Study Suggests Elevated Body Temperature Aids Antibiotics Against Lyme Disease
Oct 20th
Fighting Lyme disease? Researchers believe that increasing body temperature may be beneficial, helping prescribed antibiotics do their work in fighting Borrelia burgdorferi – the bacterium which causes Lyme disease.
In 1996, Austrian scientists published a study* which suggests that heat may help antibiotics in their tough battle against Bb bacterium. They cultured Borrelia burgdorferi at different temperatures, alone and in combination with antibiotics. Their data demonstrated that growth of two strains was impaired at 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and inhibited at 39 degrees (102.2 degrees F) and 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees F). Another strain grew well up to More >
Portable Infrared Sauna on The View
Oct 5th
This Friday, the ladies on The View, ABC’s hit daytime talk show, will talk about infrared saunas! Dr. Gadget and show guest Mario Cantone will discuss the benefits of infrared sauna therapy. We absolutely LOVE hearing national television shows extolling infrared heat!
The unit featured on this episode of The View is a portable, seated far infrared (FIR) sauna. Though not the unit seen on The View, Sunlighten’s Solo System™ portable infrared sauna was the ORIGINAL single-unit infrared sauna – and, we believe, the highest quality personal sauna on the market. We have many commercial clients who use Solo infrared saunas in their More >
Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman on Detoxing with Sunlighten
Sep 30th
We were so excited to see a mention of Sunlighten infrared saunas in Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman’s Edge of Health blog last week. So cool!
Dr. Ann Louise is the author of 30 books on alternative health, including her New York Times bestseller The Fat Flush Plan. She was recognized as one of the top ten nutritionists in the country by Self magazine and was the recipient of the American Medical Writers Association award for excellence.
Dr. Ann Louise was the first to proclaim that obesity was caused by the lack of dietary fats and the wrong kind of carbohydrates in her book Beyond More >





