Sauna Warehouse FAQ
Sauna Health Benefits
Live longer
A 1984 study on 2300 men was folowed up in 2011. It was noted that the more the sauna was used the lower the chance of mortality, and lower the risk of heart problems and stroke.
Dr. Thomas H Lee, a cardiologist at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital and founding editor of the Harvard Heart Letter, stated. “The cardiovascular effects of sauna have been well documented in the past, Saunas lower blood pressure, and there is every reason to believe that its effects are good for blood vessels.
Saunas may also help with diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. As well as living longer, there are also studies that have shown sauna use can help slow down age related muscle loss.
A recent study on sauna use shows a 65% decrease in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s in people who use a sauna 3 or more times per week.
Improve your sleep
One of the main problems with stress is it keeps us from a good nights sleep, sleep is imperative for a healthy body and a healthy mind. Muscle tension from stress will melt away in a sauna, this will help the user let go of tension in the body. The relaxation enjoyed from sauna use is well documented, and one of the reasons why saunas are so popular today.
During a sauna session, your body releases endorphins, these help counteract pain and cortisol, leaving you physically and mentally in a better state. Toxins can overload your body, and there is no better way to eliminate toxins than with regular sauna use.
Burn calories and lose weight
Sitting down and doing nothing is everybodies ideal way to loose weight. Lets face it, life can busy and by the end of the day there is not much time or energy left to exercise.
A sauna can increase your hearet rate by around 30%. The higher your heart rate, then the more calories you will burn.
Saunas are known to increase growth hormones, these growth hormones help your body burn fat while maintaining muscle.
A study by the scientific world journal found that regular sauna use helped overweight and sedentary people to loose weight.
The heat from a sauna can cause your body to raise its metabolic rate by up to 20%. This can kickstart your metabolism and burn more calories, and this can continue for several hours afterward.
Muscle recovery
There are many reasons why gyms have saunas and you will find most of the top weight trainers and athletes use saunas as part of their recovery and well being program.
Using a sauna forces the release of heat shock proteins which help cellular proteins go where they are most needed in the body. These proteins as well as helping repair muscle recovery also fight against aging. Regular sauna use can decrease muscular protein catabolism, and therefore increase muscular growth
Sauna use is also known to decrease cortisol and increased growth hormone. We find many athletes swear by regular sauna use for recovery, they can actually feel the tension coming off of their muscles.
Improve your skin
Having a sauna opens up your pores, when we get hot, our pores open, this helps us cool down. Sweating helps clean out our pores, it helps eliminate toxins. When you sweat you remove impurities, this helps restore and rejuvenate the skin. Sweating is like cleaning and unclogging the pores, this also helps minimize breakouts, as oil and dirt can escape, before it becomes a problem.
Saunas are great for your circulation, improved circulation helps the skin look and feel healthy, greater circulation means that more blood, oxygen and nutrients are being delivered to your skin. This will give you a glow and a rosier healthier complexion.
Having a Sauna can help with skin cell turnover, this is where new skin cells replace the old cells, leaving the skin looking soft and renewed. Toxins, poor sleep and sun damage can slow down our skin cell turnover, where as sauna use can help speed this process up.
In a good way, due to heat exposure, Saunas stress your skin, this can help slow down the aging effects on the skin, as your skin will induce it’s antioxidant defense system, this will help protect you skin from future exposure to toxins and sun exposure.
Sweating can help with the health and number of mitochondria in the skin, this can help with hydration and collagen, and help reduce sagging skin and wrinkles. This is why saunas have become part of the modern beauty regime.
Sauna use can also help regulate the skins pH balance, thus keeping a healthy skin complexion.
Detox your body
While there are many diets and pills that can help detoxify the body, a sauna is by far the best known way to get toxins out of your body. Your skin is the biggest organ of your body, adults carry some 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) and 22 square feet (2 square meters) of it.
Your lymphatic system is a network of tissues and organs that help to get rid of toxins. Your sweat is composed of lymphatic fluid, and as the sauna makes you sweat, your skin will expel toxins. Sweating is a critical human function. Your skin is a major detoxification organ that should be used to get rid of toxins.
