If you don’t have much experience in the ways of the sauna, it can be one of the easiest ways, not just to look younger, but feel younger too. While this may sound like a bold claim, but a sauna, a schvitz, a banya, whatever you want to call it, has been used for hundreds of years as a way to feel fantastic. But if you really want to get the true experience, then you need to head to a Russian or Turkish bathhouse to get all of the various benefits. So, what are these benefits?
The Detoxification
Let’s start here; the heat of a sauna is the best way to detoxify the body, without all of those bogus weight loss pills making their way around. Detoxifying is something our body does naturally, but by spending time in a sauna, we are helping our skin to open up in the pores, and so the toxins can flush out quicker. This is the most natural way for us to speed up the entire process, and so, as the toxins are flushed out of our body, we can begin the process of regenerating our healthy cells. Detoxification is a very great way to lose a tiny bit of weight, but you must remember to not spend too much time in a sauna, even if you think it will help you lose a lot of weight! And in addition to the heat, don’t forget the cold tubs situated in most saunas or bathhouses. While a hot tub, steam room or a sauna is the more relaxing option, to aid the detoxification process, you should consider spending some time in cold water. It’s become a very popular way in recent years, because of the health benefits of being exposed to cold temperatures being talked about continuously. While it may feel unpleasant at first, it speeds up detoxification, but it also can help with losing weight, because it targets the brown fat cells in your body. Not only this, but it’s beneficial for your immune system…
The Various Benefits For Your Body
Extreme hot and cold has been shown to have a fantastic impact on your body. A sauna is, in essence, raising your body temperature, and this spurs your immune system on into fighting off the “illness”. And raising your body temperature activates something that is known as “heat shock proteins” which have been shown to repair the body at a cellular level. Likewise, the cold temperatures as provided by the cold tub also kicks your immune system into overdrive. Various benefits of cold showers include your body being forced to create more white blood cells, which fights infection. As it increases your white blood count, it also increases the rate of your blood circulating. So if you have cold extremities, the sauna and the cold water give us your body a kick start as it pushes the blood around the body. As a result, it provides your cells with additional nutrients and oxygen and clears out waste quicker. If you have bad circulation, this could be your ticket to feeling better in your body and your mind, as, don’t forget; blood needs to flow to the brain! It can help to shed some calories, 300 to be precise, this is no replacement for the gym, but if you are working hard at increasing your fitness, a sauna can soothe your sore muscles. It’s advisable to jump into the sauna as soon as you’ve done a workout, followed by a dip in the cold pool to make you feel refreshed. And if you think this is too extreme, spare a thought for the entrepreneur that does this every day!
How It Helps Your Skin
Now we’re getting to the good stuff! Naturally, with the detoxification process, it’s going to benefit every aspect of your body, not just the skin on your face. And while a lot of us give our face a cleanse every day, the uber-hot sauna and the cold dip in freezing water cleanses your skin in more ways than you can imagine. It’s a very simple way for us to cleanse our body from top to toe, as well as the skin. If you have spots on your triceps that you can’t seem to get rid of, this could be due to a lack of blood flowing around your body, in which case, a dip in the cold pool will soon get rid of those! With a lot of saunas comes a beauty routine on site, and while many banyas after exfoliation treatments, you can easily do one yourself if you buy a good quality body scrub. And, many bathhouses offer facials too, especially mud masks but if you want to go down the DIY route with this, you can take your own. After all of this, you will have baby soft skin unlike you’ve ever felt before.
And as fantastic as this is, there are those that can’t go in a steam room or sauna, namely pregnant women or people with certain medical conditions. There’s more information on pools and saunas when you’re pregnant on poolhottubs.com, but for the vast majority of people, having a schvitz in a Russian or Turkish bathhouse is something that has to be tried. Not only will you feel these amazing benefits, but one very handy by-product of all of this is that you will feel more relaxed. If you work hard, then you owe it to yourself to go for a sauna or a steam at least once a week. Because of the heat, you will release tension in your body, but also in your mind. And while this sounds like one of the more modern health trends, these bathhouses have been around for a long, long time! There’s an article on nytimes.com that shows how popular these bathhouses have been for so long. It’s more than likely that you have one in your area, so, for all of these benefits, of mind and body, it’s time for a schvitz!
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