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Infrared Sauna burns 1000 calories in 30 minutes

smarthouse.com.au — New sauna technology heats a body directly , without heating the air in between, using infrared radiation. Apparantly "to be used by Nasa and the US Airforce, Healthmate claims that you can lose up to 1000 calaries in 30 minutes. I'd trade a lie down in a sauna over the treadmill any day!

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  • figshta, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Got to get them in the bath houses in Japan!
  • 3cho, on 10/12/2007, -5/+35While I hate treadmills as much as the next guy, running and other general exercises have many more benefits beyond simple weight loss. It's also very important to note the difference between calories and Calories (with a cap. C). One Calorie = 1k calories. The nutrition facts on the back of food labels are measured in Calories. So this can burn 1 Calorie from fat in 30 mins? Try walking for 2 minutes, you'll burn way more. Of course, it could just be a typo on the part of the author.
    • mmcmahon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7> running and other general exercises have many more benefits beyond simple weight loss.

      http://www.tldp.com/issue/11_00/saunas.htm

      This article (from 2002) clears clears it up pretty well. Note that they report studies from the 80s, so this has been well known for a while. So, my question is, if I can sit in a sauna for 30 minutes and get the calorie burn of a 5k run, why aren't these more common?
    • stomicron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Actually the letter case is not standard. One calorie in layman's terms is one kilocalorie in physics terms.The case does not make a difference.
    • ThePDW, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I say this thing is one more reason for people to be lazy and not get off their fat asses.
    • matija, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3it would also be good for the poster to have spelled it right calOries and not calAries
    • Tiabin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@mmcmahon: The popularity of something has does not neccessarily correlate with how efficacious it as. And as stomicron said... that number of calories burned isn't actually standard.
    • JohnyD, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5These may burn 1000 calories in 30 minutes but they'll never beat the burn of a good workout. I could play 30 mintues of ball and probably burn 600 calories.... THEN over the next 24 hours my body would most likely burn another 1000 because those mussles in your body that now have tiny microtears all throughout them need energy in order to heal themselves (which is one aspect to becoming sore). Suffice it to say you can burn ALOT more calories and lose ALOT more weight by actually DOING something physical. These saunas will appeal to the fat of the US-of-A... and extremely lazy people.... gosh.... that's probably 95% of the population.... I'd better call my broker and invest some money...
    • theBrink, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I don't think anyone sees the practicality of this, sure it COULD be used as a substitute for exercise, but more likely it's useful as a supplement. Exercise produces toxins after all, it should be a no brainer that this could be a useful invention. Not claiming to be a health expert here, but atleast I'm not spewing "omg they're tricking us with definitions of what a calorie is" -how anal is that.

      I could see this being a good alternative for busy people who don't always get to the gym too.
    • meatypuffs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I agree with theBrink, this would be a great supplemental to exercise. In addition, such a device could help those that are slightly disabled by their weight lose that extra weight to make themselves more able.

      Sure, I'm a little overweight, but I can certainly see the benefits of possibly losing weight just by sitting/relaxing in a IR sauna for a half an hour or so a day. Hell, I'd turn my bathroom into one and lose weight while I'm in the shower or on the *****. Losing this extra weight would make exercising more appealing as it would certainly help my fat ass get up and down the basketball court easier than I do now. However, until I stumble upon an extra $3500, I'll have to just burn off the fat the traditional way.
    • Moose687, on 02/07/2008, -0/+0If someone wants to use one of these so they can eat a couple extra cheese burgers a day; who am I to argue? Don't piss around worrying about developing worlds. They are going to go Africa on eachother till the world ends. Besides, who says a fat person is going to use it. I'm sure many athletes can benifit from this as well. As well as sick and dying people.
  • Djerrid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9This was installed in a house in "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" for a cancer victim. Apparently it was very quick an easy to set up.
    • cainrok, on 10/12/2007, -7/+22Very smart to install a sauna that makes you lose weight when you have cancer and already losing weight.

      WAY TO GO ABC!!
    • Ahnteis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5According to previous link, it's a way to maintain cardiovascular fitness in spite of immobility.

