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"The most important cooling mechanism of the body is sweating, although radiation and convection can also contribute. Sweat must evaporate from the body surface in order to exert a cooling effect. Evaporation of 1 liter of water from the skin will remove 2.4 MJ of heat from the body. Although sweating is an effective way to dissipate heat, it may cause dehydration if sweat losses are not replenished. This may cause further problems for the athlete. Progressive dehydration impairs the ability to sweat and therefore to regulate body temperature." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"They include drinking plenty of fluids, exercising, engaging in deep breathing, avoiding constipation, and sweating. Sweating can be of particular benefit for some kids, because toxins are invariably removed through perspiration. In fact, the skin is sometimes referred to as "the third kidney." A number of 4-A kids have reported positive responses from taking regular, far-infrared saunas. I generally recommend that kids do some exercise first, such as bouncing on a mini-trampoline, to open up their pores and to stimulate toxin-removing lymphatic flow." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"High fevers (burning of waste, and bacteria); the pores of the skin open for profuse sweating; diarrhea, the bowels dump; chills, which generate internal heat; vomiting, and coughing up and expectoration of respiratory mucus—all the cleansing actions. This is a way that the body can violently and quickly rid itself of the unprocessed metabolic waste. The waste is a smorgasbord for bacteria." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"When I drink caffeine I feel wired up, and also experience an increase in joint and muscle aches or have hypoglycemic symptoms (anxiety, palpitations, sweating, dizziness). ? I regularly consume any of the following substances or medications: ? Acetaminophen (Tylenol) Acid-blocking drugs (Tagamet, Zantac, Pepcid, Prilosec, Prevacid) Hormone-modulating medications in pills, patches, or creams (birth-control pills, estrogen, progesterone, prostate medication) Ibuprofen or naproxen -:?" - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.) "Every day, sometime in the late afternoon, he would experience the sudden onset of sweating, a racing heart, anxiety, and shortness of breath. In other words, he thought he was going to die! In reality, he was just having panic attacks—severe onsets of anxiety that make some people feel like they are going to have a heart attack. He was thick around the middle and after listening to his story and taking one look at him, I said, "You don't eat breakfast, do you?" - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.) "Magnesium levels are also decreased by excess alcohol, salt, coffee, sugar, phosphoric acid in colas, profuse sweating, chronic diarrhea, excessive menstruation, diuretics (water pills), antibiotics, other drugs, and some intestinal parasites. We live lifestyles that cause us to lose whatever magnesium we have in our bodies, and we never replace it. When was the last time you had a good dose of sea vegetables (seaweed), nuts, greens, and beans? If you are like most Americans, your nut consumption mostly comes from peanut butter, and mostly in chocolate peanut butter cups." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"The prison doctor tried for five months to withdraw Sam from his Xanax addiction, occasionally making notes in the record indicating the severity of Sam's withdrawal symptoms, such as "Patient complains of chest pain, sweating, anxiety. States symptoms are related to Xanax." The doctor also noted Sam's sleep disturbance. Again, displaying an unusual willingness to call a spade a spade, the doctor wrote, "Anxiety disorder secondary to iatrogenic addiction." Sam continued to grow worse as the doctor tried to reduce his Xanax and to switch him to other drugs." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Two weeks sweating? Sounds ghastly. Can someone drive you up to London? Tomorrow. Come to tea. I would like to see you again." We have tea not in Dr. Carritt's surgery but her sitting room. Prolonged night sweating (I later found out) is a classic symptom of cancer and leukaemias. "I'd better take some blood." She does it almost skittishly as we chat about her garden, the theatre, Oxford and Peter Shaffer. "I'll have this analysed and ring you." Dr. Carritt phones next day. "Michael, you are wonderful." "Wonderful?" "I cannot understand how you have led a normal life being so anaemic." - Michael Gearin-Tosh, Living Proof: A Medical Mutiny (Get the book.)

"Still worse, few of the accepted analgesics were suitable for middle-aged or active sufferers: purging as advised by Hippocrates was dangerous for those no longer youthful; poultices helped the pain, but were regarded as drawing down the humours, and thus weakening the affected joint; plasters dispersed the dangerous and painful humours, but might allow them to move elsewhere in the body, risking other illnesses; rest, warmth, and warm baths carried the same risks—and were hardly ideal choices for the busy man of state; bleeding and sweating were preventives, not cures." - Roberta Bivins, Alternative Medicine?: A History (Get the book.)

