It's not a surprise that people have fallen in love with the sauna over the years due to its stress-free and relaxing surroundings. Originated in Finland, spas have recently gained massive attention across the globe. If you are someone who enjoys saunas, then here's a treat for you.
10 Clinically Proved Health Benefits of Saunas
1. Improves Strength: Heat has been found to have a positive effect on your mitochondria, also known as the 'batteries' that fuel your cells, thus helping your body produce more energy and remain fit.
2. Slows Down Aging: Cell regeneration ensures that you slow down the aging process. And if you're not entirely positive, check out a 20-year survey of Finnish men comparing two to three sauna sessions per week with a 23% reduction in the rate of cardiovascular disease deaths.
3. Detoxify: Daily exposure to highly harmful metals through various sources means that even the most healthy and conscious individuals can have toxins in their bodies. Therefore, frequent sauna bathing helps to excrete harmful toxins like arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury.
4. Healthy & Happy: A 2018 study showed that sauna bathing four to seven days a week reduced the chance of death from cardiovascular disease by as much as 58%.
5. Lower Blood Pressure: Sauna heat helps expand blood vessels and increase circulation, lowering blood pressure.
6. Optimize Physical Efficiency: Improved blood supply from heat conditioning sends more blood to the heart, leading to improved plasma and red blood cell volume. This provides more oxygen to the entire body & fuels athletic success.
7. Boost Muscle Control & Regeneration: As more blood flow and oxygen is distributed across the body, muscles expand in size, and muscle breakdown decreases. One research found that two, one-hour sauna sessions for seven straight days improved the overall production of the Human Growth Hormone (HGH) by two to five times.
8. Fuel Weight Loss: Regular use of the sauna has been shown to control appetite, increase metabolism, and enhance oxygen utilization, which thereby drives weight loss and decrease body fat.
9. Boost Brain Activity: The BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) increases with daily usage of sauna, stimulates the development of new brain cells, enhances the maintenance of established cells, and enhances neuroplasticity, which is the brain mechanism for the creation of new neuronal links.
10. Ignite Immune System: Heat exposure from the sauna improves the heat shock protein, thus activating the antigen-presenting cells along with cytokines and stimulates the body's natural immune response.
Experience all these benefits of a sauna at the ACT Hotel's Club 21 Spa. We are confident it will leave you feeling rejuvenated!
