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Sauna Health Benefits - How Using A Sauna Might Improve Your Health

strelldew — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:04:38 +0000

Many enthusiasts claim that sauna health benefits include relief from arthritis, headaches, colds, hangovers and many other ailments.

There's some truth about many claims, but there are also many exaggerated claims. Still, there appears to be some evidence that suggests there are real health benefits you can gain from "sweating it out" in a sauna.

Sweating & Health

We live in a very sedentary age and many people just don’t sweat enough. That only highlights the importance of using saunas and steam rooms.

Like eating and breathing, sweating is very important for your health. Yes, it is that important.

Without sweating, your skin pores become clogged up by stuff like antiperspirants, artificial environments, smog, etc.

Many health and wellness professionals agree that heavy sweating in a sauna will help rid your body of harmful material.

I’ve even read that some physicians recommend home saunas to supplement kidney machines because sweating is such an effective detoxifier.

Depending on the individual, about a liter of sweat can be excreted during a 15-minute sauna.

Heat Effects On Various Systems & Organs

Kidneys. During sweating, blood is sent away from your kidneys and toward your body’s surface. This can help unburden your kidneys and help purge toxins through sweating.

Liver. Congestion of blood in your liver is reduced while you take a sauna. This may improve your liver's ability to detox.

Cardiovascular System. During a sauna, both your pulse and stroke volume increase. Surface vessels dilate as blood is shunted from your internal organs to the surface.

Repeated sauna use may help decrease elevated blood pressure by enhancing elasticity of your arteries, removing toxins from your kidneys and helping to reduce excessive sympathetic nervous system activity.

Immune System. Heating your body several degrees may increase white blood cell activity and destroy microorganisms that are heat sensitive.

Nervous System. Using a sauna inhibits your sympathetic nervous system while strengthening your parasympathetic nervous system. This means a sauna has a strong calming effect on your nervous system.

Detoxification – An important sauna health benefit

You’ve probably read that saunas are good for detoxification.

First of all, heating your body several degrees dramatically increases circulation.

According to Dr. Lawrence Wilson, this helps remove toxins from some hard to reach places like bones, sinuses, and teeth.

Many forms of bacteria are heat sensitive, so the heat from a sauna can weaken or kill some of them.

Also, cells damaged by toxic metals and chemicals are weaker than healthier cells. Exposure to some intense heat may be a death sentence for those weaker cells.

Sweating

Sweating is a great method for removing toxins.

Many substances eliminated through your kidneys may be eliminated through your skin instead. In this way, sweating helps relieve your kidneys.

In case you’re wondering, sweating from exercise is not the same as sweating in a sauna (or steam room).

First of all, saunas conserve your body's energy by providing an external heat source. This leaves more energy for detoxification.

Second, exercise induced sweating activates your sympathetic nervous system. This reduces the activity of eliminative organs (liver, kidneys, colon).

Parasympathetic Nervous System Enhancement

Stress from any source increases sympathetic nervous system activity.

For the best detoxification results, your body should be as parasympathetic (or relaxed) as possible. Why?

Parasympathetic activity mobilizes your liver, kidneys, and other organs to help eliminate toxins.

Deep Tissue Penetration

Infrared saunas in particular heat tissues from the inside. Some researchers believe this inside-out heating assists with deep tissue detoxification.

Conclusion

I hope this article helped shed more light about the subject of sauna health benefits.

If you have any health conditions, please remember to consult your doctor before using saunas on a regular basis.

For more information about sauna benefits visit www.steam-sauna-benefits.com.

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