      Whether that is true or not, I leave to persons more knowledgeable in this area.
  • modernpixel, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Radiation...mmm...maybe it'll turn me into the Incredible Hulk.
    • edrift101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1HULK SMASH!
    • mc1123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Those are gamma rays, which are really short. These are infared waves, which do no real internal harm.
  • Roger, on 10/12/2007, -15/+22More like cancer in 30 minutes.
    • justinvt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Infrared at this intensity, as far as I understand, is not energetic enough to damage chromosomes.
    • Adoozie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Infrared != ultraviolet
    • Tiabin, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Actually, it's more likely to cure cancer than cause it... First of all infrared waves come from the sun as it is. Ever noticed how the sunlight simply making contact with your skin will heat you up more than the air around you? Yup, that's infrared. Far Infrared saunas are also known for their ability to help take toxins such as heavy metals out of the body more effectively than traditional sauns. Has something to do with the far infrared waves being at the resonating frequency of water or something...

      But regardless... it isn't something that's going to cause cancer, and it is something you'd come into contact with just being in the sunlight as well.
    • Tebixan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9In terms of wavelength interval..

      Gamma > X Ray > UV > Visible > Infrared > Microwave > Radio

      So a tanning bed that uses infrared is no more dangerous than standing in the visible light that we absorb constantly every day.

      Being a bunch of lazy glutton's who eat as much as we can then go burn it off in a tanning bed isn't a good idea, but this won't give you cancer
    • Boinked, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1@Tiabin "Actually, it's more likely to cure cancer than cause it... First of all infrared waves come from the sun as it is. Ever noticed how the sunlight simply making contact with your skin will heat you up more than the air around you?"

      Last time I checked, you can still get skin cancer from sunlight - especially if it's excessive amounts of it.
    • ac3boy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4UV is what causes Skin Cancer. UVA and UVB rays.
    • Minos, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Do we know enough about cancer and it's multiple facets to say that infrared can't, in any way, influence cancer development? Since cancers can develop by the stressing of certain proteins, there is a distinct possibility that infrared light can do just that.

      We may be exposed to infrared light all the time, but is it to the same degree and duration that we would be exposed to by using these machines?
    • infinium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Healthmate is quick to point out that infrared heat has nothing to do with ultraviolet or atomic radiation, which would provide the opposite of Healthmate saunas' claimed health benefits, "
    • whisperedlie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@Boinked: That is a result of UV rays, not infrared.
  • Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25Although it burns 1000 calories in 30 minutes, in 31 minutes it boils your intestines
    • Midas7g, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7This sounds kind of like a microwave.
  • chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -4/+28Stop looking for Magical Weight Loss techniques, Diet and Exercise is really the only thing that will make you skinny and healthy.
    • ChuyMatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8The thing that piqued my interest was the sprains, arthritis and sore muscles bit. That would be great!

      That and my wife could make a stop in there on the way to bed; no more ice block toes!!
    • BlackCow, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Agreed, everyone is looking for a quick fix. It just dosent work that way.
    • justinvt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17How can you be certain there is no quick fix? Aren't you just arguing against progress (admittedly, progress is a subjective concept)?
    • Tiabin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Sorry. That's *****. There are many little things nutrition-wise, exercise-wise, and other habits that can change your life. The truth is there is no *ONE* magic fix. There's many of them.
    • Tebixan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5As the wealth of human knowledge grows, we may be able to live like gluttons and still stay healthy, attractive, and have long lives, but that doesn't mean we should.

      When there are people starving to dealth elsewhere, everyone here should try and moderate themselves as best they can regardless of whether or not you have to. Unfortunately thats not the way human nature works, and if it's possible, people will gorge themselves Saturday and burn it all off in a sauna Sunday.

      Aside from losing weight, there are physiological benefits to exercise. No amount of laying in a tanning bed will strengthen and tone your muscles. Exercise has also shown to increase endorphine levels in your brain, releaving stress and making you generally happier in the short term.

