: About Me

Sweating has a bad rap. Culturally, sweating is generally seen as smelly, gross, and unclean. Yet, sweating is one of out body's most fundamental and natural processes. Sweating is as basic and integral as body functions like digestion and circulation, and has a variety of health benefits. The primary purpose of sweating is to cool us off. The average person has approximately 2.6 million sweat glands all over their body. When our internal temperatures rise due to exercise, higher temperatures, overstimulated nerves, or spicy foods, sweating keeps the body from overheating. The excretion ev...