The typical body is 60% water by weight and any pounds lost at this point will be promptly regained. (However, sweat baths have an indirect effect on weight loss.) As you can imagine, the combination of sweat bathing and cooling conditions the body, and a well-tuned body is more resistant to colds, disease and infection. In cold weather, the warm glowing feeling lingers for hours, while in hot climates the body seems cooler than before the sweat bath. The Finnish Got The Idea First… In Finland, sauna-bathing is a way of life. They say it gives them as much strength as rest
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Most people who have spent time inside a sauna know that relaxing in a steam sauna feels wonderful. The relaxing warmth and moisture of a quality sauna are simply terrific. What many people don;'t know, though, is that saunas also have many benefits for your health. How Hot Do We Get In A Steam Sauna? While the surface temperature of the skin may rise as much as 10 degrees C, inner temperature increases up to 3 degrees C. This is the "fever" that Hippocrates and generations of medical people after him sought, and is created as one reclines in a sweat bath!
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