Hot Tubs Improve A1c, BMI, and Blood Pressure in Type 2 Diabetes

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Hot Tubs Improve A1c, BMI, and Blood Pressure in Type 2 Diabetes

Frequent hot tub bathing had a positive impact on glycemia, blood pressure, and body weight in patients with type 2 diabetes, in the first real-world study to analyze the effect of this type of heat therapy in such individuals.

“The data from our analysis showed that the frequency of hot tub bathing could have beneficial influences on diabetic control, hypertension, and obesity even after adjusting for confounding factors,” Hisayuki Katsuyama, MD, told Medscape Medical News.

Katsuyama presented the findings as a poster at the virtual European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting 2020. The study aimed to explore the real-world influence of habitual hot tub bathing on the control of type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors.

“Heat therapy, shown here with hot tub bathing, can be one effective therapeutic option for type 2 diabetes in daily life. An alternative form of heat exposure might be nutrition therapy and exercise,” noted Katsuyama, from Kohnodai Hospital, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan.

EASD 2020. Presented September 22, 2020. Abstract 342.

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