      I'm currently going to school for mechanical engineering, I've found that when my studying is getting really boring, or my head just hurts from to much homework, a 30-40 minute workout usually refreshes me and clears my mind, then when I get back to my studying, the problems seem clearer, and I can go for longer without getting mentally exhausted
    • felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4ChuyMatt, I'm digging your comment because you are one of about 10% of people to both use "piqued" correctly AND spell it properly.
    • manual, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0For me,,, when I exercise in the morning after a night a drinking, all the effects from the hangover disappear...

      Besides that, exercise makes me feel good. Days that I don't exercise are less productive, seem to drag on, etc...
  • 2L84ME, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"I'd trade a lie down in a sauna over the treadmill any day!"

    Pfft.. weirdo.
  • EODMpink, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Are those coils on the side of that thing? It looks like a giant toaster oven.
  • Darth_tater, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6this is, like 99% of the weight loss techniques, going to do just that... and nothing else.
    diet and exercise, especially the exercise, will provide many benifits to you, not just weight loss...
    • Warhammer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I like technology, but many people WILL see this as, "Oh, I don't have to exercise to lose some weight." You can burn all the calories you want and be Paris Hilton-thin, but if you don't exercise your heart, you will be more likely to die sooner than if you had a beer-gut (not necessarily from drinking beer) and exercised your heart regularly.

      Now, if you have tons of SEX in this thing. Yea, that might work. But it would have to be for a good amount of time. Sorry, two minutes will not cut it. Marathon sex. It'll keep you living...and dehydrated.
  • qwickone, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Is this thing safe to use frequently? I defintely won't be trying something like this until it's been proven not to cause cancer.
  • downwiththeking, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There is also water loss too, but I'm not sure if this has to do with burning the 1000 calories. Just saying to take into consideration for any weight loss that may occur.
  • NCC1701A, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4It's an OVEN folks!
    Go stick your fat butts in your GE convection oven!
    Does it come with a rotisserie and baster?
    • pype, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22It comes with a book -

      TO SERVE MAN

      Beats me what it's about.
    • Software2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Soylent Green is still people! They said they changed it, but they didn't!
  • exipolar, on 10/12/2007, -15/+3Anybody that gets cancer from this really deserves it
    • justinvt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Anybody who thinks you can get cancer from low intensity IR radiation is misinformed.
    • r00tus3r, on 10/12/2007, -9/+0Anybody that thinks anyone knows for sure what you can get cancer from is greatly overestimating human intelligence.
    • exipolar, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1touche
    • Tebixan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It's common knowledge that we are bathed in infrared radiation every day, so no you cannot get cancer from it. Infrared is even weaker than visible light. You can lose muscle mass and become a lazy slob for never exercising or getting off your ass, but you will not get cancer.
    • justinvt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Cancer is caused by chromosomal abberations. We know that changing the informational content of a system requires a certain amount of energy, and we have a comprehensive theory of the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and atoms - Quantum Electrodynamics. You would either need to prove that the IR radiation here is strong enough to directly cause damage to DNA, which can be determined mathematically, more or less, or that the heating suppresses the immune system's ability to inhibit carcinogensis. There are certainly some outliers, maybe large scale systemic changes that could contribute to tumor formation, but we can very easily perform statistical analyses to examine correlations between IR exposure and cancer rates to examine this. No, we can't KNOW with a hundred percent certainty, but that is essentially forbidden by the laws of nature. I haven't looked, but you will probably have a hard time even finding investigations of IR being carcinogenic from a diffuse, terrestrial source. In other words, it's probably less healthy to worry about IR radation in this form than to be exposed to it.
  • SpyDerMann, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Ok is this thing science-proven? Calories are accumulated in body cells in the form of FAT. How does simply "heating up" the body make you burn those calories? remember, burn != heat. burn = chemical process. We burn calories by combining carbon (present in body fat) with oxygen in the blood, generating CO2.

