The famous Danish writer Isak Dinesen might have been on to something when she said, “The cure for anything is salt water—sweat, tears, or the sea.” Sweating is the body’s safe and natural way to regulate temperature and provides an important pathway for detoxification. With the average person having 2.6 million sweat glands distributed over the majority of the body, the skin is the largest organ for elimination.
With ever increasing exposure to chemicals in our food, water, air and indoor environments, breaking a regular sweat is more important than ever. A November 2010 study conducted at the University of Alberta and published in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, found that “induced sweating appears to be a potential method for elimination of many toxic elements from the human body.” We need to sweat. However, unless you do serious aerobic activity like running, playing sports or practicing vigorous yoga in 90 degree heat, you probably don’t have a good sweat often enough. And even if you do, infrared sauna therapy can enhance your overall well-being in remarkable ways.
DEEP SWEAT WITH INFRARED
Infrared sauna therapy offers another way to sweat a deep, healing and detoxifying sweat—deeper and more thorough than the sweat of a traditional steam or heat sauna. In a Sunlighten sauna, the average person sweats out 20 percent toxins and 80 percent water, whereas in a conventional sauna, the average person only sweats out 3 percent toxins and 97 percent water. Sunlighten’s proprietary Solocarbon® heaters that generate infrared heat make the difference. Infrared rays are essentially the same type of light energy emitted naturally by the sun, but without the hazards of skin-damaging UV rays. Infrared heat is unique in that it penetrates deep into the skin, raising the body’s core temperature without heating the air, like traditional saunas do.
What’s more, the health benefits extend beyond detoxification. Infrared sauna therapy promotes relaxation, weight loss, wound healing and
cellular health, reduces blood pressure, improves circulation and purifies the skin.
SUNLIGHTEN MPULSE
Through third-party testing, different types of infrared rays (near, mid and far) have been shown to be more effective at addressing different health issues or goals. Sunlighten has capitalized on this new advancement in infrared sauna technology with their new mPulse series. The mPulse sauna puts you in the driver’s seat of your own health, allowing you to choose with the touch of a finger, the type of infrared heat that will best help you achieve your health goals. For example, if you injured yourself and want your sauna session to help give you pain relief and promote wound healing, you simply select the setting for near infrared heat, which has been shown to be most helpful for those desired results. Or if you are trying to shed a few pounds, in addition to your weight-loss efforts with diet and exercise, you can regularly sauna with the mid-infrared setting, which stimulates the metabolism and turns on calorie burning. Perhaps you simply want deep relaxation and detoxification. The far-infrared setting will take you there. But there’s more to this health innovation marvel. Like icing on the cake, the mPulse come with all the bells and whistles that will help you maximize the sauna experience. You can track your heart rate, your body’s core temperature, water lost through perspiration—you name it. And this information can be easily downloaded to an exclusive online website so that you can track your health progress. There’s a DVD LCD touch screen as well as music sound therapy. The sound vibrations are designed to take you into a deep relaxation. In short, the mPulse allows you to create a tailor-made health experience. So as we move into this New Year, amidst the cold slumber of winter, consider infrared sauna therapy as an excellent health tool to kindle that fire within. You can sweat your way to a whole new level of health!
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