1. Detoxification and the benefits of infrared saunas

Daily sauna sweating can help detoxify the body as it releases heavy metals (lead, mercury, nickel, and cadmium) as well as alcohol, nicotine, sulfuric acid, and other organic and inorganic compounds.

It has been known for decades that sweating is a wonderful way to get rid of stored chemicals.1Infrared saunas are also used at the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Beth Israel Hospital in New York, and the Acadia Cancer Institute in Germany.

2. Stress and fatigue reduction

Just a few minutes in the gentle warmth of an infrared sauna will help one feel relaxed, rejuvenated, and renewed.

Many infrared sauna customers comment on how much they look forward to their sauna session. An infrared sauna sanctuary provides a great time to relax. It’s like having a day spa in the home that’s open all the time.

3. Muscle aches, arthritis, and joint pain

Too much of anything can take its toll, including exercise. The benefits of infrared saunas include helping relieve inflammation, stiffness, and soreness by increasing blood circulation and allowing the deep, penetrating infrared heat to relax muscles and carry off metabolic waste products while delivering oxygen-rich blood to the muscles for a faster recovery.

Infrared helps warm the muscles for greater flexibility and range of motion while relieving muscle tension and pain.

4. Weight loss and increased metabolism

An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association
has stated that regular use of an infrared sauna imparts a similar boost to the cardiovascular system as running. While relaxing in the gentle heat, the benefits of infrared sauna include the body producing sweat, pumping blood, and burning calories.

As the body increases sweat production to cool itself, the heart works harder to pump blood while boosting circulation. This increase in metabolism is also burning more calories.

5. Immune system support

The penetrating infrared wavelengths from infrared saunas raise the core body temperature, inducing an artificial fever. A fever is the body’s mechanism to strengthen and accelerate the immune response, as seen in the case of infection.

6. Skin conditions and the benefits of infrared sauna

The profuse sweating achieved after just a few minutes in a sauna carries off deeply embedded impurities and dead skin cells, leaving the skin glowing and clean. Increased circulation draws the skin’s own natural nutrients to the surface for a natural glow.

7. Heart health

The Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver found that infrared sauna therapy can help keep blood pressure within healthy levels, lower cholesterol, reduce chronic pain, and be of therapeutic value to patients with chronic congestive heart disease (CHD).

8. Appearance of cellulite

Because the far-infrared radiant heat of a sauna warms three times as deep as conventional saunas, it is significantly more effective at reducing cellulite. There is a link between the slowing of metabolic rates and the storage of toxins in fat cells.

Sauna use and far-infrared heat increase heart rate and localized blood circulation, which essentially reverses the above-mentioned trends toward the accumulation of liquids in the fat cells to reduce the appearance of cellulite.