Should you worry about your safety when setting in an infrared sauna? The short answer is NO. Now let me explain some of the differences between good light and bad light.
Far Infrared energy is sunlight minus the UV light. UV light is part of the bad light that can damage your skin if over exposed. UV light is also light you cannot see. Far Infrared light is part of the natural light and is good light and is visible to our sight.
Light comes in different wavelengths. Ultraviolet light has a shot wavelength. Colors of light near red light have long wavelengths. The shorter the wavelength the more harmful it is to our bodies. The infrared sauna from West Coast Saunas uses Far Infrared light which is part of the sun light spectrum whose wavelength is just below the visible red light. Far Infrared light is good light.
The entire spectrum of sunlight consists of visible and invisible light rays. The colors of visible light rays are red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, blue, and violet. The invisible light rays are Ultra Violet, X-rays, Gamma, Cosmic, Microwave, Long Wave, Electrical Wave and Infrared.
Electromagnetic waves between visible light and microwaves are called infrared waves. The wavelength of infrared waves range from 0.76 micron to 1,000 microns; this range is further subdivided into the ranges of Near, Medium, and Far-Infrared Rays with the following wavelengths: 0.76 to 1.5microns; 1.5 to 4 microns; and 4 to 1,000 microns respectively.
As stated earlier, the longer the wavelength the safer it is for our bodies. Far Infrared Rays are long and safe.
A sauna benefit of the Far Infrared Rays is that they are thermal. The thermal energy is what heats up the body causing it to sweat. Sweating is good for our body because it helps to rid our skin of toxins such as mercury, lead, alcohol, nicotine, sodium, sulfuric acid and cholesterol. An infrared sauna will help you detox.
This may be more than you ever wanted to know about good and bad light but now you know that using an infrared sauna is safe.
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