Benefits to Owning a Sauna

In today’s air there are many toxins that individuals want to remove from their bodies, some of which may even be compromising their immune system; saunas can help. A sauna is a good way to sweat out any toxins like heavy metals, alcohol, pollutants, fat and cholesterol. It is also know to help promote healing and the rebuilding of the immune system, help with an individuals mental health, and reduce any visible signs of cellulite.

Steam and infrared saunas provide your body with the means to educe sweating and provide the opportunity for toxins, such as heavy metal toxins, cholesterol and more to leave the body. The sweat from a steam sauna is 95-97% water and only 3-5% toxins. Whereas a infrared sauna would have 5 or 6 times that number; the sweat from a infrared sauna is only 80-85% water and 15-20% toxin emission. This means that an infrared sauna is more efficient at removing toxins from the body, though both types of saunas will remove some toxins from the body.

For years saunas have been known to promote immune systems through the warming of the body. Infrared heat therapy is also efficient in healing injuries, reducing scars, helping the appearance of various skin conditions, and much more.

Many individuals suffer Seasonal Affective Disorder which is a disorder that is widely known to affect the moods of an individual throughout the different seasons. Individuals experiencing Seasonal Affective Disorder can experience many symptoms such as depression. Infrared heat therapy imitates the sun, as it produces the same infrared rays; though it does not produce the harmful radiation that the sun does. In doing this infrared saunas are able to imitate the positive effects of the sun without posing any negative consequences, helping individuals with seasonal affective disorder cope with it.

Another condition suffered by many is Cellulite; which appears when the topography of the skin changes. Infrared heat therapy is known to help and it is used by many professionals to reduce any visible signs of cellulite. The reasoning behind this is that infrared rays breakdown toxins and fats in the skin causing the skin texture and ton to change and allowing the skin to appear smoother.

An Infrared sauna provides many health benefits with few risks. They provide a means of detoxification, promote a proper immune system, help aid your mental health, encourage healthier looking skin, and much more.

Dieting 2.0

We've all tried to lose a few pound by starving ourselves. Admit it - everyone's guilty of that crime. The constant song that's sung by doctors and physicians for us to lose weight and the pressure we persistently face from our friends and family drive us INSANE to just shed those pounds ASAP.

The truth? The acronym "ASAP" doesn't really make sense in the normal and effective dieting person's dictionary. Why?

Dieting's a process.

A process is something that you need to integrate with your lifestyle, not a quick conversion done to satisfy the irritating songs sung by your friends and family.

When going on a diet, do some research. It's ludicrous to go from eating high-fat, high-sugar foods to consuming no sugar, no carbs, and no fat for the next two weeks. That kind of "dieting" (if you can even call it that) is dangerous. Why? People who go on crash diets show an irrevocable trend to relapse, eating the same high-sugar, high-carb food that they used to eat. And can you blame them? If I loved to sit on chairs and you took away all of my chairs for the rest of my life so I had to stand up for even the most mundane of tasks, I'd go insane. Or worse, I'd find a chair.

The thing to keep in mind, therefore, is to TAKE IT EASY. Dieting is meant to be a tough process to get used to, but you eventually have to get used to it. It isn't meant to be tedious FOREVER - just for a few days until you get adjusted to your new lifestyle. Lifestyle - that's an important word. When you embark on a diet, it's not a simple addition to your existing routine of doing things - it's a complete change of HOW you do those things.

Going back to the entire concept of losing weight itself - people tend to forget that dieting alone does nothing for a person. You need to, as the cliche goes, find the right balance between exercise and dieting. Think about it - if you eat nothing but vegetables for the next 2 weeks and you don't get up from your couch from the next two weeks, you'll starve, relapse, and eventually go back to exactly where you started. The trick here is to eat SMART foods that enable you to eat foods that you like, but are burnt off with the right amount of exercise. If you can strike a balance between those two components, be prepared for awesome, effective, and efficient results.

Remember - don't call dieting, "dieting" - it's a processed lifestyle change that takes time to get used to and can provide you with results if you don't take it for granted.