Steam bathing offers several great health benefits:
- Steam bathing provides a cardiovascular workout without stress or strain on your joints.
You heart rate will speed up 50-75% in a 20-minute steam bath. This speeds up the metabolism, thus helping you burn fat. It is about the same as going for a long walk. Some people are under the conception that steam baths raise your blood pressure. While this is true, it also expands your blood vessels to compensate. - A steam bath will also relax your tense and aching muscles.
If you have had a long day (or month) at work, toxins certainly build up in your body, especially muscle tissue, causing you pain and discomfort. A steam sauna can force your muscles to relax, almost instantly releasing these harmful toxins. It is also great after a workout. The extra blood flow will speed up the repair of your muscle tissue, thus allowing you to exercise again sooner. - Steam saunas can also help you lose weight.
Sitting in a steam bath for a half an hour can burn as many as 300 calories. Combine this with a healthy diet and exercise and you’ll be thinner in no time. The steam sauna can also tighten your skin, in that battle against cellulite. - The steam sauna also cleanses your skin.
The sweat opens your pores, thus flushing out unhealthy toxins and grime … nothing is better for great looking skin than steam (just ask any dermatologist). Steam cleanses your skin more thoroughly than soap and water. - The steam sauna also has distinct healing qualities.
By taking your internal body temperature to 104 degrees it brings you to an artificial fever state. As you know a fever’s purpose is to kill viruses in the body. So even if you don’t feel sick, it will make sure that you don’t anytime soon.