THE BEST INFRARED SAUNAS
The Health Benefits Of Far Infrared Saunas
- Pain Relief
- Detoxification
Being how the skin is the bodies largest organ, it plays a vital role in our bodies ability to eliminate toxins and wastes which are excreted by the sweat glands daily. Doctors have often referred to the skin as the bodies "third kidney." The far infrared heat allows for deep penertration of the bodies tissue and assists with the removal of toxins and bodily waste that is stored in fat cells. Detoxification helps rid your body of the potentially harmful carcinogenic heavy metals such as mercury, and lead; as well as other such toxins like alcohol, nicotine, sodium, sulfuric acids, and cholesterol. The perspiration of the skin is a natural way to easily cleanse the body of these elements.
- Weight Loss
As the body's core temperature rises, the natural cooling system of peripheral blood flow and sweating start to happen. The body is actually hard at work in it's attempts to maintain a constant core temperature. And Guyton's textbook of Medical Physiology states that 1 gram of sweat requires 0.568 kcal to produce. This means that on average, the typical Sauna user can produce 500 grams of sweat and burn 350 calories during a therapeutic session, which would equal the equivalent of running 2-3 miles. The radiant heat of an infrared sauna can also assist with the bodies ability to rid itself of cellulite, (a gel type substance made up of fat cells, water, and waste) and also helps to reduce the fat stores as the body works hard to maintain the constant core temperature. It's like melting away fat while relaxing.
- Cardiovascular Health
Far Infrared Heat Therapy is one way to achieve cardiovascular conditioning effects without exerting yourself. During the process of a sauna session, vasodilation of the bodies peripheral blood vessels occurs, which increases heart rate, cardiac output and metabolic rate. This of course provides a workout for your heart as the body attempts to cool itself in diverting blood from internal organs to the extremities and the skin. Medical research suggests that regular infrared heat therapy can be seen as having benefits in reducing blood pressure. This is a highly recommended choice to relax and get your heart in shape.
- Stress Relief & Relaxation
Infrared Saunas are known to be very state of the art and comforting. Many models now carry a radio or even DVD player to watch a movie while relaxing in the sauna. In the larger models there is plenty of room to even lay flat and relax completely while allowing the stress of daily life melt away inside your private sanctuary. This increases circulation which inturn releases the endorphins, loosens tight and aching muscles, and makes you feel better over all. Many Sauna users have given statments that indicated feeling "happier all day long" after a sauna therapy session. Even mood altering benefits have been noted by the use of an infrared sauna.
- Beautification of Skin
Sauna therapy is known to improve the tone, texture, and elasticity of your skin. The increased blood circulation to the skin promotes profuse sweating and assists in the removal of toxins that accumulate deep within your pores such as make-up, dirt, lotions and conditioners; while at the same time bringing fresh blood supplies that bring along with them fresh nutrients to the surface of your skin. You will look and feel better with routine sauna use.
- Tissue Elasticity
The warmth of infrared heat waves will relax the bodies muscles, increase flexibility and the range of motion. Studies show that body tissues heated to 130° and then stretched, have exhibited an elastic elongation that persists long after the stretch is removed. This is not the case when the same tissues were stretched at normal tissue temperatures. The therapeutic benefits were also seen in working with ligaments, tendons, fascia, joint capsules and symposiums that have become scarred, thickened or contracted. Improveing flexibility can be highly beneficial and a result of continued infrared sauna use.
- Chromotherapy or Light Therapy
Light therapy is defined by the therapeutic use of color and light in order to bring about homeostasis within the human body. Our bodies organs, muscles, cells, and nerves all have a level of vibration or frequency. Each color of light has its own frequency and vibration as studies show. When our bodies become out of balance, disease occurs. Through extensive research, we know that color and light may help bring about our physical and emotional systems into balance. Color can actually work through and in us, as studies indicate, in every nerve, cell, gland and muscle fiber. Chromotherapy light systems have been found to be included in some infrared sauna models by several companies as a bonus to their infrared sauna models. Learn more!
