Sauna Detox

By Bob Morgan

Owner of Heavenly Heat

For centuries, cultures around the globe have used one form or another of sauna bathing as a means of physical cleansing and renewal. Using saunas to deeply cleanse the body makes perfect sense, as our skin is the body’s largest organ and an it’s organ of elimination.

Saunas have become a vital tool for home and clinical detoxification, for both adults and children – and they are powerfully effective. Through the skin’s secretions of sebum and sweat, a broad spectrum of both toxic chemicals and heavy metals are excreted.

Saunas utilize the body’s eliminative functions by inducing a state of mild hyperthermia. That simply means that the sauna raises body temperature modestly, like a mild fever does, to induce sweating, thereby instigating the cleansing process. Interestingly, many parents have reported that their autistic child’s cognition and eye contact improves noticeably when they have a mild fever, and the sauna induces what could be described as a brief, light, artificial fever.

When exposed to any form of heat stress, the primary aim of the body’s heat-control system is to protect the nervous system and the vital organs from overheating. The heart rate and blood pressure rise mildly for a brief period in order to shunt the warming blood outwards, away from the vital organs. The peripheral blood vessels then dilate to accommodate the suddenly increased load, and then blood pressure levels off and declines. The mild surge in blood flow facilitates waste removal from tissues and improves the delivery of oxygen and vital nutrients to the cells. This enhancement of oxygen transport makes a combination therapy with HBOT worthy of the practitioner’s consideration.

Through tissue dilation, increased blood flow, and elevated tissue temperatures, some fat-stored toxins are mobilized during the sauna session, and cleared from storage. Much of this material is then excreted through the skin, and some is eliminated through the kidneys and bowels.

Additionally, the mild hyperthermic effects of the sauna include the stimulation of numerous immune responses, and the raised body temperature can be lethal to some bacteria and viruses. We have heard encouraging reports of lyme disease patients responding well in saunas. Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, said: “Give me a fever and I will cure any illness.”

Heavenly Heat creates the ideal sauna detox environment for children and the chemically sensitive. Each sauna is built entirely with low-allergen white poplar wood and tempered safety glass, without the use of plywood, laminates, or wood glue - all of which can outgas into, and contaminate, the air of a sauna. We also include parental controls of the infrared intensity, along with a weekly progress chart for children, to assure a mild, safe, controlled environment in which youngsters can feel comfortable. Most kids love their new “playhouse” and greatly enjoy sauna time.

Much is made these days of the health benefits of far-infrared, or FIR saunas. The truth is that FIR can enhance and accelerate the sauna detox process, and can be highly beneficialif the sauna is designed and built properly. But, that is a big “if” as many are built quite improperly for a detox environment, with strong adhesives, concealed plywood, high electro-magnetic fields, etc.

On the other hand, any properly built sauna, when used in a moderate, safe manner, can be a vital detoxifier. Scores of 9/11 rescue workers are currently receiving enormous detox benefits in several sauna programs taking place in NYC using regular saunas. Blue and gray sweat, apparently laden with heavy metals, has been reported as pouring out of some of them. Traditional saunas can be used clinically if kept dry, and with the temperature limited to the low range and to the very low range for children.

Jenny: “Heavenly Heat rocks!!”

Jenny McCarthy with Bob at the fall,

‘07 DAN! Conference

Bob Morgan is the owner of Heavenly Heat Saunas. Visit www.heavenlyheatsaunas.com, call (800) 697-2862 or email Info@HeavenlyHeatSaunas.com.

Note: When saunas are used clinically, or to treat specific ailments, a full regime is implemented that includes patient monitoring, along with supplementation of fluids, electrolyte minerals, and particular vegetable oils, etc. One should not use a sauna for any medical purpose without appropriate guidance by a physician.