Infrared Sauna

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There are Numerous Benefits of using an Infrared Sauna

The average person carries about 700 pollutants in their bodies at any given moment. An infrared sauna session is one of the best ways to detox.

A post on the Harvard health blog notes “the high temperatures can drive heart rates to levels often achieved by moderate-intensity physical exercise”

Infrared sauna therapy promotes relaxation by helping to balance your body’s level of cortisol, your body’s primary stress hormone. The heat generated by the sauna will also help to relax muscles and relieve tension throughout the body.

infrared heat penetrates into sore muscles and joints, increasing the flow of nutrients (glucose, amino acids, fatty acids, and oxygen) to the area while removing lactic acid and other metabolic byproducts.

The heat generated by an infrared sauna will cause your core temperature to increase, which can also lead to an increased heart rate. A Journal of the American Medical Association article concluded that a 30-minute infrared sauna session could burn roughly 400- 600 calories.

As the heat from infrared saunas increases your core body temperature, your circulation will increase along with it.

Far infrared wavelengths increase the production of collagen and elastin. It also improves the delivery of nutrients to the skin via increased blood flow.

The cardiovascular effects of sauna have been well documented in the past. It lowers blood pressure, and there is every reason to believe that its effects are good for blood vessels,” says Dr. Lee of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

From the same Harvard post – The high temperatures can drive heart rates to levels often achieved by moderate-intensity physical exercise.

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The temperature inside these saunas is around 30 degrees cooler than steam saunas, and Far Infrared saunas allow for deep penetration and work even more effectively since the body is being heated from the inside out and the heat is not being wasted on warming the air. Far Infrared saunas allow you to sweat two to three times as much as outdated saunas, meaning more toxins are expelled from the body with each session.

Far Infrared saunas heat from the inside out, so they are able to get down deep into the body and make for a much superior experience. Traditional saunas cannot get deep enough into the body to allow many toxins to be pushed out through sweat the way far infrared saunas can. Far infrared saunas allow for a much more beneficial experience, since much more detoxification is going on with each session.