots.com/trending/health-and-medicine/4846/b...

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