Guest guest Posted April 7, 2008 Report Share Posted April 7, 2008 Does anybody here have any experience with Infrared Saunas? Also could you recommend one? - Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. -WB Yeats ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals./tc/blockbuster/text5.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 I saw one like that on the ToolsForWellness website. Only thing is (and I don't know how important this is) they recommend it for people 6 ft and under AND 195 pounds and under. I am 6'1 and 210 pounds. Wonder if it would be too small. What do you think? --- gdawson6 <gdawson6@...> wrote: > I've used one for the past two years on and off. I > got a portable > infrared sauna off of ebay for $200 if I remember > correctly. Its teh > kind where you sit on a little seat and your head > sticks out and it > zips up. It was a budget thing but its still is > working good and it > really makes me sweat, and I'm certain it gets a lot > of toxins out. > > I would highly recommend getting one because I think > sweating is one > of the best ways to get a lot of toxins that we are > exposed to > today...and its especially good at removing heavy > metals. > > The only time I think saunas should be avoided or > minimized is if you > have very weak adrenals. > > - > > > > > > > Does anybody here have any experience with > Infrared > > Saunas? Also could you recommend one? > > > > - > > > > Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; > > Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, > > The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere > > The ceremony of innocence is drowned; > > The best lack all conviction, while the worst > > Are full of passionate intensity. > > > > -WB Yeats > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ > > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you > one month of > Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. > > http://tc.deals./tc/blockbuster/text5.com > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals./tc/blockbuster/text5.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 I've used one for the past two years on and off. I got a portable infrared sauna off of ebay for $200 if I remember correctly. Its teh kind where you sit on a little seat and your head sticks out and it zips up. It was a budget thing but its still is working good and it really makes me sweat, and I'm certain it gets a lot of toxins out. I would highly recommend getting one because I think sweating is one of the best ways to get rid of a lot of toxins that we are exposed to today...and its especially good at removing heavy metals. The only time I think saunas should be avoided or minimized is if you have very weak adrenals. If you have any specific questions about them feel free to ask me. - --- In , Seay <entheogens@...> wrote: > > Does anybody here have any experience with Infrared > Saunas? Also could you recommend one? > > - > > Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; > Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, > The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere > The ceremony of innocence is drowned; > The best lack all conviction, while the worst > Are full of passionate intensity. > > -WB Yeats > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. > http://tc.deals./tc/blockbuster/text5.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 They sell extra large ones on ebay that should fit you. The normal ones wouldn't comfortably. I'm 5'11 " and I could use a little extra shoulder space in mine though it does fine. Search for " portable xbig infrared sauna " on ebay and if you can't find it just email me. - > > > > > > Does anybody here have any experience with > > Infrared > > > Saunas? Also could you recommend one? > > > > > > - > > > > > > Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; > > > Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, > > > The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere > > > The ceremony of innocence is drowned; > > > The best lack all conviction, while the worst > > > Are full of passionate intensity. > > > > > > -WB Yeats > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ > > > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you > > one month of > > Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. > > > http://tc.deals./tc/blockbuster/text5.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ > You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. > http://tc.deals./tc/blockbuster/text5.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 > The only time I think saunas should be avoided or minimized is if you > have very weak adrenals. What is the connection there, ? Thanks, Suze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 --- gdawson6 <gdawson6@...> wrote: > Search for " portable xbig infrared sauna " on ebay > and if you can't > find it just email me. Thanks. I found it and will probably order one. Just to be sure, I messaged the seller, questioning him about this. ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals./tc/blockbuster/text5.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 > If you have any specific questions about them feel free to ask me. Should you avoid them if you have mercury fillings? I think I've read somewhere that they can cause problems if you still have fillings. KerryAnn www.TFrecipes.com/forum/- Traditional Foods Menu Mailer, recipes and cooking helps, home-style TF meals your kids will LOVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 --- " KerryAnn at CookingTF.com " <> Should you avoid them if you have mercury fillings? >> That's a good question. I got 1/2 of my mercury filling removed this morning (by a biological dentist) and will have the other half removed next week. I am already starting to do a detox and that's the reason I am inquiring about one of these infrared saunas. - Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. -WB Yeats ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals./tc/blockbuster/text5.