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Detoxification: Hot Tub vs Sauna

Everyone knows that keeping your skin healthy requires keeping your skin clean and free of dirt, oil and bacteria. Not everyone knows that the human body's largest organ is the skin, and that it's one of your most vital, protecting all the other organs as well as housing them, and providing the body with a means of expelling naturally occurring toxins built up from in gestation, as well as exposure to various heavy metals. Some people use detoxification therapy as a means to healthy skin, and this is often done with far infrared therapy that can actually be performed in a home sauna, and several sauna manufacturers are beginning to sell this type of "infrared" sauna. One thing people may not know is that when they are attending a health club spa, and inducing hyperthermia to create perspiration and burn calories, treat acne, or improve cardiovascular performance, they are exposing themselves to the very toxins that one doesn't want to be exposed to.

When you go to your spa, do you want to get in a dirty looking, murky or stagnant green watered hot tub? Of course not, and that beautiful sparkling fresh looking hot tub water looks very inviting as well as clean...and it is, but how do you think they keep it looking clean and clear?

Chemicals. When you have skin problems, such as acne, or are going through detoxification therapy, you don't want to expose your skin to even more chemicals than you have to. Hydrochloric acid, a very volatile and seriously corrosive molecularly hot chemical is added to the hot tub to give it that crystal clear appearance which we all love to look at, and although the parts per million is not enough to be dangerous, the fact is, toxic chemicals are used in small amounts to keep the spa's hot tubs appearing fresh and sparkling clear, and any amount of exposure on a regular basis when trying to avoid contaminants is too much exposure. Another poisonous chemical used in small amounts to achieve the result of a lack of growth of microscopic organisms that also kills algae, a living organism, is Chlorine. Have you ever seen an improperly treated pool turn a blonde's hair green? That's just the hair, and its not even living tissue, so just imagine the constant exposure to chlorine on the skin on a regular basis. It may not be dangerous at some levels with professional athletes like Olympic swimmers and divers, but over time even a small amount can leave it's mark in some form or another.

If you are one of the millions each year who are putting down the potato chips, and picking up healthy habits, making changes to your diet, and avoiding toxins, you might want to consider detoxification utilizing hyper thermal induction therapy, and probably stay away from hydrochloric acid and chlorine. If steam is what you're after in a hot tub, then you can utilize a dual mode sauna that uses far infrared technology as well as a conventional sauna heater, and has no chemically treated water or any side effects. This form of therapy has direct effects, has been in use for literally thousands of years, and is making a comeback as eastern medicine reveals more of it's electrochemical approach to the human body.

If you are currently utilizing far infrared or hyper thermal induction therapy as a means of detoxification and overall improvement to your health, it's highly recommended you stay away from chemically treated water for as long as you are on such a program, whether in your own home with a personal infrared sauna, or your local gym or health spa. If you're trying to get rid of toxins, it's contradictory to expose yourself to the source of toxin buildup to chemicals found in hot tubs. Don't worry about your home bathtub, there are no corrosive acids, and only slight levels of chlorine if any found in the water, but hot tubs are a no go for detoxification.