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which can help reduce your toxic load quite significantly. The use of swea ng as a form of detox- ifica on is downplayed by modern medicine, yet it has been valued as a form of cleansing since ancient mes. According to one systema c review published in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health: "Swea ng has long been perceived to promote health, not only accompanying exercise but also with heat. Worldwide tradi ons and customs include Roman baths, Aboriginal sweat lodges, Scandinavian saunas (dry heat; rela ve humidity from 40% to 60%), and Turkish baths (with steam)." The review found that toxins including arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury are excreted in sweat and noted: "Swea ng is not only observed to enhance excre on of the toxic elements of interest in this paper, but also may increase excre on of diverse toxicants, as observed in New York rescue workers, or in par cular persistent flame retardants and bisphenol-A. …Op mizing the poten al of swea ng as a therapeu c excretory mechanism merits further research." The researchers noted the following promising roles of sweat in detoxifica on: • Sweat may be an important route for excre on of cadmium when an individual is exposed to high levels • Sweat-inducing sauna use might provide a therapeu c method to increase elimina on of toxic trace metals • Swea ng should be the ini al and preferred treatment of pa ents with elevated mercury urine levels. Sweating May Help Rid Your Body of Bisphenol-A (BPA) and Phthalates One of the most ubiquitous chemical contaminants of the 21st century is BPA. BPA is an endocrine disrupter, which means it mimics or interferes with your body's hormones and "disrupts" your endocrine system. The glands of your endocrine system and the hormones they release are instrumental in regula ng mood, growth and development, ssue func on, metabolism, as well as sexual func on and reproduc ve processes. Some of the greatest concern surrounds early-life, in utero exposure to BPA, which can lead to chromosomal errors in your developing fetus, causing spontaneous miscarriages and gene c damage. But evidence is also very strong showing these chemicals are influencing adults and children, too, and leading to decreased sperm quality, early puberty, s mula on of mammary gland development, disrupted reproduc ve cycles and ovarian dysfunc on, cancer, and heart disease, among numerous other health problems. Research has shown that BPA is o en detected in human sweat, some mes even when it is not found in blood or urine tes ng. The study concluded that not only should sweat analysis be considered as a tool for monitoring bioaccumula on of BPA, but also that induced swea ng may be a poten al method of elimina on for this widespread toxin. Further, inducing swea ng has also been found to help eliminate another pervasive environmental chemical, phthalates, from your body – including the par cularly toxic DEHP. At this point, there's really no telling just how many toxic elements may be excreted via your sweat, but the research is poin ng to many. In yet another study to look at the role of swea ng as a form of toxics elimina on, it was found that many toxic elements were preferen ally excreted through sweat. Those researchers also concluded: "Presumably stored in ssues, some toxic elements readily iden fied in the perspira on of some par cipants were not found in their serum. Induced swea ng appears to be a poten al method for elimina on of many toxic elements from the human body. Biomonitoring for toxic elements through blood and/or urine tes ng may underes mate the total body burden of such toxicants. Sweat analysis should be considered as an addi onal method for monitoring bioaccumula on of toxic elements in humans." Interes ngly, profuse swea ng can actually help decrease body odor. Foul body odor is related to the toxins being expelled – it's not your "natural" scent. If you're living a "clean" lifestyle, meaning a lifestyle in which you're minimally exposed to dietary and environmental toxins and therefore have a low toxic burden, your sweat will be close to odorless.