Monthly Archives: November 2019

Infrared Portable Sauna – Health on the Go

We all want a healthy lifestyle. But with the hectic schedules, time will not simply permit us to get that regular exercise and even that relaxing visit to the spa and sauna. The benefits of saunas have been proven and widely documented. Surely there is a sound reason why humans have used sweat baths as early as the Stone Age! Sweating will not only keep the skin soft and smooth, it also flushes out toxins and promotes an overall health improvement. However, there are major drawbacks for sauna enthusiasts, and this is the accessibility and convenience of scheduling a sauna visit (unless you have one at home). With the availability of Infrared Portable Sauna in the market, saunas nowadays have been more than accessible; you can even take it anywhere.

Like its namesake infrared portable saunas is heated using an invisible light, Far Infrared (FIR). Far Infrared, uses the same heating mechanism as the sun, unlike any other heat source warms people and other objects without warming the air molecules around. Far Infrared’s heat passes through body tissues, effectively promoting better blood circulation and digestion, healing and breaks down dangerous toxins.

There are 2 kinds of portable saunas available in the market today, the folding box-like apparatus that one person can use and sit in. The other being is the pre-made, pre-built into your home that you can take if and whenever you decide to move into a new home, but not take it on a weekend getaway.

The folding sauna easily collapses into a manageable compact package and can be set up as easily in any place as well. With no need for special set-ups, plumbing or electrical wiring, the foldable portable sauna is so far the most practical, manageable, and economical infrared portable sauna you can get in the market today. Another advantage is the ingenuity of this sauna itself. You will only have to sit down on it with your hands and head protruding from the unit since the device has integrated slits for your hands and head. Giving you access to do some other stuff you normally cannot do in a regular sauna.

Meanwhile, a pre-built sauna gives you the effect of being in a “real” sauna. But since you can have this kind of infrared portable sauna installed in your very own home, office or place of choice, it saves you the hassle of having …

The Health Effects of BPA Go Back to the Womb

Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to make the plastic items people use everyday, has been in the news recently as people express concerns about its health effects. It’s hard to completely avoid BPA since it’s found in plastic bottles and containers used to store food – and even lines the inside of metal cans. Now, a new study shows that the effects of bisphenol A on health could go way back – all the way back to the womb.

The Health Effects of BPA

In a study published in the journal Hormones and Cancer, researchers discovered that mice exposed to BPA while in the womb produced higher levels of a protein called EZH2 – which increases the risk of breast cancer in humans. They also found that DES, another chemical, caused a similar increase in expression of this protein.

Like BPA, DES is an endocrine disrupter; a chemical that alters the reproductive hormones produced naturally by the body and increases the risk of abnormalities of the reproductive tract and cancer. When exposure to endocrine disrupters occurs early in life when the endocrine system is still developing, the damage can be permanent.

In this study, once mice were exposed to the effects of bisphenol A in the womb, their mammary glands continued to produce higher levels of the EZH2 protein that increases the risk of breast cancer – even when they reached adulthood. Researchers believe that exposure to endocrine disrupters such as bisphenol A and DES early in life, even while in the womb, alters breast architecture in such a way so as to predispose an animal, and possibly people, to developing breast cancer later on.

Even though this study was done in mice, the results were compelling enough that experts are suggesting that women who could have been exposed to BPA in the womb be monitored more closely for signs of breast cancer.

Endocrine Disrupters are Everywhere

It’s hard to escape the effects of endocrine disrupters such as BPA. The health effects of BPA have only recently started to be recognized. When you consider the widespread use of plastic bottles, containers, and cans containing bisphenol A are, you can assume that most people have had a significant amount exposure to this chemical. BPA and DES aren’t the only endocrine disrupters. These hormone disrupting chemicals are found in many consumer products including cosmetics, in household products, pesticides, and in the …