Bathing in the Dead Sea helps treat diabetes

Bathing in the Dead Sea in just 20 minutes may help people with diabetes reduce blood sugar, a study in Israel said.

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According to Haaretz newspaper, the leading Middle East English news paper, the study was conducted by scientists at Ben Gurion University and Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva, in Israel; with a group of volunteers, 14 people aged 18 to 65 were patients with type 2 diabetes less than 20 years.

A tourist is bathing in the Dead Sea. (Photo: Guideoftravels)

Volunteers were allowed to soak in a lake to collect water from the Dead Sea, water at a temperature of 35 degrees C. After 20 minutes, the level of glucose decreased from an average of 163 to 151 milligrams per liter (mg / dl ), down 13.5%. Blood sugar even decreased further by 141.3 mg / dl after an hour of immersion in water, the report said.

On the other hand, the researchers confirmed that the bath did not have any negative effects on other blood values ​​such as insulin levels, cortisone hormone levels or c-peptide.

In another experiment, participants also experienced 20 minutes of immersion in normal water and these did not reduce blood sugar levels later.

For the third time, another group of 6 healthy people after taking a dip in both dead seawater and water often did not show any change in blood sugar.

Professor Shaul Sukenik, the lead researcher at Be Gurion, said that 'these are the results of the initial study so it is difficult to draw conclusions at this stage, but the results are very positive'.

He also noted, 'we have not been able to confirm that this is based solely on current research. Official results are certified by further studies'.

The team is currently fundraising to expand the study to investigate the effect of bathing in the Dead Sea daily for a 3-week period.

The lowest on the surface of the Earth, the Dead Sea lies on the border between the West Bank, Israel and Jordan in the Jordan valley. This closed water storage area is considered to be the highest saline reservoir in the world.