    Unless those carbon atoms are eliminated from the body, I doubt this system will burn any calories at all.
    • gregmo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4http://www.tldp.com/issue/11_00/saunas.htm
      It was posted above. Interesting read. The section "Infrared Heat for Cardiovascular Conditioning" explains the idea behind the sauna.
    • stogey25, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3well, according to the article posted earlier in the comments, sweating takes work in the form of calorie consumption (producing one gram of sweat requires 0.586 kcal). so, when you sit in this toaster, you sweat, and use up calories. then, to compensate for the water loss, you can rehydrate afterwards with water, which doesn't have any calories. so, bascially, you body works in order to produce sweat to cool itself, causing you to burn calories, and you rehydrate with water, so there's an overall loss in calories, hence, weight loss.
  • Purposeless, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1You know, the purpose of getting excercise isn't just to lose weight. It's also to be healthy. To be in shape. All these quick fix solutions for *burning calories* are not going to make you any healthier. You'll just be a skinny out of shape person, just as likely to get heart disease, diabetes, etc etc. :)
    • hammerattack, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Indeed. You can lose weight without excercise. You can also be in good physical shape, and still be obese.

      Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to the gym to mentally compensate for the nacho-chili-cheese and lager binger I went on this weekend. (Cause god knows, there's nothign I could to really make up for that sin...)
  • artgon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I would rather go for a run any day. Sitting in a sauna does not improve your cardiovascular system, it will not reduce your risks of high blood pressure, hypertension, coronary heart disease or diabetes and it will probably not remove adipose fat tissue. It also won't strengthen your muscles and bones. Nothing beats a proper diet and regular exercise.
  • The_Dude, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4just stay fat, assuming your health is generally good. Unless you've got manboobs. I'd get rid of those.
  • RUFFyamahaRYDER, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1"It claims its sauna's can burn up to 1000 calories in 30 minutes and provide excellent benefits for skin, due to increased blood, and also relief from arthritis, sprains and strains."
    ...
    "$8250 for a five-person unit"

    Math: 1000 Calories / 5 people = 200 Calories per person in 30 minutes.

    That sounds about a little better than the average sauna...
  • DesolataX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Anyone for Cooked Lung?
  • grrz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If this burns calories, like anything else, it will make you hungrier.

    Smoking helps burn calories because the stress it puts on your heart & lungs -- 60% of your "resting" calories are burned by your organs. Just like you can smoke all day and never look or feel fit, you can sit in this tub all day and never look fit. HOWEVER, smoking combined with a good exercise & diet will make you look ripped! Another example would be someone who drinks too much. Alcohol hitting the liver is a suprisingly high calorie burning session, but again its because its screwing with a major organ.

    So you see, burning calories effortlessly is actually quite easy, but the results suck unless used as a supplement to a proper exercise & diet.

    Getting in shape is just that: Shaping. This tub won't do that for you.
    • kankerfist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Can you give more details about this smoking/drinking diet? Whenever I try that I get fat
  • Character0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0And while you are losing weight you can also cook your dinner.
  • colto, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7OK we own two of these saunas in our home. We originally bought one for about $2,500, it is a two-seater. We loved it but for some odd reason the timer on it fried. We contacted the company and instead of repairing a small timer, the sent us a brand new three-seater with included stereo system, for FREE.

    I will have to say that theses saunas are amazing! The infrared heating system doesn't actually heat the air, it heats objects. It essentially gives you a 160 degree sauna treatment without the humidity and without baking you. And did I mention the benefits? These saunas do help you lose weight, but more importantly they are great for de-toxing your body. I have had bad acne for many years. I have tried every cream, solution, remedy on the market including ProActive and others but none seemed to work. However, after taking a 30 minute sauna treatment daily for two weeks, my acne cleared. These saunas make you sweat so much that it opens all of your pours and you literally sweat out the toxins creating acne and other problems. I normally drink about 2 liters of water during a normal 30 minute treatment to displace the sweat being shed. I'd like to see a normal sauna do that.
    • Zapf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1You eat healthy and exercise in addtion to this, right?
    • Humptydank, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Could you name these "toxins" that are supposedly being released? For example, the medical causes of acne are well established, and you'd have to do some real work to describe those causes accurately as "toxins." So could you be more specific please?
    • gunvald, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You don't happen to own stock in this snake oil do you? Sounds like a sales pitch to me.
  • theSCHICK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I wonder if places like nursing homes, or other rehabilation places could really use this. Many people are physically unable to do much, if any form of exercise. This might be a good way for some over-fat individuals to shed some weight.
  • xeroblaze, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think I cooked myself
  • blong, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1
    Holy Jesus, it's a microwave for humans. Bring your leftover dinner to snack on while you wait for your fingers to cook.
  • databasecowboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3In Finnish culture Sauna is as much a spiritual experience as it is a physical one. They are categorized by their spiritual quality. A pu' (sp?) is the highest, it is basically an open fire with vents at the top of the sauna to release the smoke. Next is your basic woodstove sauna which is also quite good. Once you stare getting into electric sauna's you are starting to get on shaky territory. If it doesn't have rocks you can put water on it is not a sauna in my book. These infrared ones look more like tanning booths.

