Seems to help reduce PVCs

Wonder if it would help with AF as well?
[www.jstage.jst.go.jp]

I constructed a heat lamp near infrared sauna from four 250W heat lamps in a diamond pattern mounted in porcelain fixtures on a pine board . I insulated an unused 0.75x.1.2 m (2.5x4') shower using Reflectix (aluminum faced bubble wrap ) insulation. It generally gets to 43-54 C (110-130 F). Since it is near infrared, the bulbs heat you, not the air. In the last month or so, I've started pre warming myself with an 8x20:10 (eight repetitions of 20 seconds hard 10 seconds rest) Tabatas on a fan bike (4 minutes total) and a second set on a fan rower. These aren't all out Tabatas, usually at about 80% of my max heart rate (full on Tabatas aren't good on a daily basis, I do a full one about once a week). I sweat like crazy. I also recently switched to bulbs with a peak frequency at 850 nm. My prior bulbs peaked around 1150 nm. The new ones feel hotter.

Can't say it has done anything for or against my afib or PVC's, because both are thankfully very rare. For another project, I've been taking a lot of 1 minute manual pulse tests with my finger and I don't feel any PVCs (or PACs). I'm guessing improvement would be for those with metabolic dysfunction, since they were heart failure patients. I'm very metabolically ahd physically fit, so it may not have made any difference.

My sauna was relatively inexpensive to construct. About $200 US. So one could test out the theory on themselves.

I remember your set up, George. Still thinking of building one myself.
Have been reading that carbon combined with ceramic elements are ideal - allegedly? Expensive though and haven't found a supplier (in Australia) of the elements so i could build it myself
[www.infrared-sauna.com.au]
Ah, i did get the link from Dr Rhonda Patricks very good write up on saunas. Many more ref. there.



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I remember your set up, George. Still thinking of building one myself.
Have been reading that carbon combined with ceramic elements are ideal - allegedly? Expensive though and haven't found a supplier (in Australia) of the elements so i could build it myself
[www.infrared-sauna.com.au]
Ah, i did get the link from Dr Rhonda Patricks very good write up on saunas. Many more ref. there.

I don't claim to know what is best. I originally purchased a far infrared sauna with a carbon heater. I'd read these could have huge EMF emissions. I got a meter that measures RF, magnetic and electrical fields. I measured and one of these (I don't recall which) was off scale high. So I got rid of it. I then used plans in Dr. Wilson's book Appendix D for my heat lamp sauna, except I used 4 rather than 3 lamps (in a diamond pattern). I wired it in parallel as he suggests and have a switch on the board. I insulated the shower and hung the lamp board with cord from the shower. I have a heavy duty cord with plug wired to the switch and use a heavy duty outdoor extension cord to connect the plug to power on a GFI protected outlet. My meter shows very little EMF from any of the 3 measured sources. On his website <[drlwilson.com] he warns against some new bulbs which is says emit more far IR. I happened to have just purchased 4 of these bulbs. They do feel hotter. I only saw his warning after looking at his site for this post. As I'm out of town right now, I can't measure them.

As I say, I can't claim any expertise. I finally settled on the NIR heat lamps. They seem to work well.

Thanks George! In the back of my mind i seem to recall that 600 to 1400nm is good and around 800nm is optimal?
Not easy to get definitive info on infrared vs. conventional sauna heating.

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Thanks George! In the back of my mind i seem to recall that 600 to 1400nm is good and around 800nm is optimal?
Not easy to get definitive info on infrared vs. conventional sauna heating.

The new bulbs I got (that Dr. Wilson warns against) say their peak is at 850 nm. In Wilson's book is this frequency distribution, which peaks around 1150 nm <[drlwilson.com] . It is from a Sylvania bulb. This is the first bulbs I bought <[saunaspace.com] I don't know what the frequency distribution looks like on these bulbs or the new ones I bought. These are the new bulbs I bought that Wilson isn't happy with <[rubyluxlights.com] ("peaking at 850 nm"). I suppose I should ask for frequency distributions on all the bulbs.

Sounds good, George (the rubylux). I'll make inquiries at our local lighting specialist soon.