http://www.healthyalterego.com/index.php/2010/02/getting-healthy-in-a-hot-box/ The Health & Wellness Source You've Been Searching For Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:51:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.healthyalterego.com/index.php/2010/02/getting-healthy-in-a-hot-box/comment-page-1/#comment-1374 Tim McCrossen Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:44:19 +0000 http://www.healthyalterego.com/?p=2000#comment-1374 JB and Rufus thanks for the comments! JB, a steam room will have very similar effects depending on what sauna you would be comparing it to. A Sauna will actually be higher in temp because it is a dry heat. Celcius temp comparisons show that a sauna can reach up to 100 deg. C. but a steam room tops out at 40 deg. C or so. The steam room will "feel" hotter since it is moisture and there is so much humidity in there. You will have the feeling you are sweating constantly in a steam room because the sweat can't evaporate off you with the constant surrounding steam. The steam room doesn't get quite as hot because your skin will scald if temps get escalated above the threshold mark above. All in all BOTH are great for you and you are still doing yourself a great favor by taking a steam bath! Tim McCrossen JB and Rufus thanks for the comments! JB, a steam room will have very similar effects depending on what sauna you would be comparing it to. A Sauna will actually be higher in temp because it is a dry heat. Celcius temp comparisons show that a sauna can reach up to 100 deg. C. but a steam room tops out at 40 deg. C or so. The steam room will “feel” hotter since it is moisture and there is so much humidity in there. You will have the feeling you are sweating constantly in a steam room because the sweat can’t evaporate off you with the constant surrounding steam. The steam room doesn’t get quite as hot because your skin will scald if temps get escalated above the threshold mark above. All in all BOTH are great for you and you are still doing yourself a great favor by taking a steam bath!
Tim McCrossen

]]> http://www.healthyalterego.com/index.php/2010/02/getting-healthy-in-a-hot-box/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 JB Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:54:23 +0000 http://www.healthyalterego.com/?p=2000#comment-1373 Will a steam room have the same effect? Will a steam room have the same effect?

]]> http://www.healthyalterego.com/index.php/2010/02/getting-healthy-in-a-hot-box/comment-page-1/#comment-1372 Rufus Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:49:37 +0000 http://www.healthyalterego.com/?p=2000#comment-1372 would love to have one in the basement --- hmmm. would love to have one in the basement — hmmm.

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