Michael Kummer
11 Surprising Infrared Sauna Benefits
Infrared saunas offer many of the same benefits as traditional steam saunas, as well as a few additional benefits that result from the use of light to create heat. I've been using IR saunas as part of my wellness routine for over two years, and in this video, I'll rundown some of the key reasons why you should consider getting one.
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[Chapter Markers]
0:00 – Intro
0:32 – Benefit #1: Relieves Stress and Tension
1:06 – Benefit #2: Improves Circulation and Blood Flow
2:07 – Benefit #3: Lowers Your Blood Pressure
2:25 – Benefit #4: Reduces Your Pain
3:14 – Benefit #5: Mimics a Cardiovascular Workout
4:00 – Benefit #6: Promotes Weight Loss
4:58 – Benefit #7: Induces a Healthy Dose of Heat Stress
5:56 – Benefit #8: Helps You Detox
6:31 – Benefit #9: Increases Your Flexibility and Range of Motion
7:44 – Benefit #10: Causes a Spike in Growth Hormone Release
9:08 – Benefit #11: Improves Your Skin Health
9:56 – Side Effects of Infrared Sauna
11:40 – My Closing Thoughts
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hey guys welcome back to the channel in today's video I want to talk about the 11 health benefits of infrared Sonos and at the end of the video we'll also talk about some of the potential side effects that I think you should be familiar with and before we get started as always make sure you subscribe and you check out my medical and affiliate disclaimer in the description [Music] infrared saunas are a relatively new phenomenon at least in comparison to traditional steam solos but Studies have shown they offer a lot of health benefits and we're gonna dive into those in today's video so let's start with health benefit number one sauna bathing relieves stress and tension and that's because you know being in a hot environment generally makes you feel good but especially when the skin gets heated up or is exposed to heat the brain releases serotonin one of the feel good hormones that makes you just feel better sauna bathing over its owner bathing all the lower cortisol levels in fact Studies have shown that a single sauna treatment can significantly reduce the symptoms of major depression that's pretty amazing and so I recommend making sauna bathing a regular part of your routine especially if you're on a lot of stress and tension number two infrared sauna bathing improves circulation and blood flow and that's because the infrared light dilates your blood vessels to allow more oxygenated blood full of nutrients to reach the various part parts of your body and or the tissues and the interesting thing is in Studies have shown that only 15 minutes of infrared sauna bathing increase the blood flow in the brachial artery by 68 that's pretty significant and even better your dilated blood vessel and the improved blood flow remains so for up to 30 minutes after the sauna session so if you you know enjoy the sauna for 30 minutes and it takes approximately 15 minutes or so before significant blood flow kicks in and so you get the 15 minutes in the sauna plus 30 extra minutes with increased blood flow that can help reduce inflammation speed up recovery and all of the things associated with increased blood flow and the cool thing about being vasodilating meaning increasing the diameter of your blood vessels is that its sauna bathing can also decrease blood pressure so inverts on a bathing has been shown to improve both or to reduce both use systolic and diastolic blood pressure so if you suffer from high blood pressure regular sauna bathing can alleviate those symptoms items in addition of course with making some of the other lifestyle changes that might be causing your high blood pressure in the first place the fourth benefit also closely related to increased blood flow is a reduction in pain so infrared sauna bathing can reduce your pain be that pain caused by a chronic unconditional my arthritis maybe or something that's injury related to more acute pain and that's because again it goes back to increased blood flow whenever blood flow increases to an affected area that you feel tender or that you know is painful your pain perception goes down at least temporarily but infrared sonipating also triggers the release and that's caused by the infrared light a release of pain blocking molecules that can temporarily provide relief now obviously that pain relief is not going to be permanent once you get out of the sauna after a while you'll probably feel the pain again but at least you can get temporary relief and in the long mid and long term speed up recovery reducing inflammation and get rid of the pain once and for all number five infrared sauna bathing mimics a cardiovascular in a workout and I've done measurements in our infrared sauna and I've noticed that my heart rate goes to up to about 110 beats per minute and in comparison