    I've looked into these and they are bottom of the barrel when it comes to the Sauna. For one thing, they don't get hot in terms of the Sauna experience. Also they don't have rocks so you can't make steam. They really shouldn't be considered a sauna.

    The sauna is the Finns secret weapon that has maintained their culture through the eons. This infrared box is more like cargo-cult derivative. I wonder if it comes with plastic birch branches.
  • JohnboiWaltune, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This sounds dubious to me. You don't burn calories by heating the body externally. You burn calories by metabolizing the food you eat, generating mechanical energy from stored chemical energy in the body, and the byproduct (actually waste product) of that is increased body temperature. You burn calories through normal metabolic activities, plus whatever physical activity choose you engage in... by generating energy, not absorbing it from the environment.

    As an aside, you can actually burn calories by submerging yourself in an ice bath, forcing your body to work harder to regulate its body temperature. Not really a recommended weight loss plan, though.
    • nothingtobedone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You're absolutely right that you can only burn calories through metabolic activity, but that's exactly what happens when your body gets overheated -- it kicks on the A.C. I think the 2000 calorie/hour claim is a bit dubious, but the underlying logic of it isn't completely flawed.
    • justinvt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1From a link posted above, it seems like the main mechanism for weight loss is the energy expended by the generation and release of sweat.
    • JohnboiWaltune, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22000 calories per hour, though? That's recockulus. You burn about 2500-3000 calories from running a marathon.
    • justinvt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah - If you have ever done serious exercise, you know that burning that many calories in a short period is very hard on your body. I can't imagine that anyone would feel well immediately afterwards.
    • JohnboiWaltune, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I do Bikram yoga, which is 90 minutes of hatha yoga poses done in a 106-degree room full of people. I sweat buckets, but I seriously doubt I burn anywhere near 2000 calories.
  • cwm9, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10FRAUD.

    This is just a fraud.

    It’s a half-truth designed to separate the gullible from their money.

    If you could lose 1000 calories of fat just by sitting in a sauna, you could lose 2 pounds per week just sitting in a sauna. Doesn’t it sound great?

    The claim that a sauna can "burn calories" is nothing but a misinterpretation of a simple medical fact. It’s well known that "as water evaporates from the body surface, 0.58 calories of heat are lost for each gram of water that evaporates". This is nothing more than the heat of vaporization. It is drives evaporative air-conditioning and is why you feel suddenly cold when you step out of a bath into a dry room.

    By calculating up how many grams of water you 'evaporate off' in a sauna, you can arrive at a figure of about 500-1000 calories per sauna session. The only problem with this is that what you are losing is not 500-1000 calories of fat, but rather 500-1000 calories of HEAT -- heat which the sauna so kindly provided you to begin with.

    Any time you get hot, you have had extra heat energy pumped into your body, whether you are out in the sun, exercising, or in a sauna. Your body responds by saying, “Hey, I’m ***** HOT, and I don’t mean sexy, either,” and then turning on the sweat. As your sweat evaporates it caries off with it some of that excess heat energy.

    In your average sauna, there is steam all around you. The humidity is so high you don't actually get much evaporative cooling from your own sweat, so you don’t “lose many calories” of heat. In THIS sauna, you are being heated by infrared lights, so the air is dry; thus you get much better evaporative cooling. More evaporative cooling = more heat being lost = more "calories being lost" = a great sales pitch if you can hide the fact that the calories being lost aren’t actually calories of fat.

