Paemendides said, "Give me a chance to create fever and I will cure any disease." Soft Heat"' saunas are especially designed to create a deep, penetrating heat, thereby causing an increase in metabolism which produces profuse sweating. Stress, toxic chemicals, airborne pollutants, poor dietary and exercise habits all effect our health. With the trend toward more holistic approaches to health and wellness, the sauna is experiencing a resurgence in popularity.
RELIEVE PAIN ... Soft Heat° radiant heat saunas produce deep, soothing penetrating heat that is easily absorbed by the body to relieve chronic pain, arthritis, bursitis, fibromyalgia, back pain, etc.
IMPROVE CIRCULATION ... Heating the body stimulates blood flow. Increased circulation boosts energy levels, promotes greater bodily healing capabilities, and improves overall health.
EXPEL TOXINS & BURN CALORIES ... With radiant heat, you will sweat more than in an old style convection heated sauna. Radiant heat is more penetrating and more tolerable so you can enjoy it longer. Toxins and impurities are cleansed from your system while your body burns calories to produce sweating. Great for skin tone too!
Weight Elimination and Cardiovascular Benefits of the Soft Heat ® Infrared Sauna
As your body increases sweat production to cool itself, your heart works
harder pumping blood at a greater rate to boost circulation, supplying
the conditioning benefits of continuous exercise. Heart rate, cardiac
output and metabolic rate increase, while diastolic blood pressure drops,
for improved overall cardiovascular fitness.
As reported in the
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), August 7, 1981
"A moderately conditioned person can easily sweat off 500 gms. in
a sauna, consuming nearly 300 kcal - the equivalent of running 2 - 3 miles.
A heat-conditioned person can easily sweat off 600 - 800 kcal with no
adverse effects. While the weight of the water loss can be regained by
rehydration with water, the calories consumed will not be." Since
an infrared sauna helps generate two to three times the sweat produced
in a hot-air sauna, the implications for increased caloric consumption
are quite impressive.
In Guyton's Textbook of Medical Physiology, we find that producing one
gram of sweat requires 0.586 kcal.
Burns 600 or more calories in just one 30-minute session!
Calories a 150-pound person normally burns up in 30-minutes of exercise:
SPORT CALORIES
Marathon Running 593
Vigorous Racquet Ball 510
Swimming (crawl stroke) 300
Jogging 300
Tennis (fast game) 265
Cycling (10 mph) 225
Golfing (without a cart) 150
Walking (3.5 mph) 150
Bowling 120
The JAMA citation
referred to above goes on to state that,
"Many of us who run do so to place a demand on our cardiovascular
system, not to build big leg muscles. Regular use of a sauna may impart
a similar stress on the cardiovascular system, and its regular use may
be as effective, as a means of cardiovascular conditioning and burning
of calories, as regular exercise."
As a confirmation of the validity of this form of cardiovascular conditioning, extensive research by NASA in the early 1980's led to the conclusion that, infrared stimulation of cardiovascular function would be the ideal way to maintain cardiovascular conditioning in American astronauts during long space flights.
A Soft Heat ® infrared sauna can therefore, play a pivotal role in both weight control and cardiovascular conditioning. This would be most valuable for those who don't exercise and those who can't exercise yet want an effective weight control and fitness maintenance program. This also allows for more variety in any ongoing training program. Some weight loss authorities believe that our bodies use fat to dilute toxins. As an infrared sauna is an unsurpassed expeller of toxins, it is also a great way to get rid of any fat our bodies are using to dilute toxins we are storing.
Infra-Red Sauna
One
session for $25.00 or five for $100.00.
Includes: Robes, towels, water and filtered shower.