Most of steam sauna customers, have move to FIR infrared sauna

March 19, 2010 - PRLog -- What is the difference between FIR infrared sauna and the traditional steam sauna? Why the famous and well-known steam sauna have been lose to FIR infrared sauna? Before get the answer, let’s take a look at the health benefits of the sauna system.

The word “Sauna” is come from Scandinavian word which refer to the ancient heat therapy. This ancient sauna therapy is using a rock and wood to heat the room. This ancient sauna is built based on the principle that said when the temperature of body is raised, your body can be relaxed and detoxified. While your body temperature is raised, the body will increase the blood circulation and sweat in order to maintain the normal temperature.
And now the modern era have the FIR (Far Infrared) sauna to replace the ancient heat therapy. The FIR infrared sauna’s system of work is basically the same as the ancient principle, to increase the blood circulation and make body sweating. But the infrared sauna doesn’t need to be maintained like the traditional one. The benefits of FIR infrared sauna are better than the traditional sauna’s.

FIR infrared sauna will help you in the body detoxification, rejuvenation, relaxation, and body conditioning which will increase the body heart rate, thus increase the blood circulation. FIR infrared sauna will also help you to lose weight, as the calories will be burned by sweating. The pain caused of fibromyalgia, some chronic fatigue or illness, will be relieved effectively. And you immune system will be built strong, so you can defend your body from any diseases caused of viruses and bacteria. Above are the general sauna’s health benefit. And what the difference from the FIR infrared sauna and the traditional one?

The FIR infrared sauna only heat our body directly and not the air, as the traditional steam sauna did. The steam sauna will make a humid atmosphere, which for some people, make them hard to breathe. Not included that viruses and bacteria can easily cultivate and spread in that kind of atmosphere. Different from the traditional sauna, FIR infrared sauna only create a clean infrared energy. FIR infrared sauna convert light energy to the heat energy. This is why, FIR infrared sauna can penetrate almost 3 inches through your skin into the subcutaneous tissue.

As we said before, FIR infrared sauna doesn’t heat the surrounding air, it’s only heat our body directly. The power consumption for the traditional infrared sauna is much more than the FIR infrared sauna. The traditional steam sauna must increase the temperature into 190 degrees Fahrenheit, while the FIR infrared sauna only have to increase the temperature into 140 degrees Fahrenheit. And for the set up, FIR infrared sauna only need to take 10-20 minutes, while the traditional steam sauna must take 50-60 minutes to set up.

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