"You are sweating profusely, feel feverish, and are weak and trembling. þYou can only speak a few words between gasps. þYour lips, tongue or fingernails become blue. This final symptom is an EMERGENCY signal of sinking into unconsciousness. An ambulance and doctor must be called immediately. Not all asthmatics have such obvious signs of an acute attack. There are many people whose breathing deteriorates very slowly over a long time, sometimes days or weeks, and who do not have noticeable wheezes." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Steam inhalations with refreshing oils such as eucalyptus, lavender, wintergreen or thyme effectively clear nasal passages and relieve congestion, catarrh, asthma, croup and whooping cough and improve skin conditions such as acne by opening facial pores and sweating out impurities. 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." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Up to 3 mg of zinc can be lost every day through sweating. Long-term use of laxatives, a diet excessively high in fibre, calcium or iron levels can also create a zinc deficiency,- white marks on the finger nails are a common sign of zinc deficiency. Dairy products, liver, meat, chicken, fish, oysters, green leafy vegetables and wholemeal bread all contain zinc, although much is lost if food is processed. Seaweed or kelp Seaweed is a special food, for it contains a wide range of valuable minerals." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Steam from hot water dilates blood vessels, encourages sweating, and relaxes muscles and joints. Many different forms of treatment are offered by professional and qualified naturopaths and physiotherapists, but depending on the nature of your condition simple hydrotherapy can be used at home. Alternate the temperature of your daily shower from hot to cold, finishing with cold and have a brisk rub down with a towel: this will improve circulation and make your body glow." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Both venlafaxine and duloxetine can cause dizziness, constipation, dry mouth, headache, changes in sleep, and, more rarely, a serotonin syndrome with restlessness, shivering, and sweating. A decrease in saliva can cause cavities. Venlafaxine has also been associated with a dose-dependent increase in blood pressure. And venlafaxine seems to carry the greatest risk of suicide of all the antidepressants, with a threefold increased risk of attempted or completed suicides." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Although some studies have reported higher sweating rates, lower core temperatures, and lower heart rates during exercise after hyperhydration, some studies also reported improvements in exercise performance. These results must be interpreted with caution. Some of these studies used a dehydrated state as a control condition and therefore it is impossible to conclude from these studies that hyperhydration improves thermoregulation and performance. However, the findings generally support the notion that hyperhydration reduces the thermal and cardiovascular strain of exercise." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Symptoms of subclinical rickets are head sweating, hair tenderness (noticed when hair is manipulated or brushed), and legs giving out (the child often wants to be picked up). Head sweating is the earliest sign in infants, and in Dr Hart's practice, 66% of new patients were found to have this symptom. These vanish when optimal doses of vitamin D supplements are given. Deficient diets are caused by dairy allergy, strict vegetarianism, excessive use of sunscreens, and decreased sun exposure. Even in the developing world where there is ample sunlight, rickets still occurs." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"Lastly, little or no sweat may also signal peripheral neuropathy, which is common among diabetics (see Chapter 7) and autonomic neuropathy, a condition involving damage to the nerves that regulate sweating, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, and other key body functions. Interestingly, autonomic neuropathy itself often signals diabetes. It can also be a clue to alcohol abuse, tumors, autoimmune disorders, and other serious diseases. SMELLY SWEAT Sweat itself doesn't smell." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Water requirements vary according to body size, physical activity, air temperature, and sweating. It is generally recognized that a normal body requires about eight glasses of water each day, or about one half ounce for every pound (33 ml per kilogram) of body weight. The raw fruits and vegetables we eat supply some of the water in our diet, and the rest is made up in what we drink. If we feel thirsty often, this is an indication that we are dehydrated. Both the color and the amount of urine produced are good indicators of whether we are drinking enough water or not." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Breathing and chanting should accomplish little more than raising blood pressure, and so generate only the minimal heat (and the sweating by which the body releases excess heat) that comes with minor physical exertion. However, bioenergetics can explain how such practices work because the causal mechanisms are found at the level of the energetic body and body-field." