What's the Deal with Infrared Saunas: Facts vs Myths with Connie Zack

Episode Highlights With Connie

• What makes infrared different than traditional saunas 
• How infrared combines light energy with heat
• What infrared actually is (we also get this from the sun!)
• Light and heat as energy medicine
• How this can help with emotional resilience
• What we know about the sympathetic nervous system and how sauna can influence this
• FIR specifically for entering a parasympathetic state
• Mood benefits and how infrared helps specifically with depression 
• The cardiovascular benefits specific to far infrared heat 
• Japan uses FIR sauna as a first line for cardiovascular problems 
• Why you can get benefits from an infrared sauna as soon as you turn it on, even before they heat 
• Does it matter what time of day we sauna?
• Finnish vs infrared and which is best? (data and my take)
• Consistency is more important than intensity with infrared 
• What the pulse sauna is and what makes this super unique

Resources Mentioned

• Sunlighten Saunas

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