The immune system is your body's ability to recognize and defend itself against infectious bacteria, organisms, viruses and the development of disease. The lymph system consists of tissues that store white blood cells that are used for fighting disease within the body. The lymph nodes are the radar for the body providing early detection when harmful organisms have made their intrusions into the body. Upon detection, the lymph system is prompted to make more infection-fighting white blood cells called lymphocytes.Infrared exposure supports the immune system:“Fact: Far infrared saunas provide a gentle, side-effect-free, effective mechanism for detoxification. Their waves penetrate deep into the human body, elevating the body’s surface temperature, activating circulation, sweating and excretion of toxins from the lymph and blood through the skin. The heat also increases your heart rate and encourages deeper breathing, which boosts the drainage process even further.” ¹Far Infrared (FIR) exposure provides for a natural way to enhance the human immune system.Through the heating of the core body temperature and through the penetration of infrared energy, FIR boosts your immune system, thereby increasing the count of white blood cells and killer T-cells. T-cells kill cancer cells and other cells that are infected with viruses along with cells that are otherwise damaged and need to be eradicated from the body.“Far Infrared Sauna Therapy (F.I.R.S.T.) helps to boost the immune system in many ways. First off, as the far infrared heat raises the body’s core temperature it also induces an artificial fever. A fever is one of the body’s immune responses that attempts to neutralize a bacterial or viral infection. White blood cells also rapidly proliferate due to the suitable environment and can also help fight off the harmful pathogens and microbes that invade the body. Additionally, as far infrared heat penetrates deep into our body and increases the body’s temperature we sweat out 5-6 times more toxins, fat, and impurities than normal sweat. Every system in our body performs better when it functions in a detoxified state, especially our immune system.” ²Exercise can also assist with building your immune system. People who practice yoga are far less susceptible to colds in the winter due to their boosted ability to fight off germs that cause sickness. Immagine how beneficial your workouts could be if you combined yoga with infrared. HOTWORX created a sauna for that purpose.
Why not get more out of your workouts in less time. It makes no sense to separate the sauna session from the yoga session, or any other workout session, when you can combine exercise with infrared to save time and double the results.Steve
