Japanese report also found it lowered the risk of high blood pressure in people of middle age.
A nice hot bath each day could drastically reduce the likelihood of dying from heart disease or stroke, new research has suggested.
More than 30,000 people were recruited for the Japanese study, which tracked their bathing habits between 1990 and 2009.Just over 2,000 cardiovascular"incidents" such as stroke or heart attack were recorded in that time, with those taking a hot daily bath having a 28% lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and a 26% lower risk of stroke than those bathing just once or twice a week or even less frequently.
The results appear to back up previous studies which have linked heat exposure with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, potentially due it increasing body temperature, heart contractions, heart rate and blood flow.Publishing the results in the journal Heart, the researchers also noted that daily bathers were at lower risk of high blood pressure.
"We found that habitual tub bathing was associated with a lower risk of Cardiovascular Disease among middle-aged Japanese, suggesting a beneficial effect on the prevention of CVD," the authors wrote.
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