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Detoxification and Heart Disease

by Dr. Julian Whitaker

Published 02/04/09

The Details of Sweat

The primary value of saunas is that they induce sweating. Although most of us go to great lengths to avoid sweating, using antiperspirants and turning on the air conditioner as soon as it gets warm, perspiration has two essential functions: It cools you down, and it rids the body of waste products.

There are two main types of sweat glands. Apocrine glands, located mostly in the armpits, pubic area, and scalp, secrete sweat that contains fats and other organic compounds. (Bacteria on the skin interacting with these compounds are what causes body odor.) These glands, which become functional at puberty, also emit hormones and pheromones believed to attract the opposite sex.

Eccrine glands, which number more than two million and are scattered all over the body, are the real workhorses when it comes to sweating. Activated by heat as well as stress and emotions, these glands secrete odorless, watery sweat that cools you down as it evaporates on the skin.

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