What Does an Infrared Sauna Do for Your Health?

The sauna has been used and enjoyed for hundreds of years. We usually see small rooms with wood paneling off to one side of most public pools. People in swimsuits or towels relax inside for as long as they can endure the heat. Though most of us know what saunas are, many are surprised to learn that there are both traditional old school saunas and the newer school of far infrared sauna.

Conventional saunas are outfitted with a small furnace filled with rocks or coals. The furnace heats the coals, the coals heat the air, and the air heats the people inside the sauna. That is to say that in a conventional sauna, we are heated by means of convection. Its the air that warms us up.

In infrared saunas it is infrared radiation that warms us, not the air. This is the same type of radiation produced by the sun, which you'll notice also warms you. When a cloud covers the sun you feel chilly, but not because the air temperature drops. You've just been blocked from the infrared radiation.

Since they don't rely on such a roundabout method to warm us up, infrared saunas are very energy-efficient. Installing an infrared sauna in your home for personal use will save you a lot of money over the long run. Hot air only touches us skin-deep, but heat from infrared radiation goes deeper into our skin and produces more lasting benefits.

The number one concern most people have about these types of saunas is safety. The phrase infrared radiation sounds scary and a little like something used in a dangerous military experiment. However, infrared radiation is 100% safe. Its the same way the sun heats the earth, and we are exposed to its rays every single day.

Furthermore, the infrared used in saunas is even safer than exposure to the sun because it doesn't involve ultraviolet rays. Everybody knows about the importance of wearing sunscreen because of UV's damaging effects. But no need to worry about that in a infrared sauna. They are completely UV-free.

Using an infrared sauna is a smart move for the health-conscious. Inducing regular perspiration in a sauna is a healthy and natural way to cleanse yourself of impurities and toxins in your body. It clears away the unhealthy stuff we've all got built up on the inside so that our bodies take care of themselves the way nature intended.

Now you know the fundamental differences between an infrared sauna and a conventional sauna. The advantages of an infrared sauna are not far from you, so what are you waiting for? Act now and see the amazing health benefits of a far infrared sauna for yourself.

Walter Sigmore, "Infrared Saunas", Infrared Saunas Guide and Resources