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How sauna experience benefits longevity

or what can we do to live longer healthier life.

Health benefits of Sauna

Sauna bathing is an ancient ritual in which person was purified, cleansed and healed. Banyas of Rassia, sweat lodges of American Indians or Finish saunas, they all serve the same purpose. Heat bathing is not only relaxing but improves your health, makes you a happier person and promotes longer life. Here is a list of benefits for those who love sauna.

To learn more about health benefits of using sauna read the comprehensive article "Sauna" by Dr. Rhonda Patrick or watch the video on Youtube.

Sauna types

As often mentioned, Sauna is the only Finnish word in English dictionary. The definition of sauna means a specific room heated to about 150 to 195 (F) degrees, and where the temperature and humidity of the room can be controlled with sprinkling water on the rocks in the heater/stove. The traditional (Finnish) sauna is still often defined to mean a “dry” sauna – when comparing it to a Turkish-style steam bath. The average relative humidity level in a traditional sauna varies from as low as 10% (if no water is added) to 60%, or more—depending upon how much steam the user likes and how hot the sauna temperature is. “Sweat Bathing” is a kind of general definition for various types of original bathing in high temperatures – “Sauna” being one of them. Sweat bathing originated with native populations in Europe, Northern Asia and North and South America—with each of them developing separately and with their own unique characteristics. Although the Finns were not the only ones inventing the sweat bathing, they were the ones developing this 2000 years old tradition to what is considered to be the (traditional) sauna nowadays. Thus, today—worldwide—when one mentions the word “sauna”, people most often associate it with the Traditional Finnish Sauna.

Traditional Finish Sauna

Traditional saunas, have a dry heat and high temperatures, ranging from 70-110°C. This is the ‘Finnish’ sauna experience most people have come to expect, which allows you to add water to the rocks to create traditional Finnish sauna ‘löyly.’

Infrared Sauna

The best definition would be a “heat therapy room”. Infrared heat therapy rooms are based on radiant heat, where the heating elements or emitters reflect the heat directly to the person’s body—rather than heating the air, or stones. There is no water (no steam) used in the infrared rooms.

Steam Room

A steam room is a heated room that people use for relaxation and to relieve some medical conditions. They are often found in gyms or spas. A steam room is created when a water-filled generator pumps steam into an enclosed space so there is moisture in the air when people are sitting in it.