Healthier Living Blog

It is difficult to ascertain what health benefits can be achieved through the use of saunas, and what health benefits are more or less imagined by some users. Granted, everyone agrees that general blood flow is increased, and the pores to the skin benefit highly, but what are other claims that may not be substantiated?

For instance it has been heralded as very beneficial for fibromyalgia, as well as chronic fatigue syndrome. Others say that it is a vast help for glaucoma, arteriosclerosis, Sjogren syndrome, hypertension, athrosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, obesity, hypertension as well as smoking induced symptoms.

Whether directly attributable to exercise therapy, there are many who laud the use of the sauna combined with exercise therapy as being able to clear pharmaceuticals (including PCBs) and heavy metals from the human body. The same has been said of organic chemicals, and assorted solvents.

Sauna use followed by cold showers, rolling in snow and other cold stimulus is said to be extremely useful for clearing pesticide exposure, and for the general problems associate with aging, osteoporosis, cancer, and inflammatory bowel disease. It is also supposed to stimulate a man’s hormone (testosterone) and boost a woman’s estrogen production.

Further, it has been often suggested that there is a possibility that the use of a sauna could aid in melting and sweating out the fat accumulations known as cellulite. Cellulite, as most women know, is the accumulation of fat deposits that are found directly under the skin in such areas as the butt, stomach and thighs.

Finally, it has not been medically substantiated that saunas actually remove various toxins from the human body, via the action of sweating it out in saunas. Interestingly enough though there are a lot of those who use saunas who say that it is true. The medical outlook on it is that saunas do promote tremendous relaxation.