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"When the wei qi is deficient, people can get sick more easily, sweat too much or not enough, and develop sores that won't come to a head. In addition, by strengthening the wei qi, this herb reduces excessive sweating, menopausal sweating, and night sweats and promotes suppuration of boils and carbuncles. Astragalus enhances immune system function and helps prevent colds, influenza, bronchitis, mononucleosis, pneumonia, infection by the coxsackie B virus (the major cause of myocarditis), and other forms of external evil." - David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes, Adaptogens: Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief (Get the book.)

"Your body's 3 million sweat glands perform an important task—helping to regulate your body temperature. Step outside on a hot day, and your body immediately begins to cool itself. Tiny blood vessels in your skin dilate, expanding their surface area to dissipate heat. Your sweat glands pull water from your blood and send it to your skin, bathing you in cooling sweat. According to scientists, sweat that is the result of heat is odorless ?it's emotional sweating that's stinky. No matter what's making you sweat, if you want to smell good, your diet can help." - Editors of FC&A, 1001 Home Health Secrets for Seniors (Get the book.)

"Some overweight individuals never sweat. Some elite athletes do not sweat that much during exercise, because they are so efficient at making ATP (65% energy, 35% heat) that they never get into the 100% heat production of UCP3. They usually sweat after they are done as they are cooling down and dissipating heat. Compared to the overweight non-sweater who struggles to make ATP (thus does not even get 35% heat and can not do normal sweating from increased ATP synthesis during exercise). This is reflective of an inability to burn sugar and fat, classic insulin and leptin resistance." - Byron J. Richards, CCN, Mastering Leptin: The Leptin Diet, Solving Obesity and Preventing Disease, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"We don't follow any particular sweat tradition, but we keep in mind that all our ancestors before us sweat in some fashion so we remember them through our sweating. This is an opportunity for our community to come together, regardless of religious persuasion, to pray in a heartfelt and mindful way. In preparation, we select stones from the surrounding area that will hold the fire in them—granite and lava rocks are especially adapted to this. Each stone is prayed over as it is placed on the wood base." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"Heat forces toxic materials out of cells, so they can be excreted through the sweat glands. Saunas also enhance microcirculation, moving more oxygen to injured tissues, and can help encourage a lessening of inflammation. Sweating out mercury, for instance, has a long history. This technique was employed in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s. Miners who showed mental confusion and tremors, both clinical signs of mercury toxicity, were placed in hot environments and forced to sweat to get rid of the mercury." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"You lose them when you sweat (sweat tastes salty, right?). All but the most vigorously exercising and sweating people would not even notice those losses because everyone has plenty of electrolytes to begin with. Gatorade Orange Sports Drink contains these electrolytes (which I put in italics): Water, sucrose syrup, glucose-fructose syrup, citric acid, natural orange flavor with other natural flavors, salt, sodium citrate, monopotassium phosphate, yellow 6, ester gum, brominated vegetable oil." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"FCCPU) Catalase 100 baker units CROHN'S DISEASE See inflammatory bowel disease CYSTIC FIBROSIS Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a congenital metabolic disorder in which secretions of the exocrine glands (which produce mucus, tears, sweat, saliva, and digestive juices) are abnormal, affecring the respiratory, digestive, and reproductive systems. Excessively viscid mucus obstructs the body's passageways (including pancreatic and bile ducts, intestines, and bronchi), and the sodium and chloride content of sweat increases throughout the patient's life." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Heat burns fat and sweat helps flush out your body's toxins. If you are not perspiring when you exercise, you are probably exercising far below your target heart rate. If you do not need a workout towel to wipe off your sweat when you exercise, you will need to gradually work up to that point. sweat is good. It means you are achieving results. Even if you start out at the low end of the moderate intensity level of 55 percent of your maximum capacity, over time you will be able to increase your intensity and duration as your body becomes more conditioned." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"Some elite athletes do not sweat that much during exercise, because they are so efficient at making ATP (65% energy, 35% heat) that they never get into the 100% heat production of UCP3. They usually sweat after they are done as they are cooling down and dissipating heat. Compared to the overweight non-sweater who struggles to make ATP (thus does not even get 35% heat and can not do normal sweating from increased ATP synthesis during exercise). This is reflective of an inability to burn sugar and fat, classic insulin and leptin resistance." - Byron J. Richards, CCN, Mastering Leptin: The Leptin Diet, Solving Obesity and Preventing Disease, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"Saunas or sweat baths using eucalyptus or other essential oils relieve colds, flu, catarrh or bronchial conditions and may even alleviate an asthma attack. Of course, a sauna or sweat bath should be followed by a tepid bath or shower to lower the body temperature gradually and avoid catching a chill. In flotation tanks, the latest innovation in the realm of hydrotherapy, common salt (sodium chloride) is used not only to soothe aching muscles but also to support the patient's body-weight, making flotation more comfortable." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Small amounts of zinc are also lost from the body in skin cells, the menstrual cycle, sweat, semen, and hair. Zinc is returned to the intestines in pancreatic juice and cell secretions Liver stores excess zinc as metallothionein Unabsorbed zinc may be eliminated in the stool Small losses in skin cells, the menstrual cycle, sweat, semen, and hair Figure 12-4 Zinc is returned to the intestines. Summary for Zinc Main functions: in enzymes, with hormones, protein structure, and diverse functions. RDA: 2 to 6 mg for children and 8 to 13 mg for adolescents and adults." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"The heat and steam cause the body to sweat, transporting both physical and spiritual impurities out through the skin. The steam emits negative ions, which have myriad physical benefits. The sweathouse is a sacred container, not unlike a womb, with its dark, warm, and wet environment where one returns to shed that which does not serve, emerging reborn anew. Others may liken it to a temple because of the reverent nature of the prayer offerings. Being in a lodge is an opportunity to pray for oneself and others." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"Averaging less than one-tenth of an inch in thickness, a square-inch of it holds about twenty blood vessels, 650 sweat glands, and 1,000 nerve endings. Your skin is enough of a barrier to keep fluids within your body (except for its controlled release of perspiration through sweat glands), but it also readily absorbs many things with which it comes into contact. When your skin wrinkles after being immersed in water, for example, it does so because it has expanded from absorbing some of that water." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"This increased production of D affects the production of collagen in skin, the growth of sweat glands, hair follicle life-cycles, and muscle and bone. The positive effects of sufficient vitamin D on hair follicles and sweat glands enhance your cooling efficiency during exercise. The fuel burned during exercise varies with the type of exercise. During short, quick activities such as sprinting and power lifting, the body uses glucose." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Tiny blood vessels in your skin dilate, expanding their surface area to dissipate heat. Your sweat glands pull water from your blood and send it to your skin, bathing you in cooling sweat. According to scientists, sweat that is the result of heat is odorless ?it's emotional sweating that's stinky. No matter what's making you sweat, if you want to smell good, your diet can help. Certain vegetables, like parsley, contain chlorophyll, a natural deodorant that helps prevent body odor. And other foods, like garlic, onions, and some cheeses, can make your body ?and your breath ?smell badly." - Editors of FC&A, 1001 Home Health Secrets for Seniors (Get the book.)

