Saunas and Detoxification

Sauna Detoxification

How a sauna can help you detoxify

The main health benefit of sauna bathing is its ability to aid in detoxification processes. Of all detoxification methods, sauna is one of the easiest and it can be used by just about anyone (check with your doctor first if you have any health issues).

Let's talk about three sauna detoxification mechanisms:

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Heat Therapy

Using a sauna to raise your body’s temperature has sort of a cascading effect, including

creating an articial fever, which...
activates your immune system, and this
increases white blood cell activity, thus
helping kill off microbes (bacteria) in the process.

Heat therapy, also known as fever therapy or hyperthermia, is an effective way to help your body kill

bacteria,
fungi,
parasites, and
viruses.

In his book Sauna Therapy, sauna expert Dr. Lawrence Wilson wrote:

“Heating the body several degrees causes greatly increased

circulation as the body attempts to maintain its basal

temperature. This helps to dislodge toxins, especially from

hard-to-reach areas such as teeth, bones and sinuses.”

He went on to say that many pathological organisms (virus, bacteria) are heat-sensitive, and a sauna’s heat may weaken or kill them altogether.

Lymph Detoxification

Your lymphatic system is a huge part of your detoxification and immune systems.

Waste material is carried away from your body's cells by blood and lymph fluid.

Since sweating helps detoxify your body, sauna and steam bathing help support lymphatic function.

In fact, sweat is manufactured from lymph. So toxins that are present in lymph fluid can leave your body through sweat.

Liver and Kidney Support

Some people might ask...

Why do I need a sauna to detox - doesn’t that job belong

to my liver and kidneys?

And my answer to that would be...

Yes, but why not help them out?

Saunas help give your hard working liver and kidneys a break. How?

Well… this is one of the beautiful things about the sauna…

Toxins that are dealt with by the liver and kidneys can be eliminated through sweat.

So the heavy sweating caused by the sauna heat gives your liver and kidneys a sigh of relief.

In Sauna Therapy, Dr. Wilson included this quote from Dr. Michael Lyon, MD:

"Since sweat is manufactured from lymph, toxins present in the lymph fluid will exit the body through the sweat. Because the liver and kidneys are not required for this process, these organs are largely unburdened by hyperthermic therapy and toxins are able to leave the body even when liver or kidney function is impaired."

Heavy sweating in a sauna helps enhance toxin elimination through your skin, unburdening your liver and kidneys.

The skin is often referenced to as your body's third kidney. Not only is the skin your largest organ – but as you can see it also plays an important role in helping detoxify your body.

Health professionals say that it's responsible for eliminating up to 30% of your body's wastes!

Now that's a lot of waste.

So you could say that taking a sauna is like taking a shower from the inside out.

Recommended Reading:

Complete Full Body Detox - 12 Steps to a complete body detox

Detoxify Or Die - written by Sherry Rogers, M.D. This book has received an impressive average reader rating of 4.5 of 5 stars. The importance of detoxification is discussed, as well as why/how a sauna should be used.

Sauna Therapy - Dr. Lawrence Wilson writes about the importance to detoxify, and why sauna is the best method.

Detox with a home sauna

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