The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

Are infrared saunas beneficial?

Last month, I installed an infrared sauna in my house.

A company offered it to me to try out, and I was willing to give it a go, knowing a little bit about them already.

It also inspired me to dig into the research, to test it personally, but also see what studies had to say about the benefits.

I'll say I've been pleased

with what I've found from both angles. Why infrared? A traditional sauna heats the air around you.

An infrared sauna uses infrared light to penetrate your skin and warm you directly without affecting

the ambient temperature.

This makes them great for home use.

Okay, but do they actually work?

What good is heating your skin with infrared light?

I've covered the benefits of traditional saunas before.

They're great, and many of them apply to infrared sonnas.

But today I'll discuss five unique advantages of infrared saunas. Number one, heart health.

Perhaps the most robust evidence for the benefits of infrared saunas

concern their effects on various measures and determinants of heart health.

For decades, the Japanese have used an infrared sauna protocol called

Weyon Therapy to treat heart disease and heart failure patients. In patients with an

elevated risk for heart disease, Weaon Therapy, spending 15 minutes a day for two weeks

in the infrared sauna, reduced urinary levels of a prostaglandin linked to oxidative stress. It also reduced blood

pressure. In another group of men with an elevated risk for heart disease, the same protocol also

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