Sweating Decontaminates Your Body
Several studies find environmental pollutants in sweat. Therefore, physical exercise and the sauna are effective in detoxifying.
We knew that the skin is one of the organism’s organs of elimination or excretion and in natural medicine, reference is often made to the benefits of expelling toxins with sweat.
This is a statement that is often questioned or downplayed from official medicine, which until now has not seen a greater therapeutic utility in sweat.
However, this may change with studies such as those conducted at the University of Alberta (Canada), which prove how significant amounts of environmental pollutants that have entered the body can be removed through sweat .
A way to eliminate toxins like flame retardants
One group of these compounds are flame retardants, toxic with an endocrine disrupting effect.
Flame retardants are polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) found in a wide variety of everyday products, such as electronics, furniture, plastics, building materials or clothing.
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Once they enter the body, PBDEs accumulate in fatty tissues, alter the endocrine system and promote fertility and metabolic disorders.
One of the Canadian studies involved 11 women and 9 men from whom blood, urine and sweat samples were taken. The analyzes found metabolites of PBDEs in the blood and sweat of all the participants.
A good reason to sweat
The authors concluded that the study offered baseline evidence in favor of regular sweating sessions as a means of facilitating therapeutic elimination of PBDEs.
Previous research, published in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health, had also shown that sweat is accompanied by a variety of pollutants such as bisphenol and heavy metals such as arsenium and cadmium.
Physical exercise and sauna
Therefore, physical exercise, the sauna and any activity that causes sweat are effective means of eliminating toxins. The next time they ask you “what toxins?” you can answer “PBDEs, heavy metals and bisphenol among others”.
References:
- Genuis et al. Human Excretion of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Flame Retardants: Blood, Urine, and Sweat Study. Biomedical Research International.
- Genuis et al. Human excretion of bisphenol A: blood, urine, and sweat (BUS) study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health.
- Margaret Sears et al. Arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury in sweat: a systematic review. Journal of Environmental and Public Health.
