Far Infrared
Radiant Sauna vs. Conventional Saunas
The Electromagnetic spectrum includes
gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, microwave, and
radio waves. The only difference between these different types of
rays is their wavelength frequency. Wavelength increases and
frequency (plus energy and temperature) decreases from gamma rays
down to radio waves.
All these forms of rays travel at the
speed of light. Infrared lies between the visible and microwave
portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The infrared waves have
wavelengths longer than visible and shorter than microwaves and
have frequencies which are lower than visible and higher than
microwaves. Near infrared refers to the point of the infrared
spectrum that is closest to visible light and far infrared (long
wavelengths) refers to the part that is closer to microwave regions
of the spectrum.
When an object is not quite hot enough
to radiate visible light, it will emit most of its energy in the
infrared, ie.: hot charcoal may not give off light, but does emit
infrared rays which we feel as heat. We experience infrared every
day. The heat that we feel from sunlight, a fire, a radiator is
infrared. Although our eyes cannot see it, the nerves in our skin
can feel it as heat. Conventional saunas rely on indirect means of
heat to heat the human body.
First on heating air currents and then
conduction which the hot air has direct contact with the skin to
produce its heating of our bodies. In an Infra-Core infrared sauna,
less than 20% of the infrared energy heats the air, leaving the
remaining 80% to directly transform to heat within the human body.
An Infra-Core sauna will warm its users
to a more deeper level and more efficiently than a conventional
sauna. This is what makes the infrared sauna more health beneficial
compared to a conventional sauna. The Infra-Core sauna produces a
long wave infrared also known as far infrared. Why Do We Use Long
Wave Infrared?
There are three main sections of
electromagnetic spectrum divided by wavelengths, measured in microns:
Humans, at normal body temperature radiate
most strongly in the infrared at a wavelength of about 10 microns
(micron is the term commonly used in astrology for a micrometer or one
millionth of a meter). The long wave infrared occurs just below "infra"
to red light as the next lowest energy band. This level of light is not
visible to the human eye, but we can feel this type of light as heat.
The earth radiates rays in the 7 to 14
micron range with its peak output at 10 microns. The Infra-Core sauna
heating ceramic emitters, which are 96% radiant efficient, have a
majority of output from 5.6 to 25 microns. This output is evenly spread
around the 9.3 micron pivot point of maximum human output. The energy
output from the infrared sauna matches so closely to the human body’s
radiant energy, that our bodies take in close to 93% of the infrared
waves that reach our skin. The Infrared Radiant sauna has been greatly
used in treating people who suffer from toxic load. These patients are
very high in toxic loads, and the detoxification pathways in their
bodies suffer.
When one is able to reduce the toxins and
heavy metals, their symptoms most often greatly improve. Many people
unknowingly suffer from mercury poisoning, and other heavy metals such
as lead and aluminum. The infrared sauna raises the core temperature
which accelerates the removal of these toxins and also improves a
number of areas in the immune system. Infrared helps purify our cells,
especially the cells in our fat where our bodies store waste and
harmful toxins, such as cholesterol and heavy metals.
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