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Infrared Sauna VS Traditional Sauna What's Best

00:00if you want to invest in a sauna and you're not sure which one to get in today's session I'm going to help you with that and talk about the differences between a classic finish sauna which is one that I built and have and I've been using now for about three years versus an infrared sauna there are some differences in things that you might want to know about an infrared sauna the source of the heat is from infrared these are different wavelengths of light and energy that actually penetrate deeper into your body and so for some people especially people that maybe have mold issues poor recovery from exercise maybe sore muscles and Joints maybe have issues with autoimmunity and things like that there might actually be some added benefit of an infrared sauna over a classic finish sauna as much as I love the heat generated from a classic finish sauna but because of the fact of the source of the heat in an infrared sauna the the wavelengths depending upon the wavelengths and these are it's a carbon element that these companies often use that emit an infrared wavelength and that is generating the Heat and that heat is actually getting a little bit deeper into your body and it's a
01:00different form of heat different wavelength compared to something that you've seen me share videos with you about in my classic finisana with a Wood-Fired stove now I think it's an overall experience it's hard to sort of be superior to the classic finish sauna you can have multiple people in there you can put water and essential oils on the rocks and create all the Steam and it really is a high degree and a very intense hormetic stress for the heart for the detox Pathways for lymphatics it's a phenomenal experience but it takes a lot of space it's more money you're Building A Fire most people just want to turn something on and set it and forget it and go in for 15-20 minutes if that is your personality type in your schedule I would suggest investing in an infrared sauna and especially because knowing that the infrared wavelength is actually penetrating deeper so it's not that it's sub-optimal again the heat is not going to be nearly as high compared to a classic finish on it I can get mine up to 220 Fahrenheit whereas an infrared
02:00sauna it's going to be about 160 degrees Fahrenheit but you're still going to sweat your butt off and some people might find maybe if you have obesity if you have an occupational exposure to persistent organic pollutants and you want to get the heat deep inside the adipocytes there may be some functionality there we know that particularly visceral fat is characterized by necrotic or dead fat cells and perhaps getting the heat deep in there would increase because there is this hypoxia or dearth of oxygen in circulation so maybe the Deep penetrating heat again from the infrared carbon sources that that might impact you know those tissues that hasn't yet been hitherto studied but it's something that might be plausible so the point is just because you have an infrared sauna doesn't mean you're not getting the benefits from compared or contrast to say a classic finish on them there's still benefits there and we are big fans on high intensity health of high-tech Health that make a low EMF infrared sauna this is what we had before we built our backyard sauna for years we
03:00put hundreds of hours in that and the person that bought it from us has still used it it's been going on now about eight years this thing is still going strong and so they don't treat the wood they use a cedar a really low EMF they have some different lights in there that you can change the mood and so forth a two-person you can actually fit three people in there if you want and you heat up faster by the way the more people in the sauna the faster it heats up just remember when you get an infrared sauna for your home you want to make sure that the room has plenty of access to outside air open a door when you get out because you're going to release a lot of steam from your body after creating all that heat and that can create mold issues so make sure that you're properly ventilating your room but high-tech health is a great sauna I'll put links below to that but there are also Alternatives like sauna blankets and so these are even a smaller form factor and the source of the heat is infrared in nature so that it can penetrate deeply into the body so if you have detox issues mold issues autoimmunity things like that there's some value there so our friends learning cat over at higher dose do have us on a blanket that you
04:00can check out I'll put links below to that but there's so many tools and the important thing is that you should just start commit you should commit to doing this in 2023 you should commit to getting hot by some mode whether it's a sauna blanket whether it's an inference on a Sun at the gym or your backyard sauna you need to do this my friends the research is only burgeoning in this area and it's all favorable so don't write off an infrared Saun or think oh it's not it's not the real deal I'm going to wait until I can invest in a finish no invest now start now and you can always upgrade later and again high-tech health is a great company I'll put links to this article that will help you better understand how an infrared sauna works the title here is traditional or infrared saunas and photo by modulation what do they have in common and the commonality here with the infrared sauna might be improved mitochondrial function and might be optimizing the mitochondria in a similar manner that photo by modulation does so I thought this was quite interesting this article just came out in November of this year so definitely check it out what do you
05:00think what do you prefer some people can't tolerate this super high heat I've had some friends who are pretty resilient I bring them in my sauna and I have to like carry them out sometimes they are it's a lot of stress and so it depends on your your stress tolerance and your ability to take hormetic stress everyone's a little bit different with regards to their constitution so we'll love to know how you get hot on purpose and what your main source of sauna is let me know in the comments below and if you like this video please share it with a friend and thanks for hitting up that like button we'll catch one in future one down the road bye now