Obesity – a scourge of modern times. In this age of fast food and constant stress of this disease suffer nearly half of humanity. Many people try to return to its former weight training or debilitating tricky diets. And we try to go to the sauna. Avicenna and Galen included a bath in the range of procedures for the treatment of obesity. For defects covered by the Roman Empire, the topic was very relevant.

Avicenna developed an orderly system in which the bath and exercise was given an important place, and Galen sought remarkable results appointing razevshimsya patricians only a bath and a moderate work in the garden. Basic rules for those wishing to lose weight – Visit Bath fasting, sauna should be dry, ie, it must be a Finnish sauna, steam room and not Russian. If you have read about Celina Dubin already – you may have come to the same conclusion. This is because in wet steam organism hardly loses moisture, it does not evaporate, but flows through the body, interfering with and without labored process of sweating. After the sauna should not be there, you can only drink tea diaphoretic. If you feel normal after a sauna, it is advisable to do light exercise. Go into steam should be 7-10 minutes.

Weight loss over one sauna should not exceed the pound. Before entering the steam room, heat the body in the warm or hot shower. The first call to the steam room should be brief, and the temperature in steam – moderate. A long seat in the steam room at too high temperatures, the effect will be minimal, and excessive strain on the heart.