Dry Sauna Benefits

There are many benefits to a sauna experience, either a wet sauna or a dry sauna. You will sweat in both types of saunas, though you may not sweat as much in a wet sauna. Sweating detoxifies your body, ridding it of artificial toxins and other harmful chemicals.

The main benefits of dry saunas, however, differ somewhat from a wet sauna. With a dry sauna, your heart rate and your metabolism will increase because of the extreme temperatures. Because of these two effects, you can burn up to 300 calories in 20 minutes in a dry sauna – the equivalent of going for a short run or long walk. Because of the intense calorie-burning, the dry sauna has more weight loss benefits than a wet sauna.