Does steam bath/ hot sauna help in reducing fat??

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  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
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    minniesb69 wrote: »
    Whaaa? Lol. Come on. This is very basic stuff. It's not the sauna itself its the act of sweating, open pores get cleared out whenever u sweat. Thats detoxing. My skin has a healthy glow after each sauna session. Body temp increase means heart rate increases...increased heart rate is increased calorie burn. It's not like im saying its a miracle worker...just the opposite, its basic biology. You wont lose more weight but there are proven benefits. I can provide credible sources if needed but I've seen no credible source disprove what I learned in middle school.

    Just...no.

    If you lose any weight from a sauna, it will be water weight. Overuse of a sauna or steam room can be quite dangerous.
  • Tyler2020Mike
    Tyler2020Mike Posts: 53 Member
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    I really do wish it did. That's a great idea though; however, what if you do a little water aerobics in one?
  • minniesb69
    minniesb69 Posts: 83 Member
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    I will repeat, its not a miracle fat loss machine...its basic science. SCIENCE...the heart pumps the blood to transport the oxygen. They are part of the same cycle. You are saying the same thing. This article explains how the increased heart rate helps oxygen flow which in turn burns calories. http://healthyliving.azcentral.com/burn-calories-heart-beats-faster-8069.html My statement is correct, increased heart rate increases calorie burn. Simple science

    Maybe you'll believe an anti-sauna article. This states that saunas are merely for relaxation and not much benefit besides that...yet it likens the increased heart rate from the sauna to "a slow jog" and makes the connection between heart rate and calories. Basically they are saying sauna isnt going to have the same affect and working out but it does something no matter how miniscule. It also says sauna's send oxygen to the skin. Which brings me to my next point... http://woman.thenest.com/difference-heart-rate-between-running-sauna-19051.html
  • minniesb69
    minniesb69 Posts: 83 Member
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    Sweat detoxifies pores, there are millions of pores on your skin, sauna's make you sweat, sauna's detoxify the skin. Easy peasy.

    http://www.medicaldaily.com/sweat-it-out-5-surprising-health-benefits-sweating-actually-dont-stink-309718

    http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/exercises/sweating-why-its-good-for-you.html

    http://www.drwhitaker.com/health-benefits-of-a-sauna/ "The primary benefits of a sauna is that it induces sweating. Although most of us go to great lengths to avoid sweating, perspiration has two essential functions: It cools you down, and it rids the body of waste products."

    I have no life so I'm fine with going in circles. It'll take my mind off of eating :wink:
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
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    @minniesb69 I am pretty sure you didn't learn in middle school to get your science from women's magazines. This is where you get science.

    https://scholar.google.ca

    Just a gut response here but an increased heart rate while at rest will burn a few calories....from the heart working harder. But it will be negligible. I earn one cookie from my twenty minute early morning run. That's all my muscles working, including my big fat thigh muscles.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    jgnatca wrote: »
    @minniesb69 I am pretty sure you didn't learn in middle school to get your science from women's magazines. This is where you get science.

    https://scholar.google.ca

    Just a gut response here but an increased heart rate while at rest will burn a few calories....from the heart working harder. But it will be negligible. I earn one cookie from my twenty minute early morning run. That's all my muscles working, including my big fat thigh muscles.

    this^^. And there would be no fat people.
  • minniesb69
    minniesb69 Posts: 83 Member
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    @jgnatca unfortunately I couldnt find my 7th grade science book online. The womens mag is actually what says the opposite of what Im saying. The womens magazine agrees with the rest of you.

    This article is more realistic if you read it in its entirety. It says sauna has minimal benefits & your better off excising.

    https://www.fitnessblender.com/blog/can-you-lose-weight-in-a-sauna-calories-burned-in-sauna
  • minniesb69
    minniesb69 Posts: 83 Member
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    Again, Im not saying a person can go from fat to flat using a sauna. That is ridiculous. I'm saying sauna's detoxify the skin & increases the heart rate which burns calories.
  • minniesb69
    minniesb69 Posts: 83 Member
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    jgnatca wrote: »
    @minniesb69 I am pretty sure you didn't learn in middle school to get your science from women's magazines. This is where you get science.

    https://scholar.google.ca

    Just a gut response here but an increased heart rate while at rest will burn a few calories....from the heart working harder. But it will be negligible. I earn one cookie from my twenty minute early morning run. That's all my muscles working, including my big fat thigh muscles.

    HAHA! I used the google scholar link you provided. It gave me this. It's a good read.

    http://www.cancerdefeated.com/the-incredible-healing-power-of-infrared-saunas/1734/
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    You would think obese folks with high resting heart rates would be thin but they are not
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
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    minniesb69 wrote: »
    Sweat detoxifies pores, there are millions of pores on your skin, sauna's make you sweat, sauna's detoxify the skin. Easy peasy.

    http://www.medicaldaily.com/sweat-it-out-5-surprising-health-benefits-sweating-actually-dont-stink-309718

    http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/exercises/sweating-why-its-good-for-you.html

    http://www.drwhitaker.com/health-benefits-of-a-sauna/ "The primary benefits of a sauna is that it induces sweating. Although most of us go to great lengths to avoid sweating, perspiration has two essential functions: It cools you down, and it rids the body of waste products."

