Whatever happened to just having a couple of days off the drink and smoke? 

These things are awesome!!  I wish I had one in my apartment! 

http://www.infraredsauna.com/



Our earth is so polluted now.  Its nothing like growing up in the 1880s, or even the 1930s for that matter.





quote "sauna folk" 
Since 1965, over 4 million distinct chemical compounds have been reported in scientific literature. Over 6000 new chemicals were added to this list between 1965 and 1978. As of 1981, of over 70,000 chemicals in commercial production, 3,000 have been identified as intentionally added to our food supplies and over 700 in drinking water. During food processing and storage 10,000 other compounds can become an integral part of many commonly used foods. Added to this list of potential body toxins, petrochemicals, industrial waste, medical and street drugs, radiation (X-rays, nuclear fallout etc.) and tons of pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides, the result is an incredible chemical avalanche to have befallen the human race in a relatively short period of evolutionary history.

There is currently a wealth of scientific evidence showing that thousands of drugs, preservatives, pesticides, and other pollutants remain stored in the body long after exposure. We know for example that an organochlorinated pesticide such as the metabolites of DDT have a half life of between 20 and 50 years in the fat deposits of humans. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over 400 chemicals have been detected in human tissue; 48 were found in adipose tissue, 40 in breastmilk, 73 in the liver and over 250 in the blood.
/quote

I'm a big fan of saunas (and also steam rooms) but I do not believe that sweating has any kind of detox effect whatsoever. Toxins are removed from the body via the liver, the kidneys and the gastrointestinal tract - not the skin. The purpose of sweat is to regulate the body's temperature. Analysis of sweat shows that it's mainly water, with trace elements of minerals that are not considered toxic (zinc, copper, iron etc). 

However that's not to ignore the health benefits of saunas, because they have been shown to encourage relaxation, decrease blood pressure, and enhance blood flow. I find them incredibly helpful after a workout. They also seem to do wonders for my skin. I would love one in my own home. 

what a load of bollocks

mgh


what a load of bollocks

An emphatic debunk?

Saunas are generally full of bollocks, yes. I do my best to look away. 

what a load of bollocks

 
+1.
 
The rivers are not catching on fire anymore. The air is much cleaner. There are NO chronic chemicals used in pest control, ony acute. I detox with water and milk. then I dring Coca~Cola to help retain the water again. The doctor says my liver levels are great. My choesterol is good, life is good! My mom and dad ate McDonalds ever since it came to town, they were already old... they are 94 and 96 now. Dad has eaten pancakes, with eggs and bacon all his life... he was an exterminator when they used chloridane and DDT for most everything, I helped. We used a lot of calcium cyanide too, in rat burrows... hit them in the head when they ran out of the hole... unless we took our airedale along, she loved to grab and shake them. Now we have stuff that works and is not carcinogenic. Life is better. Not sure about all the microwaves and other frequencies flying everywhere... but the air and water are cleaner than they were 30 years ago, much cleaner than 40 years ago.
 
I do eat natural meat when I can but I don't obsess about it. I eat jumbo eggs and have some salt pork in the fridge. I believe in eating natural foods lie butter, sugar, and saturated fats.... your body knows what to do woth them. Eat right and you wont need to detox... take some fiber now and then if the opiates stp you up... life is good!
 

 
"What do I think life is like? I don't know, all I know is life ain't like nothin' I've ever seen before . . ."
 

LP needs to do the detox because he watches TMZ.  LOL!

sharke


I'm a big fan of saunas (and also steam rooms) but I do not believe that sweating has any kind of detox effect whatsoever. Toxins are removed from the body via the liver, the kidneys and the gastrointestinal tract - not the skin. The purpose of sweat is to regulate the body's temperature. Analysis of sweat shows that it's mainly water, with trace elements of minerals that are not considered toxic (zinc, copper, iron etc). 

However that's not to ignore the health benefits of saunas, because they have been shown to encourage relaxation, decrease blood pressure, and enhance blood flow. I find them incredibly helpful after a workout. They also seem to do wonders for my skin. I would love one in my own home. 

I was 16 years old when I visited UK for the first time (my first trip abroad) and for the first time saw a single family house without a sauna. To us finns sauna is almost like a religion, and "sauna" is a finnish word. Most of us would have a hard time managing without one, I think. It's quite common to have one in flats as well nowadays, and practically all apartment buildings have one that the residents can use.

Anyway, I don't believe either that it has much to do with detoxing your body. It's an unbeatable relaxant and stress reliever, though. And especially combined with swimming (especially in winter in ice holes) in between the heat sessions it surely enhances your metabolism.

I think I'll pass on jumping into ice water..... winter or summer.... 

It might enhance metabolism... but I'm guessing that's the only thing enhanced by jumping into ice water....