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What Is a Far Infrared Sauna?
Mon 31 Dec 2007 - 10:33
What Is a Far Infrared Sauna?
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Thomas_Oak]Thomas Oak
If you have read anything at all about saunas, you have heard the buzz about infrared saunas. Some people claim they are better at detoxifying the body, while others claim that the temperature is lower, allowing you to sweat more. Some folks are claiming they are not as beneficial as traditional Finnish saunas. One thing is certain; on the subject of Infrared saunas, everyone has an opinion.
In this article, the goal is to explain what is infrared and how it works, so you will have the best information to make a wise decision about whether an infrared sauna is right for you.
A traditional Finnish sauna is a room, lined with wood, where the air is heated by an electric heater (generally, although wood or oil heaters are not unheard of) to an average temperature of about 200 degrees (f). The person taking the bath (as saunas are called) sits in the heated room and sweats, occasionally pouring water over heated rocks to produce steam and humidity.
Infrared, on the other hand, uses infrared heat (similar to the rays from the sun, but without the harmful ultraviolet rays) to heat the individual taking the bath instead of the air in the room. This means an overall lower temperature in the room itself, meaning the average person can stay in the room longer, and thus sweating more.
Now, it should be noted that the end effect of both traditional Finnish baths and the more modern Far Infrared saunas is approximately the same. They both cause the bather to sweat and they both cause the same physical effects to the body (sweating, increased pulse rate, etc.); the main difference is that, with it's lower air temperature, the user is generally more comfortable in the infrared sauna. However, that does bother some traditionalists, who feel that the uncomfortable feeling from the excessive heat is part of the "experience".
While there are disagreements on both sides as to the medical benefits to be derived from far infrared heat, no one is claiming that infrared saunas are, in and of themselves, unsafe. Rather, most disagreements are about how often one should bath, whether there is a recommended amount of time one should do it, or even if their is any health benefit at all.
The one thing any objective person can agree on is that far infrared heaters are here to stay, as long as people value the benefits of a sauna session more than they value the experience of sitting in a steam room.
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