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Four Reasons to Break a Sweat


The Fast Path to Flushing Toxins by Deanna Minich


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octors, health experts and fitness gurus tell us that we should break a sweat every day—and for good reason. Sweat not only activates a host of benefits tied to health-


boosting exercise, perspiring itself is curative. Whether sitting in a sauna, walking on a warm day or working out, sweating is a necessary bodily function with powerful healing effects. By clearing out a range of toxins, sweat plays an essen- tial role in the body’s natural detoxifying function. Here are some of the toxins it helps eliminate:


1 Persistent organic pollutants (solvents,


fumigants and insecticides): A clinical study of 20 participants published in BioMed Research Interna- tional found that their sweat samples contained a range of toxins, including pesticides DDT/DDE, endosulfan, methoxychlor and endrin. Nearly all parent compounds of these pesticides were evident, demonstrating that sweating is an effective way of excreting and diminish- ing the body’s toxic burden. One sweat sample con- tained some pesticides not present in the subject’s blood or urine samples, suggesting that some pesticides are only mobilized and eliminated through sweating.


2 Phthalate (plasticizer): Phthalate, found in plas- 20 Austin Edition AustinAwakenings.com


tic products, is also removed through sweat. Research published in the Scientific World Journal evaluated blood, sweat and urine samples from 20 individuals and discovered that all of them contained the common mono- 2-ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP). The concentrations of this


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