Can You Sweat Out Toxins?
kshama2001
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To continue the toxin/sweat convo from http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10588569/waist-training/p1
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/well/live/can-you-sweat-out-toxins.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/well/live/can-you-sweat-out-toxins.html
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Yes. And when we sneeze we're expelling evil spirits from our bodies.
What, you're going to tell me that's woo, too?20 -
Pee them out
Thanks liver! 4 -
A relative swore she was sweating toxins because her sweat stung her eyes.
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Well, I do spend 5 minutes in the steam room after my 2.5 hours in the pool (laps and water aerobics) and my skin does not smell of chlorine. Maybe I am sweating it out of my pores.
No, you do not sweat out "toxins" coursing through your various systems. Your liver and kidneys get rid of them.0 -
My niece swore she was sweating toxins from the soles of her feet during hot yoga.
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snickerscharlie wrote: »
She had them! Teenage girls will believe anything!5 -
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snickerscharlie wrote: »
I think they claim you can do the same thing with onions?0 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »
She had them! Teenage girls will believe anything!
Actually, I have an adult friend, in her thirties that uses bath salts and tells me she can see the toxins from her body in the bath water.
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snickerscharlie wrote: »
I think they claim you can do the same thing with onions?
Nowhere near as effective, because onions are cheap.
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Sassafras106 wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »
She had them! Teenage girls will believe anything!
Actually, I have an adult friend, in her thirties that uses bath salts and tells me she can see the toxins from her body in the bath water.
Tell her it's called "dirt" and is commonly found only on the outside of the body.8 -
If we don't sweat out toxins then why can you smell people who drink heavily the night before in the gym? Comes out of their pores it seems2
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Sassafras106 wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »
She had them! Teenage girls will believe anything!
Actually, I have an adult friend, in her thirties that uses bath salts and tells me she can see the toxins from her body in the bath water.
Tell her it's called "dirt" and is commonly found only on the outside of the body.
I've always wanted to tell her to clean her bathtub!
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If we don't sweat out toxins then why can you smell people who drink heavily the night before in the gym? Comes out of their pores it seems
The smell comes from the liver being overwhelmed from the amount of alcohol consumed. In an effort to rid the body of the alcohol, it gets pushed out of the pores. This is not a good thing.
A fully functional liver will metabolize the alcohol. If it can be smelled, that is an indicator that the liver is not fully functioning and often an indicator that the person is an alcoholic.8 -
Think about it. A "toxin" is a poison. Like snake venom for example. So can one literally sweat "poison" out of there sweat glands if they have a normal respiratory and excretory system? Lol, you lick yourself and actually get "poisoned"?kshama2001 wrote: »To continue the toxin/sweat convo from http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10588569/waist-training/p1
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/well/live/can-you-sweat-out-toxins.html
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Lol, because they are still metabolizing alcohol and you smell it from their breath.If we don't sweat out toxins then why can you smell people who drink heavily the night before in the gym? Comes out of their pores it seems
In case you didn't know, alcohol cannot be stored in the body, so it has to totally metabolized out. And during that time, no other energy sources are being used. So no fat, no carbs.
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suzannesimmons3 wrote: »I sweat garlic smell out of my pores only because I am one of those strange people who's body cannot metabolise certain compounds. I'd still say if toxins are coming out of your pores your seriously buggered and need a hospital and possibly a priest.
Yup. There is a difference between a compound not being fully metabolized and sweated out and actual toxins being sweated out.0 -
Well I guess sweat has "toxins" in it in the form of urea, ammonia, sodium, chloride, and other "chemicals" but so does your body. Sweat contains small amounts of these.
Think about it. A "toxin" is a poison. Like snake venom for example. So can one literally sweat "poison" out of there sweat glands if they have a normal respiratory and excretory system? Lol, you lick yourself and actually get "poisoned"?kshama2001 wrote: »To continue the toxin/sweat convo from http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10588569/waist-training/p1
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/well/live/can-you-sweat-out-toxins.html
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The dose makes the poison. Sweat contains ammonia and urea for starters - both of which would poison you if ingested in a great enough quantity.2 -
Also, shouldn't this go in the discussion/debate section? It doesn't seem to have much to do with general diet and weight loss help...3
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I see some people didn't read the article.
As to ammonia and urea in sweat, they're waste products from metabolism and them being present in sweat is the sweat doing it's job.
You're making an argument that our own waste would kill us, we don't need help for the process of metabolism to function properly like some people think we do which is the genesis of "sweat out your toxins!" and other similar things like that. Digesting protein is a normal bodily function.
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scarlett_k wrote: »Well I guess sweat has "toxins" in it in the form of urea, ammonia, sodium, chloride, and other "chemicals" but so does your body. Sweat contains small amounts of these.
Think about it. A "toxin" is a poison. Like snake venom for example. So can one literally sweat "poison" out of there sweat glands if they have a normal respiratory and excretory system? Lol, you lick yourself and actually get "poisoned"?kshama2001 wrote: »To continue the toxin/sweat convo from http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10588569/waist-training/p1
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/well/live/can-you-sweat-out-toxins.html
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The dose makes the poison. Sweat contains ammonia and urea for starters - both of which would poison you if ingested in a great enough quantity.
So is water. I have yet to see anyone unironically refer to water as a toxin or poison though.3 -
stevencloser wrote: »scarlett_k wrote: »Well I guess sweat has "toxins" in it in the form of urea, ammonia, sodium, chloride, and other "chemicals" but so does your body. Sweat contains small amounts of these.
Think about it. A "toxin" is a poison. Like snake venom for example. So can one literally sweat "poison" out of there sweat glands if they have a normal respiratory and excretory system? Lol, you lick yourself and actually get "poisoned"?kshama2001 wrote: »To continue the toxin/sweat convo from http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10588569/waist-training/p1
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/well/live/can-you-sweat-out-toxins.html
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The dose makes the poison. Sweat contains ammonia and urea for starters - both of which would poison you if ingested in a great enough quantity.
So is water. I have yet to see anyone unironically refer to water as a toxin or poison though.
Well, I like how suddenly, the byproducts of digestion of a normal food (protein) are toxins instead of waste products.
It's like making a drama production out of the digestive system with scary lighting and bad actors and the like.
In nature, most organisms produce toxins as a defense. Not as a waste product.7 -
So I guess the question is, is sweating good for you? My husband believes it is very good for the body. I hate to sweat, I sweat when I work out, but I certainly don't purposely try to sweat just to sweat.0
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Not disagreeing with that, however the same could be said if you ingested too much in vitamins, iron, and other minerals. You'd "poison" yourself.scarlett_k wrote: »Well I guess sweat has "toxins" in it in the form of urea, ammonia, sodium, chloride, and other "chemicals" but so does your body. Sweat contains small amounts of these.
Think about it. A "toxin" is a poison. Like snake venom for example. So can one literally sweat "poison" out of there sweat glands if they have a normal respiratory and excretory system? Lol, you lick yourself and actually get "poisoned"?kshama2001 wrote: »To continue the toxin/sweat convo from http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10588569/waist-training/p1
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/well/live/can-you-sweat-out-toxins.html
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The dose makes the poison. Sweat contains ammonia and urea for starters - both of which would poison you if ingested in a great enough quantity.
The point here is that there isn't enough of that in the generally healthy body to sweat out "toxins".
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Sweat is for one main reason...........................to cool the body.J9LynnHelton wrote: »So I guess the question is, is sweating good for you? My husband believes it is very good for the body. I hate to sweat, I sweat when I work out, but I certainly don't purposely try to sweat just to sweat.
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