"The sun beat down and sweat soaked our clothes. Occasionally the jungle would open and we'd catch a sweeping view of Nicoya, spilling down the mountain to toast-brown flats that stretched all the way to the slate-blue line of the Pacific Ocean. Perhaps an hour into our trek, we rounded a bend and came upon a two-room shack outside of which a shirtless man was fiercely chopping wood in a small jungle clearing. "Hello, I'm Dan Buettner," I said, extending my hand. "Do you know where we might find the village of Juan Diaz?" He put his sweaty, calloused hand in mine and let me shake it." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"As blood flow increases to cool the body, a cardiovascular conditioning and calorie-burning effect occurs and sweat is produced. Since many toxins are stored in body fat, as fat cells are heated they release toxins into the sweat which is then eliminated via the skin. And because internal organs are largely unaffected by the sauna's direct hyperthermic effects, detoxification can be achieved without placing stress on the liver or kidneys.17 Dr." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"During exercise, water and electrolytes are lost from the body in sweat. sweat rate is determined primarily by the metabolic rate and the environmental temperature and humidity. Under some conditions, the sweat rate can exceed the maximum rate of gastric emptying of ingested fluids. If this occurs, some degree of dehydration is observed. Excessive replacement of sweat losses with plain water or fluids with a low sodium content following prolonged exercise has resulted in hyponatraemia, so sodium replacement is considered essential for post-exercise rehydration." - Michael T. Murray, ND, Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 1 (Get the book.)

