Benefits of Far Infrared Sauna
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Written by Manson T
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Saturday, 31 January 2009 |
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 A far infrared sauna is a sauna that uses heaters that emit far infrared to directly heat its occupants without heating the air and producing steam. This is usually a wooden box or room that contains several infrared heaters. In contrast to a traditional sauna, a far infrared sauna does not require steam. It employs that box to simulate the warm air in a traditional sauna, but the heat is produced directly by the infrared heaters rather than by heating the air.
The hot air in a traditional sauna is what causes the user's body to heat up and sweat and the air temperatures often run between 169 to 190 ?F. When the user finds the heat intolerable, he cools down by taking a cold shower. In a far infrared sauna, the infrared heaters create infrared waves that target the user's body directly, with much lower temperatures than often run between 110 to 140 ?F. Many users report that the lower temperature allows them to stay in the sauna for a longer period of time, thus allowing them to sweat more.
Far infrared sauna enthusiasts claim that infrared heat is both safe and beneficial healthwise. This claim is based on the idea that the wavelengths of far infrared are similar to the vibration of water molecules. This similarity, they say, indicate that infrared therapy helps remove toxins from fat cells and release them from the body through sweating.
Further health claims state that the sweating caused by a regular trip to a far infrared sauna can contribute to a better overall health by decreasing your body's toxic load, since the skin is the body's largest organ. It also increases blood circulation and is thus beneficial for a variety of physical ailments.
There is, however, a considerable amount of controversy over whether far infrared saunas can indeed detoxify the body and promote overall health. While most supporters of the claim can cite personal experience and anecdotes to support these health benefit claims, mainstream medical professionals have failed to find irrefutable evidence for said claims.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 29 May 2009 )
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