Saunas reduce your stress hormones and raise the level of endorphins(compounds that affect your emotional condition, make you feel better and ease the pain). After a sauna you always feel fresh, relaxed and renewed.
The high temperature in the sauna (usually more than 150 degrees F) opens the pores of your skin and makes you sweat, so the toxins, as well as the heavy metals (as zinc, nickel, mercury and so on) are removed from your body with the sweat.
The sauna heats your body and raises its temperature, so your organism thinks it has fever and makes the immune system stronger, to fight the simulated fever and it really helps to overcome fever and cold. The sauna also improves the cardiovascular system and regulates the blood pressure and breathing.
Some people think a sauna helps people lose weight. That’s because you lose a lot of water when sweating. But the fact is that a sauna really helps to get rid of extra weight, because it improves your metabolism.