"Step 2: sweat it out and sweat it off. • ? Step 3: Eat foods that help you detoxify, and avoid foods that make you toxic. ??Step 4: Try herbal remedies that will help you detoxify. ??Step 5: Add supplements to support your liver and help you detoxify. ¦\- Step 6: Consider testing your detoxification system and looking for toxins. If you are having problems with this UltraMetabolism key and you have too many toxins in your body, you can reverse the effects of your toxic environment by following these steps." - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"Butterflies suckle on human sweat while expelling creamy secretions. Voon points out a little bird called the black-breasted fruit hunter. Clouds of mosquitoes trail me wherever I go. Although I'm taking anti-malarials, the travel clinic warned me that there's no vaccination against insect-borne dengue fever. Each time I'm bitten, I imagine some rare tropical virus coursing through my bloodstream. At least there's no sign of the other pests I've been warned about: tiger leeches that gorge on blood, sharp-toothed ants that swarm up legs and man-eating crocodiles." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "In 2007, immigration agents in Huixtla, Mexico, were tipped off by the smell of human sweat when searching an eighteen-wheeler full of bananas. They found ninety-four people hiding among the fruit crates. The bust revealed that Carlos Cesar Ferrera, "King of the Trailers," had been overseeing a network of hundreds of trucks carrying human cargo. Ferrera would approach truckers and ask whether, for a fee of five thousand to ten thousand dollars they'd be willing to carry what he called a "heavier load of bananas." The majority of smugglers don't know they're smugglers. " - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Progressive dehydration impairs the ability to sweat and therefore to regulate body temperature. Body temperature rises faster in the dehydrated state and is commonly accompanied by a higher heart rate during exercise. The most dramatic consequence of dehydration-induced hyperthermia during exercise is a 25% to 30% reduction in stroke volume that is not generally met with a proportional increase in heart rate; this results in a decline in cardiac output and in arterial blood pressure [68]. Fluid losses are mainly dependent on three factors: 1." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Health magazine published an article noting how "natural sweat stoppers can leave much to be desired." But a test by magazine staffers found that some of the new organics ?specifically Nature's Gate Organics Fruit Blend and Erbaviva Organic ?"really do sop up wetness and leave you smelling sweet." (The journalists reached this favorable conclusion by applying the organic deodorants to themselves, working out on exercise machines, and then doing a "smell" test.) Japan is another of the fastest growing markets for organic products." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"Some women are awakened during sleep due to a night sweat, but sleep disturbances are not always a result of hot flashes, and not all hot flashes disrupt sleep. Most nighttime hot flashes are associated with waking up, but almost half the time a waking episode is not associated with hot flashes. Sleep disturbances and early morning awakenings are also signs of depression and anxiety. These emotional changes are also associated with menopause for some women." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"First, when we swim in water, or even just sweat, we lose the product's protective value (unless it is continually reapplied). Second and even more importantly, because few people apply sunscreens "at the same rate of application at which the product was tested in the laboratory," in the words of New Zealand physician and sunscreen expert Dr. Steve Taylor, "no one should think that their sunscreen gives them anything more than two hours protection at best," no matter how high the SPF. (4) As Dr. Taylor further explains in his 2002 online book, Two Fingers To Sunscreen?" - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"I haven't had any, except I sweat more than I should," he said, raising his arms to show me the dark spots on his olive green T-shirt. I asked him about the increased blood pressure and heart problems I had read about in the warning labels printed by Novartis, the maker of Ritalin, and he raised his brows as if to say, "Now, that is a new one." He said he knows that some people believe the stimulant has stunted their children's growth. But as far as he knows, "Ritalin is the most tested medication that is on the market." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Your skin is enough of a barrier to keep fluids within your body (except for its controlled release of perspiration through sweat glands), but it also readily absorbs many things with which it comes into contact. When your skin wrinkles after being immersed in water, for example, it does so because it has expanded from absorbing some of that water." - Samuel S. Epstein, Randall Fitzgerald, Toxic Beauty: How Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Endanger Your Health . . . And What You Can Do about It (Get the book.)

"The heart rate quickens, blood pressure rises, breathing increases, muscles become tense, and the skin begins to sweat, while digestion, reproduction, and other processes that will not be needed for the moment are turned down. • Kpictetus Such a response is very natural, and very valuable. After all, if you were confronted by a wild boar in the woods, or were about to be hit by a bus, you might need to move instantly, and quickly. In contemporary society, such physical threats are few and far between." - Peter Russell, Waking Up In Time: Finding Inner Peace In Times of Accelerating Change (Get the book.)

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