Heavy Metals (not the music genre) continue to gain attention in the wellness world. We have quite a few clients using our services for detoxification protocols.
What are Heavy Metals?
Heavy metals are naturally found in the earth's crust. For example, mercury, lead, chromium, cadmium, and arsenic are heavy metals that introduce toxicity to the human body. Some heavy metals are required by humans but will be toxic if experienced at too high of levels.
Unfortunately, human activities have drastically altered how heavy metals circulate through the earth’s crust and how they balance and interrelate among organisms. This also means the structure of food is impacted along with the sustainability of ecological systems. It’s therefore important to be aware of what you’re eating and where it comes from, as well as consider your environment and the elements around you — like the soil, water, and air. But we get it, that can all be hard to keep track of! But it’s something to be aware of!
How Do We Accumulate Heavy Metals in Our Body and What Are the Results?
Unhealthy levels of heavy metals in the body are due to exposure through food, water, industrial chemicals, or other sources. While your body needs small amounts of some heavy metals to function normally — such as zinc, copper, chromium, iron, and manganese — toxic amounts are harmful.
If your body's soft tissues accumulate too much of these substances, some serious health problems can occur — including heavy metal poisoning. This issue depends on the type of metal a person has been exposed to, for how long, and the duration of symptoms. This great article in Everyday Health explains further.
Long-term or chronic exposure to lower levels of heavy metals may cause symptoms that develop slowly over time. Symptoms may include:
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Headache
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Weakness
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Tiredness
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Muscle pain
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Joint pain
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Constipation
High levels of elements like lead, mercury, cadmium, tin, and others can be toxic to your immune, nervous, reproductive, and digestive systems — and add stress to your body’s filtration organs, namely the liver and kidneys.
There are no clear numbers or percentages of people who have high levels of heavy metals in their bodies, but researchers are focusing on it more. If we agree that our environment, in general, has chemicals and our soil is changing our food, it is reasonable to use mitigation modalities, like the infrared sauna, to help detoxify our tissues and bloodstream for heavy metals and other toxins.
How to Rid the Body of Toxic Metals
Using ReSet’s Sunlighten infrared sauna is a very effective method of inducing a detoxifying sweat, carrying toxins out of the body through the pores. The deep penetration of infrared heat releases toxins from the fat layers just beneath the skin. These toxins pass from the organs to the fat tissue under the skin. Then they are eliminated in perspiration. There is even a pre-programmed health session for detoxification that varies the infrared wavelengths and heat to best induce detoxification in your body.
Infrared significantly quickens the detoxification process by raising the body’s core temperature and heating the tissues several inches deep causing cells to vibrate. Sunlighten’s patented heating technology is the only sauna heater clinically shown to raise core body temperature by two to three degrees vs. simply heating the air around the body.
Am I Detoxing If I Don’t Sweat?
We get this question frequently! If you do not sweat, do not worry. Most people, after a sauna session, have a very healthy glow about them. This is still sweat, and your body is actively detoxing. Make sure to drink plenty of water to assist your body with removing the heavy metals through urine. We also suggest that you use the provided small towel to wipe your skin, promoting more sweat. Dry brushing before your sauna session is also a great idea!
What Else Can I Do?
There are several other ReSet services that can help you with general detoxification. In fact, most of our services help with that and with lowering inflammation. Some others to consider:
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Whole Body Vibration
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Medical Grade Massage and Compression Chairs and other Massage modalities
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Naturopathic guidance for supplements and detoxification protocols
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Ionic foot baths
To learn more about any of these services, or to book an Infrared Sauna appointment, contact us today!
