SAUNA MORE, LIVE LONGER: INFRARED SAUNA AND YOUR HEART HEALTH AT PURE SWEAT
According to the CDC, 1 in 5 deaths are caused by heart disease.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. In order to truly optimize your health, you must take care of your heart.
Sauna is one of the hottest topics in healthcare today. Besides warming you up on chilly days, infrared sauna therapy also serves as a powerful tool against heart disease and may even help with longevity.
A study by JAMA Journal of Internal Medicine followed 2,300 Finnish men over 20 years, and found the following:
50% reduction in cardiovascular disease with sauna 4-7x a week compared to 27% reduction 2-3x a week
40% reduction in all-cause mortality with sauna 4-7x a week compared to 24% reduction 2-3x a week
66% lower risk of developing dementia with sauna 4-7x a week compared to sauna 1x a week
Findings from the study also show that regular sauna users had a lower risk of developing pneumonia.
How Infrared Sauna Supports Heart Health
Infrared sauna supports heart health in 3 key ways:
Cardiovascular Health - getting our heart rate up and pumping fresh, oxygenated blood flow throughout our body
Heat Therapy on a Cellular Level - raising core body temperature and triggering heat shock proteins to strengthen our cells
Detoxification - clearing out immune-compromising toxins that clog our internal ecosystem and increase inflammation
Many of the physiological effects of infrared sauna are similar to those elicited during exercise. Within minutes of sitting in an infrared sauna, the heat temperature triggers your body’s natural responses to begin. Your blood vessels widen and promote oxygenated blood flow throughout your body, also lowering blood pressure. Your heart rate increases, creating passive, cardiovascular exercise. Beads of sweat appear on your skin, your body’s way of cooling itself down.
A key difference, however, between infrared sauna and exercise or traditional sauna is the added benefit of targeted, cellular heat therapy and detoxification.
Our cells are the building blocks of our metabolic function. Just like taking care of our bodies, we have to take care of our cells. While traditional sauna solely heats the air around you, Infrared sauna heat therapy uniquely warms your body within you on a cellular level, raising core body temperature.
Heat is one of the key elements in training your body to stimulate immune function and make the body less habitable for pathogens. Heat shock proteins help struggling cells get back into shape so they are stronger to fight disease, viruses and inflammation.
Infrared sauna therapy also penetrates deep into tissues where tightly packed toxins are stored, breaking them apart so they can be released through sweat. This process supports increased detoxification, eliminating damaging toxins that burden our heart health channels and overall health.
Ready to support your heart for a longer, healthier life? Join us with infrared sauna practice.