What is Heart Health
Show your heart some Love
We all know that taking care of our heart and good blood circulation is critical for overall good health, but it can be tough to make the lifestyle changes that one needs to fight genetics, or simply stay on track with all the thigs needed to be done to keep your heart heathy. Our infrared Sauna makes it pleasant and effective and science supports using an Infrared Sauna regularly as part of a healthy lifestyle can be good for your heart!
Passive cardio workout while you relax? YES PLEASE!
Infrared sauna sessions raise our heart rate and increase circulation. This replicates a cardiovascular workout. In fact, blood flow during infrared sauna may raise from a normal rate of 5-7 quarts/minute to up to 13 quarts/minute. Your heart is a muscle and working it makes it stronger. A stronger cardiovascular system helps capillaries deliver more oxygen to muscle cells, For people with injuries or conditions precluding them from cardio activity, saunas can help serve as an alternative for needed cardio benefits.
Infrared saunas benefit blood pressure and circulation
In a 2005 clinical study by the University of Missouri Kansas City, far infrared heaters were shown to temporarily lower blood pressure through a program of 30-minute infrared sauna session 3 times per week. The study concluded that sauna sessions, as part of a healthy lifestyle, dilated blood vessels and reduced the volume of their inner lining, thus increasing circulation needed for healthy blood pressure.
A STUDY OF THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF FAR INFRARED SAUNA THERAPY Conducted by the University of Missouri, Kansas City Becky Edwards, M.D., Heather Kort D.O Faculty Staff Advisor: Dr. John Foxworth, PharmD showed that the far infrared sauna did lower both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The diastolic blood pressure in the far infrared group was statistically significant with a p value of .001. In the far infrared group the systolic blood pressure decreased from an average of 130.5 before the study to 124 at the completion of the study.
Science shows that infrared therapy can make a difference in your heart health
A Japanese study published in the October 2008 issue of The Journal of Cardiology examined the clinical effectiveness and safety of infrared blood pressure therapy, as compared to standard therapies for patients with chronic heart failure. The report concluded that far-infrared sauna therapy is both safe and effective at improving clinical symptoms and cardiac function as well as decreasing cardiac size in chronic heart failure patients. Repeated infrared sauna use improved impaired blood vessel functions in patients with high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol. This suggests a preventative role, as part of a healthy lifestyle, for infrared sauna use for arteriosclerosis.
Dr. Masakazu Imamura, MD, et al. Repeated Thermal Therapy Improves Impaired Vascular Endothelial Function in Patients With Coronary Risk Factors. Vol. 38, No. 4, 2001. Journal of American College of Cardiology: pp 1083-1088.