my resting heart rate is about somewhere between 45 and 50 beats per second so I can get a significant increase in heart rate by spending 20 25 30 minutes in an infrared sauna and that mimics a mild cardiovascular workout so if I go for a brisk walk or for a light chalk my heart rate goes roughly to the same levels around 110 maybe 120 depending on how fast I run um and I can get the same benefits or very similar benefits by just spending 30 minutes in the song and of course when your Hardware goes up and that leads us to the next benefits we burn extra calories so sauna bathing infrared sauna bathing can be a tool to support your weight loss efforts and I've done measurements I mean you know measuring calories burned during a workout active calories Etc is not exact science because none of the wearables that I have access to really Act accurately measure calorie burn but at least you get a rough indication and the comparison of how you know a certain certain types of workouts compare as far as calorie burn is concerned and I've noticed that during a 30-minute sauna sessions I burn up for close to 200 calories again very comparable to a brisk walk or to a to a light run and so it can be a great tool to burn some additional calories and to maybe help with your weight loss efforts if you combine that of course with an appropriate diet and without a lifestyle changes that are conducive to losing weight or maintaining your weight number seven infrared sauna bathing increases your resistance to illness and that's for very there are various reasons for that number one heat stress especially if you sauna bathe at very high temperatures and for an infrared sauna that's probably around 150 degrees Fahrenheit and if you think that well but that's not hot enough I've talked about that misconception in a separate video that I'm going to link down below but even at 150 degrees Fahrenheit it infrared sauna can induce enough heat stress to trigger the release of heat shock proteins and those are Parts part of your body's immune response that can help fight pathogens infrared sauna bathing or the associated heat stress can also lead to a increase in white blood cells interference and some of the other molecules the immune system uses to fight pathogens so if we go into the sauna and you do Sonic mix Sonic painting a regular part of your routine especially with infrared on it but also with steams on us of course Studies have shown that you can decrease your risk of catching a cold by 50 that's quite significant and that's one of the reasons why we make sauna bathing a regular part of our routine especially during the colder months of the Season benefit number eight sauna bathing can help your body get rid of toxins sweat is one of the preferred ways besides urine and feces and some other Pathways of getting rid of toxins so sweating profusely is a great way to get toxins out of your body that might be stored and difficult to remove otherwise and that's particularly true for heavy metal and for more so if you have mold sensitivities mold issues if you have been exposed to heavy metals through diet or other lifestyle factors sweating a lot in a solid and infrared sauna in particular is a great way to help your body detoxify number nine infrared sauna bathing has been shown to increase flexibility and mobility and range of motion in fact there are some studies that suggest that stretching Inland infrared sauna so while you're sauna bathing while you're exposed to the infrared radiation can help improve your range of motion by 300 percent that's quite significant so this order we had in the past wasn't unfortunately big enough for us to do any sort of stretching but the new one we got I'm gonna have a dedicated review coming up here shortly so stay tuned is big enough so we can actually do some stretching in this order to help improve our range of motion and flexibility and sauna bathing has also been associated with improved muscle gains or an increase in lean muscle tissue and obviously just sitting in the sauna is not going to make you stronger and grow your muscles how however the recovery aspect of infrared Sonos the increase in blood flow especially after intense workouts the speeding up of your recovery the improving of your range of motion all of that combined can help you then outside of the sauna meaning in the gym to gain muscle tissue more rapidly so you can strategically leverage sauna bathing in infrared saunas in particular to support your work of routine and to help you improve your gains when you're working out another benefit that's closely associated with the heat stress that or stress in general is an increase in growth hormone now in all of the studies that I've seen associated with or that show that sauna bathing can cause a spike in growth hormone release we're done using wet saunas however even Andrew huberman who