What is an Infrared Sauna?
An Infrared sauna is the most advanced sauna technology. An infrared sauna uses infrared light to create heat. A traditional sauna uses heat to warm the air, which in turn warms your body. An infrared sauna heats your body directly without warming the air around you, penetrating at a deep tissue cellular level, facilitating in removing toxins and heavy metals from the body.
Infrared Saunas are also known for being extremely efficient at promoting improved metabolism and weight loss. For example, if a 68kg person usually burns around 300 calories jogging or swimming for 30 minutes, the infrared sauna can potentially burn 400 calories in one 30 minute session according to Dr Masakazu Imamura, in a study published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology in 2001.
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