Finnish researchers have reported that the regular use of saunas helps maintain the blood vessels in a healthier condition. Vessels become more elastic and pliable longer due to regular dilation and contraction from the process of heating and cooling the body repeatedly. Medical research shows the heart rate can rise from 60-70/min. to 110 to 120/min. in the sauna (140 – 150 with more intensive bathing), and can often sink to below normal after the cooling off stage. The heart rate increases in the sauna create a demand for more oxygen, which in turn burns calories and provides a mild workout for the heart. Regular sauna use not only “trains” the heart muscles and improves the heart rate/cardiac output, but also positively influences the regulatory system. Repeated and multiple sauna “innings” further increase the cardiovascular workout.

Waon Therapy
“Waon therapy” is defined as “therapy in which the entire body is warmed in an evenly heated chamber (device) for 15 minutes at a temperature that soothes the mind and body, and after the deep-body temperature has increased by approximately 1.8-2.16°F, the soothing warmth effects are sustained by maintaining the warmth at rest for an additional 30 minutes, with fluids corresponding to perspiration being supplied at the end.”

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Hot tub soakers who have hesitated about taking long soaks for fear of drying their skin are splish-splashing in celebration, thanks to the introduction of a revolutionary water care product called SilkBalance® for Spas at the Olympic Hot Tub e-Store. It softens skin while soaking and keeps the water balance in perfect harmony.

Alice Cunningham, co-owner of Olympic Hot Tub Company, is known for making it easy for customers to take it easy in their own backyards. The introduction of this project takes hot tub ease, enjoyment, and self care to a new level with greater efficiency.

This new product softens skin and keeps the hot tub water fresh and clear at all times. It also reduces the number of water care products spa owners need to keep on hand to keep their water fresh. Instead of using a half-dozen different spa chemicals and test strips to keep the water balance in alignment, with this product, hot tub soakers reduce that number and attain a more natural environment.

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The author of a NY Times bestselling book, “Ultrametabolism,” Dr. Mark Hyman, writes that, “Saunas are an important aid to weight loss and thyroid repair because as you lose weight, fat tissue releases stored toxins such as PCBs and pesticides.”

In addition, U.S. Army research shows that infrared sauna use can burn as many as 300 to 600 calories during one sauna session. This is due to the sweating process itself, as well as increased heart rate. Even though most of the weight lost in infrared saunas is water, regular sauna use can complement a weight-loss program. Sauna removes water from body as well as salt. What does salt have to do with weight loss? Well, salt in our body is deposited beneath the skin and for the salt to remain nontoxic, it requires water. Therefore, to keep the body intoxicated, lots of water is required and this adds to the bulk. Now the sauna helps reduce weight by removing the excess salt in the body, which is deposited under the skin along with water.

An infrared sauna assists in weight loss in three ways: It effectively reduces heavy metals directly related to metabolic imbalances in the body causing poor digestion and weight gain; it decrease fat stored toxins; and it sends more blood to the capillaries and converts fats and carbohydrates resulting in as much as 600 calories burned during one sauna session.