Jul 10
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The Easiest Lifestyle Change a Type 2 Diabetic Can Make!
You’ve heard me before practically begging you to change your habits to get a better handle on blood sugar control. I’ve discussed eliminating the processed foods from your diet, getting regular exercise, getting enough sleep, and taking your supplements or having a customized nutritional protocol for your body’s needs.
Well today, I just found out about research that offers a very easy way that you could increase your quality of life as a diabetic … it’s with the use of a far infrared sauna.
If you have ever gone to a sauna in the past, you may know that there are a few different types of saunas. One is a ‘regular’ sauna that uses steam. These can be a little overwhelming at first and the heat can hit you hard when you first walk into a steam sauna … you normally find steam saunas at many health clubs.
The other type of sauna is called a far infrared sauna. When manufacturers came up with this one, they must have said to themselves … ‘enough of the steam! I’m tired of dealing with it! And it uses far too much energy! My energy bills are enormous!’
Well, Canadian researchers at a clinic offered their Type 2 diabetic patients the opportunity to use their infrared sauna for 20 minutes three times a week for three months at no expense, just for sake of the study.
The far infrared sauna, I must say, makes you feel like a king or queen. It looks like a little hut made of wood with a little window in it so you can look outside the sauna. There are wooden benches inside for you to sit on or to lie down on during the short session. Some units have light therapy where different colored lights shine on you or a light show occurs. Others have music you can listen to as you are sweating in the sauna.
A far infrared sauna heats your body up quickly and it’s without the sticky feelings associated with ‘regular’ saunas.
Sauna time is relaxation time. You can’t plan on writing a letter to friends while in the sauna because most pens won’t write in the high heat. You can’t use your computer because the high heat will fry the computer. You can’t read a book in the sauna either, because the high heat will cook the pages and you’ll drip sweat on them. The only thing left to do in a sauna is to bring a friend in with you to have pleasant conversation with, or maybe you can just relax.
Tomorrow’s blog will talk about what researchers in Canada discovered with their study.
