Monday, October 27, 2008

How to use infrared sauna correctly

By Andre Peter

For many individuals, a steam sauna might be a luxury that can only be enjoyed occasionally. Especially since it is very expensive to install one, people normally go to health spas and clubs, in order to take in the pleasures of a steam filled sauna. Even though saunas are becoming more and more common, it still remains to be commonly found in the average household.

With growing demand of people who are looking to install some sort of sauna in their homes, the infrared sauna has proved to be an excellent choice. This is because it requires less trouble than renovating your house to accommodate a steam sauna. If you are not convinced, simply ask some of your friends, and you should be able to find someone who has an infrared sauna at home.

Saunas still remain very popular, simply because it helps an individual feel very relaxed and refreshed, after spending a short amount of time in it. Through the use of steam, the traditional steam sauna heats up the temperature in the room, which has a certain kind of effect on your pores and cells. Your body will begin to relax as your pores open up, and you begin to feel all the tension in your body, ease away.

Today, there are more people getting interested in infrared saunas than every before. In the same way traditional steam saunas do, these infrared saunas generate heat through the use of electromagnetic rays. These rays increase the temperate of the air, thereby heating up your body and leaving it feel relaxed, in the same way a steam sauna does.

Through the use of the infrared sauna, you will also begin to experience some health benefits. The most commonly experience health benefit, is weight loss. Because being in a sauna forces your body to sweat, due to the warm temperatures surround your body, you immediately begin to perspire. Through perspiration, the body then begins to lose water, which contributes to a large part of your body's weight. Also, your body has to work hard in order to produce perspiration, which in turn also helps your to lose weight.

Another benefit of the infrared sauna is that it produces a detoxifying effect on your body. On both the surface of the skin, as well as the cells within your body, the infrared sauna works through your body to help cleanse all toxic minerals from your skin and cells.

This process of detoxification through the heat produced by the infrared sauna is a major health benefit, as it helps rid of harmful toxins like nicotine, in your body. Through prolonged usage of the sauna, people have been known to get relief from joint pans as well.

These are just some of the many health benefits that you get to experience as a result of using an infrared sauna. Despite this, it is advisable that you consult your doctor before using the infrared sauna, so as to ensure your body will not react adversely to it. - 15465

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