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How many calories burned in Sauna?
Saunas are gaining popularity these days due to a controversy going around lately that do saunas burn calories? Some people think that this is just a myth while some people will swear and provide you a list of experiences of how many calories burned in sauna.
Many sauna manufacturing companies also claim that sauna will help burn calories. But what exactly is the truth?
Sauna is thought to boost your metabolism by approximately 20% and thus can help burn calories indirectly. However before starting any sauna sessions it is best to check with your specialist if you have any medical problem which prevents you to get in a steam room or sauna.
Calories burnt in Sauna?
Calories burnt in sauna depend on the time spent in the room, temperature at which the sauna is set, your weight and height.
On an average a person weighing 160 pounds will burn around 300 calories in 30 minutes of sauna. An infrared sauna claims to burn up to 1000 calories in just 30 minutes, but is this just a sale gimmick or a truth we shall find out. Besides burning calories sauna offers many other health benefits –
- Detoxification – reduces the toxin levels in the body
- Deep cleansing effect – makes the skin healthier, radiant and youthful
- Weight loss
- Pain relief
- Deep relaxation
- General feeling of well-being
- Improved cardio-respiratory capacity
- Stress relief, insomnia relief
- Reduction of health threatening bacteria and viruses
- Strengthening the immune system
However there are different theories, some believe that sitting in a sauna (for even a small time period) will make you sweat.
Sweating will cause fluid loss from the body, the longer you sit in a sauna the more will be the fluid loss. This fluid loss is the actual weight loss. Once you are done with sauna it is recommended to incorporate more fluids in order to compensate the fluid loss. This will neutralize the weight loss in the sauna putting you back to square one. Also the main muscles working during a sauna are your heart muscles. Heart is an important muscle but you will burn calories by any other physical activity like swimming or walking. These activities will make your muscle tissue burn energy not only when it is working but even few hours after the activity.
Sauna is definitely an easier way to burn calories but definitely it is not an effective way. There are many other aerobic activities which will help you burn 300-1000 calories in an hour and lose weight. Sauna will not help to change your body composition and it will not burn your body fat or increase your muscle mass.
On the other hand any other physical activity will help to tone your body muscles and decrease the fat stores from your body.
Saunas will help you in many other ways though like – it will help improve your complexion, detoxification and a general sense of well-being. But using sauna as a means to burn calories and in turn lose weight would not be a great idea. |
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