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Have you ever seen Russians plunge into frozen water with nothing but goggles and bathing suits? It may be shocking to those from warmer climates, but it has long been a part of their tradition to celebrate important events (which is still shocking…) This activity is known as winter swimming, which is also performed by daring individuals worldwide. On the other hand, some people are crazy enough to take a cold shower, which has a similar effect to a cold plunge. Cold showers are well-known for increasing alertness, heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate that some favor to spice up t ..read more

Although it is widely known that exercise will lead to a healthier life, we must ask ourselves: what are the changes that occur in our bodies at a cellular level during exercise that make us healthier? Scientists discovered that increased body temperatures that result from exercise is essential to the human body, as stressors that are induced from exercising releases a variety of proteins that maintain your health. However, as a large number of people are unable to exert themselves due to age, injuries or chronic diseases (such as osteoarthritis, obesity and spinal cord injuries) they are not ..read more

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I hate the term ‘super-food’. We should all be watching what we eat and drink and avoiding unhealthy, processed and sugary things. If we ate better our body and minds would feel so much better and we can avoid all the negative consequences that come about from an unhealthy diet. It’s really quite simple. Eat food that comes from the side aisles of the supermarket–whole and natural foods, fruits and plants that haven’t been processed. That being said, it’s still very interesting to me to find out which foods carry the most of what we need and how to balance them together, as too much of a good ..read more

Like all of us, I have dealt with my fair share of stress. This stress relates to day to day life that we simply all have. Unfortunately, it ended up bleeding over into my sleep patterns and I actually had pretty severe insomnia for over a year. When you have insomnia you are your own worst enemy. An active mind is ok–but at night, and when combined with stress, it’s not. I would always be tired and worried about the coming night. Pretty soon I just accepted it and thought it was my normal. I wasn’t eating right, wasn’t exercising and was always in the fight mode (of fight or flight). My hea ..read more

I manage a 1000 member infrared sauna health benefits Facebook group and had the question of what is the difference between chromotherapy and red light therapy. I figured that this would be a great opportunity for a blog post to help explain what is happening when your body receives red light as ‘chromotherapy’. Chromotherapy in a sauna environment is nothing new. Offering different colored lights inside of a sauna coming from a light(s) in the ceiling has been done for over 30+ years and the practice of color light therapy has been done for hundreds of years. Chromotherapy is just that; usin ..read more

Cryotherapy is a preventive treatment in which the entire body (everything but your head) is cooled to a very cold temperature in a controlled cryotherapy chamber. A short exposure to near freezing temperatures trigger a number of physiological changes which contribute to overall health. Many studies have found that cryotherapy (sub -100C) boosts the body’s immune functions, it reduces pain, reduces inflammation, and delays aging. Exposure to extremely cold temperatures as in cold water exposure (down to 1C) can also assist to reduce pain/inflammation and boost immune function. Cryo for Reduci ..read more

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Arguably the biggest health benefit that people look for in infrared saunas is weight loss. I will admit that I was very skeptical in that there are so many websites and cheap sauna companies that advertise “30 minutes in an infrared sauna burns 600 calories,” claims which are based off of nothing. It took me using an infrared sauna for a few months to really notice that I was losing weight. The weight loss you’ll experience is subtle and you still have to make healthy dietary choices for the effects to occur, but weight loss will happen over time. The process of heating your body in an i ..read more