Energy Efficient Sauna Heaters In The Future
February 5, 2010 by Adriana Noton
Filed under Health & Fitness
What would you use sauna heaters for? Sauna heaters are great for relaxing muscles and joints. Many people use them to rid the body of toxins. Some use it for an overall body and mind therapy. This was one way the sauna was used in an animated series King of the Hill.
On the program a new age native American has a sauna set up where he charges people to enter the sauna and allow the steam to release the toxins from the body and the mind. As the men are in the sauna sweating they all start having dreams or even hallucinations.
One man sees how he thinks he is going to die, riding a motorcycle through a giant donut. The steam has shown him his weakness for food will be his end. The sauna steam show one man, a pest exterminator, dying at the hands of a large insect. The other man is simply at peace at his job in his hallucination selling propane grills.
His mind is clear and there are no toxins to drive out by the steam and heat. The old man in the sauna heaters is a World War II vet who killed many enemies in the war. His guilt comes back to haunt him as he sweats in the sauna. He sees the men he killed in the war as he hallucinates. He runs out of the sauna blaming his son, the propane grill salesman, for taking him into the sauna.
Whether you want to experience a body and mind cleansing is up to you. But a sauna is a great way to sweat and to relax. You can install a wood burning sauna if you have a lot of wood to burn. Many people like the wood burning type because they are more traditional. You do have to keep them clean though as the ashes build up the more your use it.
Also if you want to control the temperature you will have to look for another source of heat. The modern gas sauna, heated by natural gas, is an option for those who want a cleaner burning sauna. You can also control the temperature of the sauna. You can also save money on your gas bill by installing an electric sauna. This is also a clean option and you can also control the temperature using the thermostat.
It will be interesting to see if solar panel saunas are a thing of the future or if they will be developed to efficiently in our homes of the present. If power can be collected by the energy of the sun and then used to heat our home sauna then it will be a great energy saver.
With all the talk of going green this would be a great option. It would save money on your energy bill and if the right combination of a sauna and solar energy can be developed everyone might have in their home a way to relax the body and even the mind.
Pain relief and detoxification are among the health benefits of saunas. Shop for energy efficient sauna heaters now at affordable prices. Relax your mind and body by investing in a wide variety of sauna equipment, including outdoor saunas and infrared saunas.
Especially for Women- Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy
April 29, 2009 by by Anju Mathur, MD
Filed under Health & Fitness
Replace Hormones With Bioidentical – It’s Natural
Bioidentical is defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as follows: Bio means life; living organism. Identical means being the same. Bioidentical means any substance similar to the substance in the living organism. When bioidentical is used, it refers to any natural hormone which has the same molecular structure as in a human body.
The popular thinking of this day and age is not about bioidentical natural hormone replacement ” popular thinking is usually concerned with synthetic hormones. The popular idea is that a body cannot use a natural substance to create the hormones needed, therefore synthetic hormones are used. The problem with popular thinking is that it does not require you to think at all by Kevin Meyers. Is popular thinking smart thinking?
Should Hormones Be Replaced?
Hormones are chemical substances, produced in the body from the nourishment that is given it, that are then transported by the blood to other organs to stimulate their function. The functions are numerous and include growth, muscle tone, bone density, energy level and more.
After turning 35 years old, the production of hormones lessens each year. There are nearly 40 different hormones that are produced and utilized for different functions in the human body.
Should we be with out these hormones in perimenopause (the time prior to menopause) and menopause years? Climacteric symptoms ” ones that indicate the period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause, can span over 30 years from age 35 to 70 years. The first hormone that declines is progesterone (causes anxiety, irritability 15 years before menopause) followed by Estrogen (causes hot flashes and vaginal dryness, may last up to 2-3 years in 75% and in the rest can last way longer) and then Testosterone which is required to maintain muscle mass and strength and libido.
Should we be without hormones? NO!!
Do Hormones Have Anything to Do With Cancer?
To answer this question, it is beneficial to understand a bit more about estrogen. In the female human body there are 3 different kinds of estrogens that occur naturally. They are called Estrone, Estriol and Estradiol. Of the three only one is clot forming and the one that stimulates breasts and creates cancer and it is Estrone. The synthetic estrogens that are used in this day, do not have Estriol, the most protective anti-cancer estrogen. The synthetic horse estrogens contain over a third of equine estrogens which are not compatible at all to a human female.
The natural female cycle in which progesterone is created occurs only 15 days of every month. The usual synthetic progesterone prescription that is given is for each day of the month. A long list of female body problems occur from the synthetic hormones while on the other hand, the natural bioidentical hormones are created from natural sources such as soy or yam and modified to match the human hormones exactly.
When taking the bioidentical progesterone, because it is compatible with the human body, a women can experience improvements in mood, a lessening of irritability, relief from bloating and hot flashes besides a diminishing of other problems with the digestion, with flatulence and with memory loss. Using the bioidentical hormone therapy has also shown improvements in the reduction of tender or swollen breasts and a reduction in vaginal bleeding.
Synthetic progesterone hormones create unhappy women, a lessened quality of life, higher levels of bad cholesterol that can lead to coronary problems, a loss of memory and less bone density. On the other hand, bioidentical progesterone creates the opposite because it is compatible with the human body thus it makes for a happier, healthier life.
What causes cancer in menopausal women?
As the hormonal imbalance starts to occur in a womens body, estrone levels become way too high which are cancer causing and there is too little progesterone in the body, which is cancer protective. When we replace hormones in women we balance the ratios of various estrogens and progesterone naturally. This improves the overall quality of life and we get stronger and happier women.
Renewable Energies And Alternative Energy
April 27, 2009 by markus highland
Filed under Health & Fitness
Many things to remember about free energy and renewable energies. It is important to think about the ways that the average homes today are actually damaging the environment, and the things that can be done about that fact. The average American home actually produces about three times the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that the average car does. Half of the energy expensive go to either heating or air conditioning the home. However, there are things that can be done about this, if households take the correct steps. Rising oil and gas prices, coupled with IRS tax incentives for those that use green renewable energy, as well as the creation of more and more alternative energies each year, is leading to a world wide change in energy use.
Some are also choices for those that want to go further on the path towards renewable energies. These are things that require installation or changes, but they can make a great different on the way that your home is driven, and the power that is expended.
Choices for those that want to move further along the path towards renewable energies. These are things that require installation or changes, but they can make a big impact on the way that your home is run, and the energy that is used.
New Solar dwelling are power-efficient alternatives. In fact, according to a poll in 2008, nearly 75 percent of people think that solar power is a good option for new brick homes. The main change behind solar homes is that the home will make more power than it loses, which will mean that there is no need to have other types of power for your home.
Power from the wind is another form of renewable power that many people believe in. It is generated by aircraft turbines, and can serve lots of different power needs. Windmill power costs about the same, or less, than other types of energy.
A great way is the use of micro hydro is another type of renewable free energy. It can provide power for areas that are in deep in the woods from the power grid. It is installed in small rivers or streams, and doesn’t disrupt the fragile environment because it isn’t a dam. It just uses water wheels that turn with the natural flow of the water, to produce the power we need.
There are many types of natural and renewable energies that are becoming more and more popular today, and that are worth checking out. They are good for the environment, and can save you a lot of money