is one of the leading resources in you know all different types of stressor speed cold Explorer as well as heat exposure acknowledged that you can likely get the same benefits from other types of stressors and I have based on my experiments and base of the research I've seen infrared saunas can cause the same type of heat stress the same intensity of heat stress as Steam sauna so I would argue that the studies in regards to steam saunas in causing a spike in growth hormone also applied to infrared Zone as I firmly believe that just based on the heat stress that I experience in an infrared so in comparison to our Steve Zone with both at home so I kind of can compare side by side and so the bottom venue really is that if you expose your body to stress like from infrared radiation the heat transferred into your tissue by the infrared radiation you can significantly increase your output in growth hormone and that can obviously then help with athletic performance with recovery and with a lot of other things that growth hormones are known for the last benefits of infrared's on us doesn't apply to all infrared zones it particularly applies to infrared's owners that also emit near infrared radiation and that is near infrared lights from a infrared sauna for a fourth Spectrum infrared so I like the one we have in our backyard can improve skin Health can increase the production of collagen and elastin and many of the other things that are typically associated with red light therapy and near infrared radiation so if you're looking to improve the health of your skin the appearance of your skin the resilience of your skin to UV light for example so you burn less likely when you're out in the sun without protection near infrared radiation is a great thing so that's why we picked a Ford Spectrum infrared sauna that offers near Mid and far infrared typically most infrared saunas only offer fire infrared but if you can find a full spectrum infrared sauna that's in your price range I highly recommend that in particular if skin health and improving the appearance of your skin is important to you now that we talked about the 11 health benefits of infrared saunas let's talk about the potential side effects because they are important to consider and number one is sauna bathing in general but in particular exposure to infrared radiation is a stressor to your body we talked about it briefly you know in this video already when I said you know heat stress heat stress is a stressor so if you already run run down and stressed and anxious and don't know what to do to kind of calm down going into an infrared sauna at the highest temperature possible and exposing your body to heat stress to more stress is probably counter-intuitive there is such a thing as too much stress even if that stress is considered a good stress or a HoMedic stressor so I highly recommend to listen to your body to figure out how much stress you can take and then adjusting your infrared sauna exposure appropriately that could maybe mean that using your infrared sauna at a lower temperature or staying in for less time or a combination thereof you know very often you get a lot of the benefits even at lower temperatures especially as far as you know releasing the tension and releasing anxiety and reducing your stress overall can be perfectly achieved in an infrared sauna it may be 130 degrees Fahrenheit instead of 150. the second thing is we talked about it infrared light causes your blood vessels to dilate and it lowers your blood pressure if you already is suffer from low blood pressure you want to be careful not to overdo it because you might pass out if your blood pressure gets too low so those are related to only main potential side effects that I've experienced I haven't experienced them personally but that I've read about and I can and I can see that can happen generally speaking sauna painting is relatively safe but of course I always recommend talking to a knowledgeable Healthcare professional before you start any new Wellness routine now with that we're gonna wrap it up one more thing I want to mention if you're interested in any of the scientific evidence behind those benefits I mentioned I have a very detailed blog post on michaelcoomer.com about the health benefits with links to individual studies and more explanation about those benefits I mentioned in the video If you like this video give it a thumbs up if you didn't like it let me know what I could have done better until next time [Music]
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Beautiful GSD, I just lost mine 2 weeks ago, died in my arms. Now I use my sauna to cry in everyday, I'm not sure if I'll ever stop.
Sun stream mini was the best purchase ive ever made.
Infrared saunas don't do ass and the research is very weak. I prefer traditional ones with hot stones you can pour water on, feels way better.