    Ironically, if you get cooled down by your own sweat, you are concentrating the salts from your sweat on your body, and will thus become that much grosser smelling than you would if your sweat were dripping off you as it would in a steam sauna.

    Remember, a calorie is just a unit of energy. Fat can be measured in calories because it is a form of chemical potential energy. Heat can also be measured in calories, since it is just thermal energy.

    This ***** rhetoric is nothing more than a scam, and if there should be any dig about this technology, it should be an article exposing this scam.
    • databasecowboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Scientifc American debunked these claims:

      http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000A6B6E-42B1-1334-82B183414B7F0000

      I guess this is why Digg is a discussion board not a news site -- no fact checking, just diggvertisements. Thus we grunts must do the work to keep Kevin Rose in beer and smokes. That said, at least read the last two paragraphs of the SA article (below) for a more balanced view on infrared "sauna":

      I wanted to see what the allopathic (nonalternative) world had to say about detoxification. I called Roger Clemens, director of an analytical laboratory at the University of Southern California that evaluates environmental toxins in the food supply. Clemens remarked that the most efficient system for detoxification is not an infrared sauna but rather the kidneys, liver, gastrointestinal tract and immune system. "Except when one of the major organs breaks down, there isn't a medical device or any diet that can accelerate the body's natural process of detoxification," he says.

      Hearing this, I decided I would rather rely on the multimillion-year track record of detoxifying my body by just going to the men's room. Shorn of health claims, the sauna was pleasant enough. But a moment of revelation came when I climbed into a car heated by the July sun. Once again, I felt a warmth indistinguishable from what I had experienced at both the Y and when I was wedged into the Sunlight Sauna Solo under the desk at work. Given the almost $2,500 total price for the sauna and the heating pad together, I wagered that I might be able to get the same benefits by spending less time looking for a parking spot in the shade. With a son in college, I don't think I'm going to take the big plunge for a Solo anytime soon.
    • justinvt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2In fairness (I think this is probably BS too) the Sciam article makes no mention of calories burned. It does not specifically debunk what is being claimed here.
    • veloscaper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ditto. the link is also spam to promote the healthmatesauna branded saunas (though it is just some chinese made OEM kit anyway).
  • gxcdesign, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I can burn nearly 700 calories in 30 minutes...and can build my calves so I'll stick with excercising...



    lazy America!
    • justinvt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Americans aren't lazy, just fat. Studies typically show that Americans work more hours per year than citizens of any other nation, although some years we are second to Japan. Here is an article:

      http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/37360_work01.shtml

      By the way - What the ***** are you doing to burn 700 calories in a half hour? I used to do 12 mile runs every Sunday, and I remember figuring it to be about 1300. I found this list that suggest that you are either Dragging Logs (seriously, thats on the list) or running at 12mph, which is close to a full sprint. I admit that this list may not be reputable http://www.lowfatlifestyle.com/calories.htm
    • JohnboiWaltune, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Yeah, I'm a runner too, and that sounds about right for a 12 mile run. I assume you are taking in carbs during the run (carb gels, Gatorade, or whatever), so you need to subtract the calories in that from the total burned.

      If you're not taking in carbs, try sucking down a packet of Gu (www.gusports.com) with some water every 45 minutes during your run. It really gives you more energy, repleneshes electrolytes, and makes you faster. If your run is less than an hour, you don't need anything but water.

      AFAIK, the only sport (I'm not counting stupid boring crap like pulling logs around) that burns more calories than running is cross country skiing.
    • veloscaper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1try bicycling and swimming in addition to xc skiing
  • felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3According to the "Sexercise" plan, "a vigorous masturbation session can help burn up to 300 calories."

    Four times a day, save yourself some money on the sauna?

    http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/health/2302004.htm (No pictures on the page, SFW)
    • airmann90, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well, I definately burn 1200+ Calories each day, but this thing would be easier, and less of a work-out for my poor arm!
  • Pardak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Why not just put your treadmill in your sauna and get double the bang for you bukc. Wouldn't that be win win?
  • entropy357, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Burn 1000 calories in 30 minutes? Yeah, that sounds safe.
  • Rabid_Llama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1As stated before, this is just an oven. The air inside will most certainly get hot, because the infrared radiation will hit the walls, be absorbed, then be transferred to the air, the same way that you can feel the heat from a sidewalk on a hot summer day.

