WOMEN’S HEALTH: Can Saunas Help You Lose Weight? Here's What Experts Say
Forgive the shameless pun, but it’s hard to deny that sauna bathing is one of the hottest trends in the health and wellness space right now. Whether it’s part of a contrast therapy routine (in which a person alternates between cold and hot temperatures) or a simple post-workout shvitz, more and more folks are discovering the relaxing, inflammation-reducing benefits of sweating it out in a sauna. And it doesn’t hurt that they’re more accessible than ever before. (We see you sauna blankets.)
Despite its recent rise in popularity, saunas are, of course, nothing new. Researchers believe versions of the dry-heat practice date back some 10,000 years, and though Finland is often credited as the origin place of saunas, heat therapy has a home in many cultures, including the sweat lodges of the Indigenous Americans and the bathing houses of Japan.
