Sauna: Remove heavy metals

I travel a lot to speak. When ever I get a chance, I use the sauna in the hotel, especially if they have a red light therapy sauna. 

Most of us think of sweat as water and salt, but it can carry far more. 

We can excrete heavy metals through sweat. 

Research shows that when you sweat, you excrete heavy metals. Arsenic, mercury, lead, and cadmium. While the amount may be small, the effect can be powerful.

Take cadmium as an example. 

Cadmium is a heavy metal found in cigarette smoke. Industrial pollution, rice grown in contaminated soil also contain cadmium. 

Over time, it builds up in your body, especially in your kidneys and liver. Cadmium is toxic. It damages cells, disrupts enzymes, and increases oxidative stress. It can cause kidney damage, weaken bones, and can cause cancer. 

The body struggles to remove cadmium on its own because it binds to proteins and is not easily excreted.

Here is where a sauna helps. 

A single sauna session can make you sweat around one liter of fluid. Studies have found that sweat can contain as much as 5 micrograms of cadmium per liter. For context, the body typically removes less than 1 microgram of cadmium per day through urine. 

That means a single session of sauna can eliminate 5 to 10 times more cadmium. 

Infrared saunas, in particular, are effective. 

They operate at lower temperatures but draw out a higher volume of sweat. Your body can push out more toxins without excessive strain. 

Of course you need to remain hydrated and also replace lost minerals. Zinc and magnesium, for example, are essential for your detox pathways to work well.

Your body already has powerful systems to remove toxins, but sometimes it needs a nudge.

If you have to chose, it is hard to do better than a regular sauna routine. Remember to combine it with hydration and nutrition. 

Your body will thank you for it. 

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