Sunlighten corporation is celebrating American Heart Month and offering Natural Awakenings Long Island readers a free gift with purchase as well as donating a portion of the sale to The American Heart Association through the end of February this peaked our interest.
Far Infared Sauna’s have been in the news lately for their ability to help fight disease, ease pain, reduce stress, reduce toxins and this month Natural Awakenings Long Island wanted to focus on utilization of a Sauna’s as a adjunct to eating and exercising based on clinical studies performed over the last decade.
Infrared saunas have been mainstream for decades in the Japan as a tool in combating heart disease. Back in 2001 Kagoshima University published a study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (38;4:1083-8) that followed at risk men undergoing daily sauna sessions for two weeks. Doctors observed a 68 percent increase in the blood flow of the men’s brachial arteries, as well as “significant” drops in their blood pressures. The doctors concluded that “repeated sauna treatment improves impaired vascular endothelial function… suggesting a therapeutic role for sauna treatment in patients with risk factors for atherosclerosis.”
In 2005 a University of Missouri trial looked at infrared saunas and their effect on blood pressure.Test subjects sat in Sunlighten-infrared saunas three times weekly for six weeks and experienced an average drop of systolic blood pressure from 130.5 to 124. In 2010 Canadian doctor Richard Beever, MD implemented a study in patients with type 2 diabetes. Dr. Beever found an average decrease in patients’ systolic blood pressure of 124 to 118.
Wondering how you may access sauna treatment locally. Cleansing Concepts in smithtown and westbury currently has the “mPulse” line of saunas that track calories burned, heart rate, and body mass index changes, as well as let users select the exact type of infrared rays—near, mid, or far—they wish to receive. Looking for a different experience, energy healer Tina Martinez utilizes her Solo Infrared Dome while performing energy work at the crown chakra allowing her clients to detox at the same time they receive energy work.
You may also be surprised to know that these saunas are available purchase to utilize at home. Sunlighten sauna’s are reasonably priced as well as reasonably sized. From the compact solo dome that can be used in combination with a biomat or in a meditation practice and then stored in a closet, to the 43 inch one person sauna up to their largest sauna’s. This month Sunlighten corporation is donating a portion of sales every February during American Heart Month and offering Natural Awakenings Long Island readers a free gift with purchase.
Source: Sunlighten.com/?leadsource=NaturalAwakenings click the link or banner to get a free gift with purchase-or to try a local sauna contact Cleansing Concepts Smithtown and Westbury and Open Circle Wellness, Lynbrook Rockaway.
