So you’re interested in losing weight. You’ve heard of some weight loss remedies and you want to know if the latest one you’ve heard is true. Specifically, you want to know how to use infrared saunas for weight loss.
To be honest, there is a lot of outlandish statements about these infrared saunas on the internet, but the truth is they are an effective avenue to lose weight. In this article, we’ll go over what an infrared sauna is, how it works, how it affects your body, and how much weight you can lose by using one of these saunas.
What Are Infrared Saunas?
Let’s begin by explaining what exactly an infrared sauna is. Infrared saunas are one of the latest sauna technology on the market. They are different from regular saunas in many ways. First, traditional saunas produce their heat from heating elements that use rocks or stones. Infrared saunas on the other hand use infrared light to produce radiant heat that is absorbed by the surface of the skin. Since this is so, infrared saunas heat up to a temperature of only around 120 to 150 degrees F. Traditional saunas can heat up to a max of 194 degrees F.
One disadvantage of infrared saunas is that you cannot produce steam since there is no heating element. This along with the lower temperatures mean that infrared saunas don’t have the same respiratory benefits that traditional saunas do. This might be an important factor when determining whether or not you want to purchase one of these saunas.
Even though they don’t emit the same amount of heat, they are still very successful at making the human body sweat. This is because the infrared light travels much deeper into the body, making you sweat deeply and vigorously.
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How Infrared Saunas Affect Your Body
As we mentioned above infrared saunas work very differently than the traditional saunas that most are used to. They use infrared light to produce radiant heat that warms the surface of your skin. Most infrared enthusiasts state that the infrared travels deep into the skin. This allows you to sweat more vigorously and deplete your body with bad toxins deep within your skin. While this hasn’t been scientifically been proven, it’s still something to keep in mind.
Infrared saunas also offer many other health benefits. These benefits include pain relief, detoxification, anti-aging effects, improved circulation, lower blood pressure, reduces stress, reduces soreness, enhanced immune system, and weight loss.
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How To Lose Weight With Infrared Saunas
Even though there is a lot of over-exaggerated claims about infrared saunas and weight loss, you can still lose some weight with this avenue. This is because the process of sweating itself requires a lot of energy. The energy that your body utilizes from fat and carbohydrates.
Whenever you sweat your body converts carbohydrates and fats into energy. This energy keeps your body cool and prevents you from overheating. While in the sauna your heart rate increases, your body consumes more oxygen and then more calories. With just one use a moderately conditioned person can sweat off around 300 calories.
While these results aren’t amazing, over time you can lose a lot of weight. Especially if you combine this method with exercise and a healthy diet. Over time these combinations of factors can make someone lose a lot of weight and possibly get them that six-pack that they have always wanted.
People with a much higher body fat percentage usually experience much greater results. This is because they have so much extra energy stored up that it’s easy for their body to lose weight. We believe this avenue of weight loss is great for them as they might not be conditioned enough to burn their excess calories by exercising. By simply sitting in a sauna 30 minutes a day they can lose enough weight to condition them. Allowing them to exercise much easier.
In any case here is a guide on how to lose weight with infrared saunas.
By simply using a sauna for 30 minutes a day, a person can lose anywhere from 300-500 calories. We can compare this 30-minute calorie burn to other activities (using a 150-pound person as an example):
(30 Minutes Per Activity)
Swimming: 300 calories
Walking: 150 calories
Cycling: 225 calories
Marathon Running: 590 calories
Jogging: 300 calories
Golfing: 150 calories
Tennis: 265 calories
As you can see the 30-minute infrared calorie burn is the same or greater than most other activities you can perform in the same amount of time. This makes it an easy/smart avenue for burning some extra calories.
Some people might argue that yes you’re losing weight, but the majority of this weight is water weight. The truth is you can replenish your water weight by drinking water again, but those calories aren’t going to be replenished by drinking water. They are gone and won’t be back into your body unit you eat again. (Thus resulting in weight loss)
In order to lose weight safely, we recommend setting up a healthy lifestyle in combination with sauna use. Meaning you should eat healthy meals every day, exercise every day or every other day, after you exercise you should use the sauna to rejuvenate your body and lose more weight. In combination of all these factors, you will see a lot of change within your body.
Just remember to take it slow and to always drink lots of water. Also, make sure you’re getting the nutrients your body needs to recover. If not you can possibly harm yourself or pass out in the sauna.
Conclusion
With all these benefits it’s a no-brainer to purchase your own sauna. We recommend visiting our HOME page to see which sauna type is best for you. If you want more even resources on saunas and building saunas then visit the resources down below.
Other Resources:
Books:
* The Holistic Handbook of Sauna Therapy
* Sauna Therapy for Detoxification and Healing
* The Sauna: A Complete Guide to the Construction, Use, and Benefits of the Finnish Bath
