9 Useful Things You Can Get from a Sauna

Most people go to the sauna because it's simply so pleasant. But in addition to pleasure, the sauna is also an incredibly useful form of therapy! Yes, it sounds almost too good to be true, but the sauna offers countless benefits for our mental and physical health. Let's look at some of them.

Stress disappears in the sauna

Just sit on the bench and throw water on the stove. You feel how worries disappear and office intrigues are forgotten. Wonderful! Our everyday rat race, which is full of coffee, rushing, deadlines and lack of sleep, definitely needs a pause now and then, and a sauna visit is perfect for that.

When the stress hormone cortisol is lower, testosterone, estrogen, insulin, progesterone and other important substances are also in balance.

The sauna keeps colds away

Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but a study conducted in Finland showed that people who regularly visited the sauna got cold-related illnesses 30% less often than those for whom the sauna was not part of their everyday life.

The sauna keeps you young

Now that's certainly an important point. Who wouldn't want to stay young for a long time, right? Infrared sauna is especially beneficial, as it helps keep skin young and healthy by stimulating collagen and elastin production in the skin. Sweating in any sauna, however, accelerates cell renewal and helps remove bacteria from the skin, which in turn is good for acne and improves skin health. What could be better?

The sauna helps you lose weight

The sauna enhances heart function and at the same time lowers blood pressure. Of course, infrared sauna helps burn calories effectively, and in our traditional sauna this amount of fat burning doesn't happen, but calories are still burned more than sitting on the couch at home.

The sauna helps reduce the risk of heart disease

As if all the above weren't enough, the sauna really does help keep your heart healthy too.

As mentioned, the sauna lowers blood pressure, helps supply the body with oxygen and has a positive effect on circulation. All of this is necessary for maintaining heart health. By the way, the sauna is as good for the heart as exercise. Hmm, now you're jealous of the gym membership! Does anyone want one?

The sauna helps eliminate heavy metals and chemicals

Right, many toxins leave our body more through sweat than through urine, such as arsenic, lead and mercury.

The sauna helps with many other health problems

These include, for example, depression and to some extent even cancer. Some studies have shown that a hot sauna helps destroy cancer cells without harming healthy cells. We didn't come up with this ourselves, but read it here.

The sauna helps keep your brain healthy

A famous sauna study conducted in Finland over 20 years showed that men who visit the sauna four to seven times a week have a 66% lower chance of becoming demented and a 65% lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. You can read more about this here. Aren't those powerful numbers?

The sauna brings good sleep

You've felt how good sleep comes after a sauna visit, right? Of course, no science is needed to know this, but studies have shown that the sauna improves sleep quality and brings deeper and more peaceful sleep.

Of course, the sauna has many more benefits, such as the fact that it's good to do body masks and other cosmetic procedures in the sauna. Some people even do yoga in the sauna.

Now we've got you in the mood for a sauna, haven't we? Then there's nothing left to do but look for apartments and houses with saunas! This can be done here >>

The article was compiled with the help of Mama Natural and Finnleo.