2. Outstanding Caloric Consumption and Weight Control
In Guyton’s Textbook of Medical Physiology, we find that producing one gram of sweat requires 0.568 kcal. The journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) states; “A moderately conditioned person can easily sweat off 500 grams in a sauna consuming nearly 300 kcal, which is equivalent to running 2 ~ 3 miles. A heat-conditioned person can easily sweat off 600 ~ 800 kcal with no adverse effects. While the weigh of the water loss can be regained by drinking water, the calories consumed will not be.” Since an infrared thermal system helps generate two or three times the sweat produced in a hot-air sauna, the implications for increased caloric consumption are quite impressive. Assuming “a sauna”, as mentioned in JAMA, to last for 30 minutes, some interesting comparisons might be drawn. Two of the highest calorie-consuming forms of exercises are rowing and marathon running. Peak output on a rowing machine or during a marathon run burns about 600 calories in 30 minutes. An infrared thermal system may enhance this effect from “just slightly” up to as much as 250% by burning about 900 ~ 2,400 calories in a 30 minute session. An infrared thermal system might then simulate the consumption of energy equal to that expanded in a 6 ~ 9 mile run during only a single session. An infrared thermal system can, thus, play a pivotal role in both weight control and cardiovascular conditioning. This would be very valuable for those who don’t exercise and those who can’t exercise yet want an effective weight control and fitness maintenance program and the benefits of a regular exercise.
Here are how many calories a 150 pound person normally burns up in 30 minutes of exercise:
SPORT CALORIES
Rowing (peak effort)600,
Running (marathon)593,
Racquet Ball (vigorous)510, Jogging300,
Swimming (crawl stroke)300,
Tennis (fast game)265,
Chopping Wood265,
Cycling (10mph)225,
Golfing (without cart)150,
Walking (3.5mph)150,
Bowling120
[An infrared sauna may burn anywhere from 300 to 600 calories in a 30 minute period. This is a widely accepted conservative average range]