A dry infrared sauna has many health benefits. For years now doctors have recommended these saunas to their patients because of all the positive aspects of them. A dry infrared sauna will keep the humidity level to about 20%, which is considered to be very dry. Our bodies can tolerate dry heat much more easily than a high humidity sauna. A dry infrared sauna will help to increase the rate of your heart and stimulate your metabolism.

If you are trying to lose weight you can actually forgo a long walk, especially in the winter time, and instead use your sauna and get the same caloric advantage. You’ll also find that a sauna will relax your muscles as the heat soothes them. In Sweden, athletes who are competing away from home use dry infrared saunas to help keep injuries at bay and because it will help them to tolerate a more vigorous and intensive schedule.

A dry infrared sauna provides heat to your body, but does not heat the air in the sauna. Like the sun it uses wavelengths of light to heat the sauna. An infrared sauna can also be very beneficial to people who have respiratory problems. These saunas also help in expanding blood vessels and will raise your internal temperature high enough that it can cause you to burn fat.

Infrared saunas have an amazing detoxification effect on your body. They also provide relief to people experiencing joint and muscle pain. Another great benefit, for people who have skin problems, is that the heat will open up clogged pores which will improve your skin tone and help to control acne.

As we become a more health conscious world people are starting to learn that dry infrared saunas are great for maintaining a healthy body. Get the benefits of the sun when you use an infrared sauna. 80% of the rays from the sun are made up of infrared. With this sauna you get all the benefits without the harmful UV rays.

Dry infrared saunas most often use FAR technology. This is simply a natural radiant heat that is comparable to what you would feel from the sun. If you imagine what it’s like to be outside on a nice warm sunny day, where the heat from the sun warms you and comforts you, then that is what you will feel like in an infrared sauna. It is considered to be the most natural kind of heat.

What you experience with a infrared sauna is very similar to sunbathing. It is radiant heat. Part of the suns light spectrum is infrared light. It is the only kind of light that can penetrate human skin. Infrared heat uses characteristics that will heat the body directly and not be heating the air at the same time. Whereas sunbathing can be bad for your skin and health, infrared heat will not cause the skin on your body to burn.

One thing you don’t want and is not particularly healthy for you is a sauna that uses the hot rock, steam heat system. These can become uncomfortably hot and the sweating you do with them will only be on the surface of your skin, instead of penetrating the tissue. Steam is also not recommended for people who have any kind of breathing problems.