We have been using infrared energy for as long as we have been here on planet Earth. It is the energy that we receive from our sun that keeps us warm.
What is Far-Infrared Energy?
We are all familiar with the electromagnetic spectrum of radiation, especially the visible spectrum that we perceive as the rainbow of colors. We also hear about ultraviolet light, the energy that is the next frequency range above the color violet, that we use sunscreen to protect our skin from. Infrared energy is the frequency range immediately below the color red and we perceive it as heat.
The infrared range is further broken down into three sub-ranges: near-infrared, mid-infrared, and far-infrared. Near-infrared is often used in heat lamps, like those that keep your french fries warm at fast food restaurants, and is the part of the infrared range closest to the color red. Mid-infrared is in the middle of the range obviously and I believe I was told that it is used in remote controls but I cannot find anything about that now. The lower portion of the infrared range is called far-infrared and is often used in therapeutic settings, like far-infrared saunas, support wraps, and blankets.
What are the Benefits of Far-Infrared Energy?
Far-infrared energy is used to provide heat deep into your muscles. Near-infrared doesn’t penetrate much at all. If you put your hand under a heat lamp your skin will get warm. It heats from the outside in. Mid-infrared penetrates a little bit deeper. Far-infrared can penetrate deep and warm from the inside out. The best way I know to explain the feeling of far-infrared energy is when you are outside on a sunny Winter day. It is cold but if you face the sun you can feel its warmth on your face. That is far-infrared energy.
S0, the benefit of far-infrared is its deep warming ability. For example, a far-infrared heating pad is able to warm the muscle or joint that needs the heat without overheating the skin whereas a regular heating pad can’t.
Nikken’s Far-Infrared Technology
Nikken’s far-infrared products use specially coated fibers that can absorb ambient energy in the room and reflect it back out as far-infrared energy. That ambient energy can be sunlight, heat, or your excess body heat. Because it can absorb your excess body heat and reflect it back out as far-infrared, it can actually cool you too. I know it sounds hard to believe, but it does work.
Nikken’s comforters are the most popular of Nikken’s far-infrared products. They are very effective at helping you regulate your body temperature. I have heard many married couples talk about how she can stay warm enough and he can stay cool enough to sleep comfortably through the night with just the comforter. I experience that myself every night in both winter and summer.
What has really impressed me with the far-infrared comforters is those rare times when one of my kids runs a high temperature. We wrap them up at night in the comforter and their temperature is back to normal in the morning. Keep in mind that when you have a high temperature, it is because your body is fighting something off, so if it still needs a high temperature then it will go back up.
Nikken has also incorporated their technology into far-infrared socks to keep your feet comfortable and reduce sweating. They also have far-infrared support wraps and coat many of their magnetic products with a far-infrared coating. If you have used any of Nikken’s magnetic pads, like the Kenko Flex or Kenko Mini, the far-infrared is the black material on the side that goes toward your skin. It is also the material on the darker side of Nikken’s Magstrides magnetic insoles.
I hope you have found this information helpful and if you have a story you would like to share about a time you used a far-infrared product, then please do so in a comment below. Please share this information with your followers on the social networks too.
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