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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup
The idea of "sweating out toxins" is a very common one in the fringes of altnernative health and New Age healing but it is not an idea looked kindly upon in mainstream medical circles, mostly for the reason that GD mentions: there is no physical connection between your sweat glands and the organs your body uses to process toxins.
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Googling gave me articles to support both sides, with no actual evidence for either side. I did find this quote:
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As the pores open up and we begin to perspire, millions of sweat glands start to excrete metabolic and other waste products. Sweat contains almost the same elements of urine. In addition, environmental toxins such as lead, mercury, nicotine, alcohol, sulfuric acid, and pesticides have been found in sweat. Without release, these toxins accumulate in the adipose tissues, which can result in illness.
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Most of those things can be found in the air. I don't think it's too far of a leap, however, to assume that since blood circulates through your entire body, that the blood could pick up toxins in the organs and leave them behind in the skin. Is it? I think I'll just leave it at, I like to sweat. When working out that is. When doing everyday tasks or just being outdoors it really annoys me.
Oddly enough, I also don't mind the smell of sweat, provided that it is standard sweat, and not super foul sweat. Too many years of sports medicine and dance, I suppose. Sort of like how manure smells good to people that live on a farm.