Natural health with Megan Sheppard

Are there proven benefits to taking a sauna? I find it good for arthritis, but I have been told that it can be bad for your health if you have heart troubles.

Steam rooms and saunas should be avoided if you have any heart problems, and the same advice goes for pregnant women, people with kidney disease, multiple sclerosis, or diabetes.

For everybody else, steam rooms can have health benefits, including for arthritis. Saunas and steaming eliminate toxins, plus they may strengthen resistance to illness by raising the body temperature.