    I have no life so I'm fine with going in circles. It'll take my mind off of eating :wink:

    I guess when you said you had credible sources I thought you meant real credible sources and not GoogleU and the first articles you could find. Did you even read those? How does exercise intentisy have to do with sitting your butt in a steam room? Your first two articles (in your first post) have nothing to do with burning extra calories, actually the second actually contradicts your premise (from http://woman.thenest.com/difference-heart-rate-between-running-sauna-19051.html):

    "Health Benefits

    Despite the elevated heart rate, soaking up heat in the sauna is not shown to have much benefit besides relaxation, according to Harvard Medical School. Running, on the other hand, burns serious calories for weight management, increases endurance, reduces heart-disease risk and improves immune function. Aerobic exercise is so important for your health that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention instructs all adults to get 75 to 150 minutes per week of vigorous cardio, like running, or 150 to 300 minutes per week of moderate cardio, like brisk walking or freestyle dancing."

    So again you aren't proving anything. I'm not even going to read the last two since you aren't really showing that you understand the topic.
  • Khovde07
    Khovde07 Posts: 508 Member
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    snowflake930 wrote: »
    Great for your pores and a nice way to relax after a work out.
    I would be all over this if my gym had one.

    You know, I've always heard this but never understood how it could be good for your skin. Could someone explain this to me? I always assumed that in a sauna, you sweat. When I sweat my pores get all clogged up and I break out. I've got these big old pores on my nose and now that I'm working out more they seem to be constantly clogged.

    I guess in my mind sauna=sweat. Sweat=clogged pores + bad skin
  • lajci
    lajci Posts: 14 Member
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    In "my" wellness is a sign that say that in infra read sauna you loose about 300 calorie in one session... Now you said that this is not true? I’m a bit disappointed. :(
  • minniesb69
    minniesb69 Posts: 83 Member
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    queenliz99 wrote: »
    You would think obese folks with high resting heart rates would be thin but they are not

    Well since you lose 1200-1300 by just being alive you would think everyone would be skinny but we arent. Why is that? INTAKE. It's highly probable that those people you describe are taking in double to triple the amount they ate supposed to. Plus, as I have stated and provided articles to state the same, heart rate without exercise has minimal affect. Sauna's has minimal affect the point is, it does have an affect
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
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    sexymumma2015 wrote: »
    I am curious that after gym session should I invest my time in hot steam/sauna for weight loss??

    Well, if you're in the sauna there will be less time available to over eat so...

    Re: the whole raising your basal body temperature so your body burns calories fighting to regulate it downwards that is a negligible in terms of energy expenditure.
  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
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    minniesb69 wrote: »
    jgnatca wrote: »
    @minniesb69 I am pretty sure you didn't learn in middle school to get your science from women's magazines. This is where you get science.

    https://scholar.google.ca

    Just a gut response here but an increased heart rate while at rest will burn a few calories....from the heart working harder. But it will be negligible. I earn one cookie from my twenty minute early morning run. That's all my muscles working, including my big fat thigh muscles.

    HAHA! I used the google scholar link you provided. It gave me this. It's a good read.

    http://www.cancerdefeated.com/the-incredible-healing-power-of-infrared-saunas/1734/

    You burn calories constantly, just living.
    If any, a negligible amount more sitting in a sauna or steam room, but it feels good, and does open the pores.

  • minniesb69
    minniesb69 Posts: 83 Member
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    typos, typos everywhere! Sorry...I'm working while typing here
  • minniesb69
    minniesb69 Posts: 83 Member
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    Wheelhouse15 wrote: »
    minniesb69 wrote: »
    Sweat detoxifies pores, there are millions of pores on your skin, sauna's make you sweat, sauna's detoxify the skin. Easy peasy.

    http://www.medicaldaily.com/sweat-it-out-5-surprising-health-benefits-sweating-actually-dont-stink-309718

    http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/exercises/sweating-why-its-good-for-you.html

    http://www.drwhitaker.com/health-benefits-of-a-sauna/ "The primary benefits of a sauna is that it induces sweating. Although most of us go to great lengths to avoid sweating, perspiration has two essential functions: It cools you down, and it rids the body of waste products."

    I have no life so I'm fine with going in circles. It'll take my mind off of eating :wink:

    I guess when you said you had credible sources I thought you meant real credible sources and not GoogleU and the first articles you could find. Did you even read those? How does exercise intentisy have to do with sitting your butt in a steam room? Your first two articles (in your first post) have nothing to do with burning extra calories, actually the second actually contradicts your premise (from http://woman.thenest.com/difference-heart-rate-between-running-sauna-19051.html):

    "Health Benefits

    Despite the elevated heart rate, soaking up heat in the sauna is not shown to have much benefit besides relaxation, according to Harvard Medical School. Running, on the other hand, burns serious calories for weight management, increases endurance, reduces heart-disease risk and improves immune function. Aerobic exercise is so important for your health that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention instructs all adults to get 75 to 150 minutes per week of vigorous cardio, like running, or 150 to 300 minutes per week of moderate cardio, like brisk walking or freestyle dancing."

    So again you aren't proving a thing anything. I'm not even going to read the last two since you aren't really showing that you understand the topic.

    Please go re-read my comment. I addressed everything you "caught me" on.
  • minniesb69
    minniesb69 Posts: 83 Member
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    Why are people so up in arms about this?! lol
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    minniesb69 wrote: »
    Why are people so up in arms about this?! lol

    Because it's not true.

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