Infrared Sauna Blanket Benefits
INFRARED SAUNA BLANKET BENEFITS
1. Fat Loss and Muscle Gains
Infrared Saunas help promote fat loss and muscle growth by improving insulin sensitivity and decreasing muscle protein catabolism. Intermittent hyperthermia has been shown to reduce insulin resistance in obese mice. The results were a 31% decrease in insulin levels and a reduction in blood glucose levels, both of which can contribute to an increase in fat loss as well as muscle growth. It has also been shown that a 30-minute intermittent hyperthermic treatment can cause a significant expression of something called ‘heat shock proteins’ in muscle, which is correlated with 30% more muscle regrowth after a week of immobilization.
Even if you don’t exercise yet you take saunas, you can still maintain muscle!
2. Helps Immune System
Studies show that after infrared saunas, there is an increased number of white blood cells, lymphocyte, and basophil counts. These studies are proving that saunas help to stimulate the immune system. Additional research also found that saunas are able to significantly reduce the incidences of colds and flu. Taking regular saunas lead to a 30% less chance of getting a cold or influenza.
There is another interesting study (source) showing that cold exposure or cold therapy, followed by heat like a sauna can increase our “natural killer cells”. Natural killer cells are cells that consume pieces of virus and also release cytokines which aide in the immune response. It has been shown that people who end up needing intensive care due to COVID-19 are very low in these natural killer cells (NK).
There is significant increase with heat, then cold and then exercise (incrementally more natural killer cells with each done after each other). So cold therapy with sauna and exercise is a great combo for building immune health.
3. Skin Health
Infrared Saunas cause deep sweating and help remove bacteria out of the epidermal layer of the skin. This increases the rate at which dead skin cells are replaced can be increased. This deep sweating helps the movement of fluid to the skin which helps deliver mineral-rich nutrients and also helps to fill spaces around the cells, increasing firmness and reducing the appearance of wrinkles. It also causes increased capillary circulation, which can give the skin a softer-looking, younger appearance.
4. Increases Growth Hormone
Growth hormone is essential for repair and recovery of muscles, and studies show that two 20-minute sauna sessions elevated growth hormone levels two-fold over baseline. If you increase the temperature even more and do two 15-minute sauna sessions there is a five-fold increase in growth hormone. And two one-hour sauna sessions for 7 days has been shown to increase growth hormone 16-fold!
5. Detoxes Chemicals and Heavy Metals
This was the main reason Craig wanted the sauna. He had very high heavy metal levels and mold issues. The skin is a major detox organ, but most people do not sweat enough to get the chemicals out. Saunas help purify the body by eliminating unwanted chemicals such as heavy metals, PCB’s, toxins that are stored in fat cells, which release these unwanted chemicals when exposed to heat.
WHERE TO GET A SAUNA BLANKET
We do not have a lot of space at our Keto Condo in Maui so an infrared sauna blanket was perfect for getting all the benefits without taking up space!
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Thank you for this! I wrote previously asking for more info about the benefits of the IR sauna blanket so this was a welcome bit of info. I bought my own, with your site discount (or at minimum I told Bon Charge that I heard about it via you!), about 3 weeks ago and I love the unwieldy thing! Every time I use it, I fall asleep, and I’m not that kind of napper. But it’s so relaxing I can’t help but do so.
My husband has Type 2 diabetes and I want him to start using it. He’s used it one time and didn’t seem to mind it at all. I read the above info to him to see if it will motivate him to use it more often.
One question, can we wear light clothing inside the blanket? I see your son appears to have a t-shirt on in the photo. It seems like the IR can penetrate the body even through light clothing but I wasn’t sure. Thank you!
That is so awesome to hear! Yes, light clothing is great. I prefer something that is moisture wicking due to sweat 🙂
This was interesting to read . I’ve never read anything of this nature . I’ve been using (recently ) heating pad on knees as I need Knee Replacement and I’m trying to avoid it .
So I’ve started Soft wave treatments . To activate the stem cell . And have better mobility .
Between Bad knees & Lipedama I’m concerned about muscle loss . So this sounds helpful ???
I would definitely give it a try! 🙂