Posted in detoxification, sauna health on Nov 28th, 2007
Heat stress is a means of increasing circulation and of enhancing the elimination of compounds through both sweat and sebum. It is documented that methadone, amphetamines, methamphetamines and morphine, as well as copper, mercury and other metals and compounds appear in human sweat. Enhancement of this elimination route is a key purpose of the sauna […]
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Posted in detoxification, sauna health on Nov 23rd, 2007
Sauna detoxification of metals, pesticides and chemicals: Addressing the background exposures and increasing health problems of an industrial society.
By: Dr. Conrad G. Maulfair
Chemical contamination is not always recognized as a causative or contributory factor for illness, even when following an isolated event involving known substances. In non-occupationally-exposed individuals it often remains undiagnosed and related symptoms […]
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Posted in detoxification, sauna health on Nov 14th, 2007
By: Camry James
Heating of the tissues enhances metabolic processes. Greater cellular energy production facilitates healing. Viruses, tumors and toxin-laden cells are weaker than normal cells. They tolerate heat poorly. Raising the body temperature causes infections to heal more quickly. Hyperthermia or fever therapy help combat infections and even cancer. Our bodies develop fever when ill […]
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Posted in sauna health on Nov 8th, 2007
By: Chris Robertson
When most of us think about saunas, one of two things comes to mind: people sweating in a steam-filled room or in a wood-paneled, very hot room. Indeed, traditional saunas are typically extremely hot, with some maintaining dry heat and others dousing the heat source with water, creating steam. In contrast, infrared […]
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Posted in sauna health on Nov 1st, 2007
by Michelle Hilton
Between 1983 and 1986, at the University of Munich’s Institute of Medical Balneology and Climatology a comprehensive series of comparative tests were conducted to determine the effects of the sauna, steam bath and whirlpool bath on the human body in view of a considerable uncertainty which had previously surrounded the steam bath. Steam […]
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