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"FROM ACUTE TO LASTING DEVASTATION COMING OFF XANAX frequently produces withdrawal symptoms such as overwhelming anxiety and panic attacks, unbearable insomnia, bouts of dreadful depression, extreme irritability, nausea and vomiting, migrainelike sensitivity to environmental stimulation, shakes, sweating, hallucinations and abnormal sensations, agonizing muscle cramps, and in the extreme, confusion, psychosis, and grand mal seizures. And while Xanax may be more difficult to withdraw from than some other benzodiazepine tranquilizers, all of them can cause these withdrawal symptoms." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.) "The symptoms can range from mild dysphoria and insomnia to a major syndrome that may include abdominal and muscle cramps, vomiting, sweating, tremors, and convulsions.9 The doctor might as well have been prescribing gin for a patient already addicted to vodka. Over a one-year period, Ron inevitably became dependent on Xanax. Eventually, his professional and family life began to suffer, the dental board again became concerned about him, and he voluntarily admitted himself to a rehabilitation center where he was treated for alcohol and Xanax dependence." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"These symptoms may include coughing, nausea, racing heart and sweating. After he has smoked even just one pack within 24 hours, his body has already given up reacting so strongly and begins its adaptation process to the toxins by suppressing those energy-draining self-defense measures, but the damage that continued smoking causes will persist below conscious awareness at the cellular level as greater degrees of toleration are reached. Habitual exposure to any toxic substance that is not instantly fatal results in a gradual buildup of tolerance." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Spellbinding often (but not always) is associated with obvious biological symptoms such as tremor or sweating, as well as cognitive dysfunctions such as memory impairment and confusion, which are consistent with brain dysfunction. • Physically traumatic events such as head injury, electroshock, and lo-botomy can also cause spellbinding, and can result in bizarre, potentially destructive, and out-of-character behavior." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"A fever may be accompanied by other symptoms such as shivering, headache, sweating, thirst, a flushed face, hot skin, and faster than normal breathing. Fever symptoms indicate the presence of an imbalance or disease process. An elevated temperature can be helpful to the body since it serves to destroy foreign microbes, assisting the body's efforts to eliminate toxins or antigens. High fevers may cause delirium, confusion, dehydration, seizures, or even a coma. Consult a physician if a high fever persisrs." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.) "Additional symptoms related to nausea may include excessive salivation, pallor, and sweating. Enzymes can soothe the digestive system and maintain proper functioning." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"We all recognize the immediate effects: dry mouth, motor agitation, sweating, heart palpitations, increased blood pressure, enlarged pupils, sleeplessness, and mental anxiety. The problem is that our lifestyle is chock full of stressors that keep the fight or flight response constantly active. Constant stress leads to poor digestion, autoimmune problems, glandular disease, poor healing, and poor functioning of critical organs. The effects of stress are cumulative and insidious." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.) "The immediate effects are dry mouth, motor agitation, sweating, heart palpitations, increased blood pressure, enlarged pupils, sleeplessness, and mental anxiety. There is such a thing as good stress. The challenges posed in our lives have the potential to enhance our physical and mental functioning. However, if stress is chronic and excessive, ir eventually causes harm. Chronic stress can cause anger or rage, fear or terror, fragmented or distorted thinking, impatience, emotional lability (erratic emotional states), memory loss, anxiety, and depression." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"Although sweating is an effective way to dissipate heat, it may cause dehydration if sweat losses are not replenished. This may cause further problems for the athlete. 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." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Side effects include sweating and shivering, tiredness, strange dreams, elevation of lipids, weight gain, upset stomach, anxiety, and agitation. Mirtazapine works well for depression and is safe. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) As the tricyclics went off patent, a new generation of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) was pushed as being better, since they acted specifically on the serotonin transporter and therefore didn't have many of the side effects that were said to result from the effects of nonspecifics on many neurochemical systems." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"So, rather than measuring mere chest movements or sweat responses of the skin, as is done now by biofeedback, practitioners who have access to oxycapnometers can show patients the changes in their bloodstream and nervous system before heavy breathing or nervous sweating sets in. This means that patients can cut off the effects of stress even earlier in the process. Now all that remains is to figure out a way to bring the price of the machines down to levels ^^^^^^^^_that clinics under managed | care can afford." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

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