1:54 No, that just looks like a masturbation privacy booth for people who work in cubicles.
these are great reviews best ive seen, maybe a test to include is your heart rate variation and resting hear rate during the night while sleeping after each type of sauna session as in infrared dry or wet
Would I actually sweat in one of these if the unit was outside during the winter?
https://youtu.be/qUBPvJ-yqh4?feature=shared
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I recently bought a wooden infrared sauna, it’s been a great help for my health. It helps with muscle recovery after workouts and has improved my circulation, I feel much less stiff and tense. My skin has also started looking healthier. After a long day, it’s perfect for relaxing in the sauna, and I’ve been sleeping so much better. I was so glad to find an infrared sauna I could have at home. When I saw how nice the design was, I was convinced to buy it. I’m really proud and happy to have an infrared sauna at home, it’s like having my own spa. Its the best investment for my health I have ever made.
how often should you sauna bath?
Wait.. don't you want your head in there too?
Do you recommend any particular "sauna" brand? Many thanks.
Good info but….
I think it’s stressful watching a video when it’s cut and clipped over a1000 times. It’s unnatural and I get stressed.
Thank you for all that information.
I live in Queensland Australia and am looking for an affordable infared sauna.
I’ve researched, and like you also stated, that the full spectrum infared saunas are the best, but they are also the most expensive.
I am hoping a Far Infared sauna is also good enough.
I know it may not help with skin issues?
If you could comment on that I would appreciate it 😊😊
1:45 the dog is like, what the fuck. And I agree with him.
Thank you😊
I have a beautiful infrared sauna. But I also have ADHD and have an “out of site out of mind” issue and it’s in our basement. So I sat a reminder for every two days!!! Thanks for the reminder
I just installed one in my home and did a session today. Was amazing. Look forward to using it post workouts … or even just daily. 😊
Resting heart rate 45 to 50 a second 😳, you need help
Do saunas make you lose fat pads in your face?
what are the difference between steam room and sauna
Dunno… I'm going full hot rock steam.. Looked at the steam gens, but want an outside room to keep moisture out of the house. Anyway… a lot more power required. That's the downside.
I tried it once last week. Infared.
Wall said 150 Fahrenheit.
I liked it. Didn’t love it. Sweat about a bucket of water. I had to step out for a minute at about the 11 minute and 20 minute mark.
Just kinda felt lightheaded. Felt numbness and almost needle feelings in my hands and feet. Arms felt heavy. Everything improved when I stepped out.
So I’m not sure if there was something wrong with me. Or if I just got too hot
Is infrared different from red light therapy?
The huge 16x increase in growth hormone is enough of a reason for me to use a sauna. I was not a believer until I used one for the second time, after a strenuous workout. WOW! I’d never had such a beautiful recovery the day after. I had tons of energy and no soreness at all.
Could I add a infrared space heater into my sauna to raise the temperature? or have you had any experience with the infrared sauna panels that are sold on Amazon? I have room in my sauna to place one on my sidewall.
Thanks
Hi, I had the opportunity to try an I infrared sauna many years ago. I was very skeptical going into it…omg was I wrong. The best way I could describe it was that it was the same refreshing feeling after swimming in the lake. I had the greatest urge to start stretching and wasn't sure why. So I am totally sold. I'm trying to convince my 80 year old dad who has a lot of aches and pains to try an infrared sauna. He doesn't exercise, he can hardly walk half a block without having to sit down. He wont try anything, he is very…well, he reminds me of the old man in the disney movie "UP". Today I came across an Infrared sauna BLANKET on Amazon. I never knew that even existed and I'm pretty sure he will try something if he can lie down while doing it, lol. I'm so excited but wanted to review a bit first. Now I'm here. What do you think about an infrared blanket for elderly people? Do you think it would be a similar result as the sauna?
Where can I get, I am in mecca
hi Michael wanna ask , can we wear apple watch or ultra during sauna or infrared ray sauna session ?
How many times can we use the infrared sauna in a week or a month??? Please advice
This is great information! A few good pointers I can give to my clients too!
Thank you so much for this informative video.I just had a similar IR portable sauna delivered yesterday and look forward to use it regularly.I had to smile when I saw your handsome dog looking at you, I wonder what he was thinking!?