AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Sweating is good for you, but the fitness industry's 'detox' pitch doesn't hold up
Fitness studios and sauna marketers have spent years selling the idea that sweating flushes toxins from your body, but a board-certified dermatologist and the Cleveland Clinic say the liver and kidneys do that job, not your sweat glands. Dr. Mona Foad, a board-certified dermatologist and founder of MONA Dermatology, laid out the real science of […] The post Sweating is good for you, but the fitness industry's 'detox' pitch doesn't hold up appeared first on American Almanac .
Fitness studios and sauna marketers have spent years selling the idea that sweating flushes toxins from your body, but a board-certified dermatologist and the Cleveland Clinic say the liver and kidneys do that job, not your sweat glands. Dr. Mona Foad, a board-certified dermatologist and founder of MONA Dermatology, laid out the real science of perspiration in a USA TODAY feature published July 1. Sweating matters, she said, but not for the reasons most gym-goers think. Foad was direct about the primary function of sweat: "Sweating is a normal and important function of the body. Its primary purpose is to help regulate body temperature and prevent overheating." That is the core takeaway, and it runs against a marketing narrative that has…Open