Infrared sauna activates sweat glands

Infrared saunas are useful for those who suffer from hypertension, muscle tension, headaches and nausea. Perspiration is as natural for health as breathing and eating. It performs three main functions: detoxifies via excretions from the body, regulates body temperature on a sustainable level, helps in keeping skin pure and elastic.

By virtue of the modern world achievements some people actually do not sufficiently perspire. Deodorizers, artificial environment, smog, synthetic clothes and physically frugal lifestyle - all this factors lead to blocked skin pores and restrain transpiration. Infrared sauna attendance mitigates these negative effects. When you relax in an infrared sauna, heat-receptive nerve endings generate acetylcholine (a chemical product which alerts 2-3 million sweat glands). As a result of this action, a human's body can sweat up to 1 liter of water during 15-30 minutes of an infrared sauna session (normal rate for daily usage is from 0,5 to 1,5 liters).

One of the main functions of perspiration is body cooling by evaporation, but it also cleans blocked pores and allows skin breathing. Sweat also functions as a waste collector. During 15-minutes of an infrared sauna visit, heavy metals excrete due to perspiration that may take kidneys 24 hours to complete. Water constitutes 99% of sweat exuded to skin surface, but the other 1% are slags and toxins, accumulated in the body. The other generally known useful effect of perspiration in cases of secondary-degree hypertension is removal of excess salt from the body.

Sweat also frees the body from urea - metabolism by-product. If one doesn't constantly clear his body from urea, it can cause headaches and nausea. Sweat is a neutralizer of noxious substances. Many doctors advise home saunas to complement kidney functions. In addition, sweat excretes lactic acid, which causes muscle tension and fatigue. Sweat drives out such toxic metals as copper, lead, zinc and mercury, which a human's body is forced to absorb in polluted environments.