Infrared sauna
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An infrared sauna is an area that heats its occupants with heaters that emit far infrared ray radiation. Unlike conventional saunas, which use heated steam, an infrared sauna does not heat the air. An infrared sauna is usually a wooden box containing several infrared heaters, although an infrared sauna could be open air and still heat the users in the same manner. In essence, the sauna box creates the atmosphere of the sauna while the heaters create the actual sauna effect.
Manufacturers say that far infrared saunas use infrared light to heat the skin directly, rather than warming the air first. In infrared saunas, a heater produces this radiant energy, which is similar to the heat from the sun. Most of these heaters draw on technology developed in 1965 by Dr. Tadashi Ishikawa, a member of the Research and Development Department of Fuji Medical.
Infrared sauna promoters state that unlike UV radiation or atomic radiation, infrared radiant heat is safe and beneficial. When infrared rays hit your skin, they transfer heat energy, which proponents say penetrates more than an inch and a half into the body to heal and stimulate tissues, making it an effective therapy for arthritis and tissue injuries.
In addition, the heat causes you to sweat, thus achieving health benefits similar to those from a conventional steam sauna. In fact, some say that the more penetrating and intense heat of a far infrared sauna makes you sweat 2-3 times more, resulting in more comprehensive cleansing.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
Dr. Sherry Rogers (Fellow of the American College of Allergy and Immunology and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine) in her book "Detoxify or Die" says that an infrared sauna is the only way, proven with before and after data, of removing man-made toxins from your body.
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