Hello World! Welcome Friends! People have been using sauna therapy for thousands of years. Heating the body up to high temperatures seems to offer a host of benefits. It’s not just the Scandinavians doing it. Many cultures have figured it out.
In this post, we take a look at some of the benefits of adding a sauna to your home. Here’s what you need to know:
It Reduces Stress
Stress is a part of most people’s daily lives. Every day feels like a battle. The majority of people spend their lives in a state of continuous inner tension, wishing the world would go one way, and discovering that it wants to go another.
Fortunately, saunas help to reduce stress, but not just because they raise body temperature. They may also be helping through other channels.
For instance, saunas are an opportunity to spend social time with other people. It’s an opportunity to spend time away from gadgets and other distractions and simply communicate with the people around you.
Saunas also help to reduce endorphins considerably. After you sit in them for a while, your body will release feel-good chemicals that make you relax and feel happier.
Then there’s the fact that most saunas shut you off from the outside world. There are no distractions. It’s just you (and perhaps a couple of other people) shut off from the rest of the world.
Whether you have a private sauna installed in your own home depends on how far and costly it is to go to your local gym. You may find that long-term, the expense isn’t worth it and you’re much better off building your own.
When you have your own, it is also considerably more convenient. You don’t incur the stress of traveling or paying for it every time you want to use it.
It Flushes Toxins From the Body
Toxins accumulate in the body over time, particularly if you are someone who eats meat and fish. Heavy metals, PCBs, pesticides, and phthalates can all build up in your organs, leading to tremendous loss of health and vitality over the long term.
The majority of people do not sweat on a daily basis and so they have no way of ridding their bodies of unwanted toxins and chemicals. But with a sauna, you can sweat any time you like without having to go to the trouble of exercising. This process helps your body release harmful chemicals into the environment, protecting you long-term. Lead, arsenic, and cadmium are all released through the skin as cells react to increased temperatures.
It Assists With Weight Loss
There is some evidence that going for regular saunas is a good way to speed up weight loss. The reason for this has to do with how it changes the body’s metabolism. Keeping cool actually costs the body energy. So when you step into a hot steam room, it has to work harder, increasing your heart rate. Long exposures speed up the metabolism, causing it to burn through more calories than it otherwise would, perhaps burning as many as 500 calories per session.
Cooling off afterward may offer even more benefits. Sudden cold shock may force the body to make additional helpful proteins that improve health and life expectancy.
That’s why so many people are now getting fibreglass plunge pool installations. These are the perfect complement to saunas, giving you a way to cool down quickly and offering health benefits of their own.
Cut the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death, despite all the noise and fuss made about cancer. However, only a small minority of people ever take action to prevent it. Usually, that’s because doing so requires eating a healthy diet.
Research from Finland, however, suggests that people may be able to get similar heart attack risk reduction from taking regular saunas. A twenty-year study found that people who had the most saunas had the least amount of heart disease. They also tended to live longer with lower all-cause mortality.
Researchers believe that this happened because sauna produces similar effects on the body to moderate exercise. Cells reacting to the heat have to behave younger to adapt, leading to a series of health benefits over time. ]
Better Circulation
Lastly, saunas may help to improve circulation considerably. The reason for this is simple: it helps your heart beat faster and causes blood vessels to widen.
These are benefits because many people lack the ability to broaden their blood vessels. This then leads to a host of cardiovascular issues in the future.
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