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 If your interested in removing toxins from your body removing your fillings would be the best place to start. You could certainly still use a sauna with fillings, I just think it would be more logical to get rid of the source of any toxins before trying to cleanse your body. I know replacing fillings is a costly procedure but if you haven't read Hal Huggins books please do. He was a fan of Weston A Price and a dentist himself and it really makes a huge difference to get every single last filling removed before trying anything else. - > > > If you have any specific questions about them feel free to ask me. > > Should you avoid them if you have mercury fillings? I think I've read > somewhere that they can cause problems if you still have fillings. > > KerryAnn > www.TFrecipes.com/forum/- Traditional Foods Menu Mailer, recipes and cooking > helps, home-style TF meals your kids will LOVE > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 --- gdawson6 <gdawson6@...> wrote: >> I know replacing fillings is a costly procedure but > if you haven't > read Hal Huggins books please do. But not necessarily more expensive than regular dentists. I have found a biological dentist in my area that is at least as cheap, if not cheaper than " regular " dentists. A good place for finding such a dentist is on the I.A.O.M.T. website: http://www.iaomt.org/ - ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals./tc/blockbuster/text5.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 If you have weak adrenals and you put your body through too much stress it can make them worse. Heating your body up to temperatures where you are literally soaked and dripping with sweat isn't no walk in the park, even though it can feel physically relaxing. I overused the sauna at one point (every day for like 30 minutes for like a week) when I first got it and got all kind of symptoms which told me I was over-stressing my adrenals. Heating your body up to very hot may be very good for detoxifying but it still isn't a stress free way of moving toxins out of your body. Now I'm sure mercury played a big part in the symptoms I got from overusing the sauna but I do think caution is necessary if you have adrenal related problems. - > > > The only time I think saunas should be avoided or minimized is if you > > have very weak adrenals. > > What is the connection there, ? > > Thanks, > Suze > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 >I'm certain it gets a lot of toxins out How are you certain? >because I think sweating is one >of the best ways to get a lot of toxins that we are exposed to >today...and its especially good at removing heavy metals Why do you think that? And how do you know that heavy metals come out in sweat? I personally disagree with everything you said but since you seem so certain, I'm interested in how you formed these opinions. I'm open minded if your opinion is backed by science. I did an infrared sauna once at my chiropractor's office and was told that I would be able to see the toxins on the white towel they gave to dry off with. Nothing on the towel. I believe that the liver and kidneys process most of the toxins we are exposed to and they leave the body in our waste material or get stored in the tissue. How does an infrared draw them out of the tissue? Thanks, Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 --- Kathy Dickson <kathy.dickson@...> wrote: > >because I think sweating is one > >of the best ways to get a lot of toxins that we are > exposed to > >today...and its especially good at removing heavy > metals > Why do you think that? And how do you know that > heavy metals come out in > sweat? Thanks for asking this question, Kathy. I sometimes jump to conclusions too fast and was getting ready to order an Infrared Sauna without asking these essential questions. It makes common sense that heavy metals would come out in sweat, but that does not mean that it happens. It seems obvious that other types of chelators might help release the toxins from the tissue, but does it get transported out by the sweat through the skin? It would seem that this would be fairly easy to measure. If no such measurement is available, it would seem that we can't go by " results " , since people doing detox are usually doing a few different things and how would we know that the infrared sauna would be a causative factor? I am awaiting Dr. Sherry 's " Dexot or Die " from Amazon. I know that she uses infrared saunas quite a bit, so I am hoping she has some explanation/proof. I have Rasmussen's pamphlet " Natural Mercury Detoxification " and he is what he says on the matter: <<Infra-red heat penetrates several inches into the body and not only stimualtes sweating, but also directly acts to stimulate the organs of elimination. The effect is to increase kidney activity, stimulate the liver's formation of bile and speed the bile through the gall bladder. Bowel function is also stimulated, speeding the mercury-containing bile out of the body.>> Obviously Rasmussen's account may be incomplete, but he does not seem to be making the claim that the toxins are transported out of the body through sweat, but rather that saunas " stimulate " the organs of elimination (liver, kidneys). If that is true, why would this be important given that the person in question is having regular urination and defecation? - __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 My opinion was formed mainly after talking to a lot of people recovering/recovered from mercury amalgam poisoning on various forums throughout the web, along with some other sources of course. Traditional people knew what toxins were and many of them had traditions of sweating to cleanse the body of them. The Native Americans had sweat lodges, and many other cultures had similar rituals involving sweating with the idea that it cleansed the body of toxins. I can't name too many specifics but I know it was not an uncommon idea. Personally, I feel much clearer, more energized, and more focused after using my sauna. This lasts for roughly 3-4 days afterward. Strenuous exercise does exactly the opposite to me, making me feel drained, less focused, and sore for a few days afterward. Strenuous exercise creates a lot of metabolic toxins and I believe from personal experience that saunas help remove a lot of metabolic toxins. I don't know exactly how it works, but it doesn't matter to me because it works for me. Many alternative doctors have great success with it as well. - > > >I'm certain it gets a lot of toxins out > How are you certain? > > >because I think sweating is one > >of the best ways to get a lot of toxins that we are exposed to > >today...and its especially good at removing heavy metals > Why do you think that? And how do you know that heavy metals come out in > sweat? > > I personally disagree with everything you said but since you seem so > certain, I'm interested in how you formed these opinions. I'm open minded if > your opinion is backed by science. > > I did an infrared sauna once at my chiropractor's