Does Sweating During Physical Exercise Make You Lose Important Minerals?
Everyone knows that body sweat is not just water. It contains waste products, salts, and trace elements. A sauna treatment makes you sweat. Aerobic activity makes you sweat. Elevated temperatures stimulate sweating…
So it is important to consider whether we are just losing body waste (that we do not want) whenever we sweat profusely, or are we losing important elements.
Not the usual hyperhidrosis
Concerns about excessive sweating or hyperhidrosis is mostly has to do with the occurrence of excessive underarm sweat or sweaty palms. These are usually treated with topical antiperspirants and even surgery.
People who are diabetic, as in hypoglycemia, may experience excessive sweat as a symptom. But what about about profuse body perspiration under normal physical
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Research on the concentrations of trace elements in sweat
Researchers at a Japanese university investigated the concentrations of trace elements in sweat during sauna bathing. They compared the concentrations of the major elements and trace elements in sweat collected under arm with the concentrations from the whole body.
Note that the major elements mentioned in the study include sodium, chlorine or chloride, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium.
Sweat also has trace elements, those found in lower concentrations, such as zinc, copper, iron, nickel, chromium, and manganese. These “trace elements” are vital to our health, so it is interesting to find out what happens to the concentrations in our bodies due
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Since some people sweat more profusely than others, are they losing more important trace elements than others?
Chromium has been found to be a significant trace element in diabetes. Research has shown that the toenails of people with type 2 diabetes have lower chromium concentration those of than non-diabetics.
Before you sweat it out…
It is quite clear that there is no adverse effects of excessive sweat from physical exercise, manual work, or sauna bathing. However, researchers warn that diet should be adequate in order to replenish lost minerals.
We also note thatSweating is a normal body function. It eliminates wastes and serves for thermo-regulation at the same time.From the research, trace elements in sweat from the
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Continue to exercise, eat right, and be healthy.
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