    Infrared light is not special or magical, either. It's an awful lot like *red* light in many ways. In fact, there's a type of light that's about a HUNDRED times more powerful than infrared! Guess what kind of light that is. Blue. Blue light. Blue light is about a hundred times more energetic than infrared. There's other factors at work here, but the whole light spectrum is involved with heating, not just IR.
  • r2tincan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What about damage to the eye?

    Most of the body can regulate blood flow to cool or heat the body, but the eyes cannot. Studies have shown with heating bubbles will form in the eye causing premature cataracts...
  • moussam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0You know the saying,if it's too good to be true,then it probably is.Well,it is.

    This is actually pretty dangerous. The fat gets liquified by the IR true,but that liquified fat does not get dumped out by the body. Where is the fat going to go? Will you ***** it out? Of course not,anybody who has taken bio 101 would know how the digestive system works. Energy is only used and stored by the body,not excreted out through the anus.

    So what does happen? When the fat is liquified by the IR, the fat gets shifted all around the body by moving through your bloodstream,then when it hardens back up,this is going to cause problems.The fat will clog up your arteries,it will settle on vital organs like the heart and the liver.Instead of being stored in the midsection or the thighs,the fat now is being stored on your organs.the probably harmless fat you had has now become the dangerous visceral fat.
    • veloscaper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1gee, I better not overheat when I exercise either otherwise my little pounch stomach (always have had this little baby fat around my belly that won't go away) might shift and land on my heart and kill me. I'm so lucky it hasn't happened yet. Thanks for thw warning.
  • vixiecron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Infrared radiation! Gee golly whiz. Modern technology! Never mind that infrared radiation is emitted by pretty much anything with a temperature above, oh, zip. As an alternative you could just stand in a room with a bunch of people, turn the lights on in your house, never use air conditioning, sit in front of a camp fire, or stand in the sun.
  • zakerynixon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I need to sit in this for about 10 days straight.... I'll finally be skinny!
  • moussam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0gee, I better not overheat when I exercise either otherwise my little pounch stomach (always have had this little baby fat around my belly that won't go away) might shift and land on my heart and kill me. I'm so lucky it hasn't happened yet. Thanks for thw warning.

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  • lobbster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1i wonder what the side effects of this could be, also the fat community wont take anything on board if it does not wide there fat asses.
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  • tecdocTi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Excessive IR --> cataracts
  • NCC1701A, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Late Question:

    Isn't all heat Infrared?
  • switchman401, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Medium Rare please. OH! And don't forget the salt this time.
  • mos6507, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"What the ***** are you doing to burn 700 calories in a half hour?"

    When I push myself as hard as I can, I can burn 600 calories in 30 minutes on the elliptical (which simulates cross-country skiing), up to a full 1,200 calories in an hour after which I'm pretty much wiped out. 1,000 calories in an hour is more my average.
  • Elohir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is going to get a LOT of flack from health nuts.
  • jimsym, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0OK personally I don't believe that sitting still will give you a workout that burns that many calories. Think of the effort you go to burn that many with exercise in 30 minutes.

    As to whether it's OK with heart patients check out http://www.ultimatesauna.blogspot.com where there's a post on how it helps MS (or CFS) and also one on end-stage heart patients.
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  • laksoy81, on 02/19/2008, -0/+0I think it is dangerious.

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  • ACUSTOMER, on 03/13/2008, -0/+0Far-Infrared heaters for the first time were developed in 1965 by the doctor Tadashi Ishikava who works at the Fuji Medical’s R&D department. Only after 14 years of thorough medical researches this technology was allowed for the public use.
    You may find some info on acquiring stress relief, detoxifying and losing weight via infrared heat sessions at: http://www.wccomfort.com/sauna-reviews/saunas/ . Price-list at http://www.wccomfort.com/sauna-price-list/
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