office and was told that I > would be able to see the toxins on the white towel they gave to dry off > with. Nothing on the towel. I believe that the liver and kidneys process > most of the toxins we are exposed to and they leave the body in our waste > material or get stored in the tissue. How does an infrared draw them out of > the tissue? > > Thanks, > Kathy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 the Swedes are well known for their " saunas " and actually I think the name came from them. They like to go in the sauna and then jump in cold water after. Allyn _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of gdawson6 Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:43 PM Subject: Re: Infrared Saunas My opinion was formed mainly after talking to a lot of people recovering/recovered from mercury amalgam poisoning on various forums throughout the web, along with some other sources of course. Traditional people knew what toxins were and many of them had traditions of sweating to cleanse the body of them. The Native Americans had sweat lodges, and many other cultures had similar rituals involving sweating with the idea that it cleansed the body of toxins. I can't name too many specifics but I know it was not an uncommon idea. Personally, I feel much clearer, more energized, and more focused after using my sauna. This lasts for roughly 3-4 days afterward. Strenuous exercise does exactly the opposite to me, making me feel drained, less focused, and sore for a few days afterward. Strenuous exercise creates a lot of metabolic toxins and I believe from personal experience that saunas help remove a lot of metabolic toxins. I don't know exactly how it works, but it doesn't matter to me because it works for me. Many alternative doctors have great success with it as well. - > > >I'm certain it gets a lot of toxins out > How are you certain? > > >because I think sweating is one > >of the best ways to get a lot of toxins that we are exposed to > >today...and its especially good at removing heavy metals > Why do you think that? And how do you know that heavy metals come out in > sweat? > > I personally disagree with everything you said but since you seem so > certain, I'm interested in how you formed these opinions. I'm open minded if > your opinion is backed by science. > > I did an infrared sauna once at my chiropractor's office and was told that I > would be able to see the toxins on the white towel they gave to dry off > with. Nothing on the towel. I believe that the liver and kidneys process > most of the toxins we are exposed to and they leave the body in our waste > material or get stored in the tissue. How does an infrared draw them out of > the tissue? > > Thanks, > Kathy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Look just because Swedes, Finns and Native Americans used some form of sauna, does not mean that it is efficace in detox. Some traditional societies also practiced cliterectomy, how many women on the list want to sign up for that one? Traditional societies also, in some instances, practiced trepanation, but I will be damned if I am going to go out and get a hole drilled into my head without seeing some kind of evidence of its benefit (maybe there is such evidence...I don't know). My point is that we should not make a fetish out of " traditional societies " . Seriously though, I, too, would be surprized if there were NOT some benefit from sauna, but I might be wrong. It might actually be bad for you. That's why I would like to see some kind of evidence or, at least, thorough reasoning on the matter. - Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. -WB Yeats __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Its a lot more than those three groups. Chinese and Indian (from the continent of India) Folk medicine both employed sweating for many illnesses, both herbs that make you sweat and ways to make you physically sweat. Quoting extreme practices practiced in isolation is a lot different than widespread time tested beliefs that sweat is a way to remove bodily impurities. ______________________________________________________ " 31,32 Workers occupationally exposed to lead have extremely high levels of lead in sweat even when their blood lead levels are only moderately elevated.33 " Quoted from link below http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/HealthProvider/issues/prov698.pdf " The use of the sauna for disease prevention in the workers of enterprises with chemical and physical occupational hazards " http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1866932 " Benefits and risks of sauna bathing. " http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11165553 " Effect of post-exercise sauna bathing on the endurance performance of competitive male runners. " http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16877041 " Regular sauna bathing and the incidence of common colds. " http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2248758 _____________________________________________ If you don't have enough 'proof' about saunas then don't get one. There are obviously many other ways to get healthy. I love my sauna and am really happy with it and can feel the difference, especially if I don't use it for a while. - --- In , Seay <entheogens@...> wrote: > > Look just because Swedes, Finns and Native Americans > used some form of sauna, does not mean that it is > efficace in detox. > > Some traditional societies also practiced > cliterectomy, how many women on the list want to sign > up for that one? > > Traditional societies also, in some instances, > practiced trepanation, but I will be damned if I am > going to go out and get a hole drilled into my head > without seeing some kind of evidence of its benefit > (maybe there is such evidence...I don't know). > > My point is that we should not make a fetish out of > " traditional societies " . > > Seriously though, I, too, would be surprized if there > were NOT some benefit from sauna, but I might be > wrong. It might actually be bad for you. That's why > I would like to see some kind of evidence or, at > least, thorough reasoning on the matter. > - > > Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; > Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, > The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere > The ceremony of innocence is drowned; > The best lack all conviction, while the worst > Are full of passionate intensity. > > -WB Yeats > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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