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August 13th, 2006 by admin | Filed under Uncategorized.There are differences between the sweat produced in low production and the sweat produced in high production – and these are differences not only in composition but also in absorption. A persons’ body, even in a complete state of rest and even in a cool atmosphere will (though sometimes in a virtually undetectable way) always be perspiring to some extent. Primarily, perspiration is a method of regulating your core temperature. However, sweat also serves to help remove certain kinds of possible toxins that could trap too much sodium in someone’s body, for instance, or even cause someone to become septic. Our balance of nutrients is processed and maintained through the body, and excess is excreted through the skin as well as the urinary and digestive tracts.
When your skin is in a period of low sweat production this is usually because you are in a restful state, and / or are in a place with a very cool temperature. Nonetheless, if your body is very active you will still sweat – even in cooler temperatures because of the rise in your body’s core temperature. Sweat itself believe it or not, is not stinky – however, it will adhere to bacteria and hairs and your skin creating the stench we all know as body odor. Deodorant is not to block stinky sweat, but instead it blocks the moisture and bacteria that can build up during a day of sweating.
When you are producing sweat slowly, or “normally” without excessive stimulation, the cells in the straight duct of your sweat glands reabsorb most of the sodium and chloride from the sweat excreted. This seems odd, however it happens because there is enough time for reabsorption of the excreted fluids before someone is able to “towel off” or shower their sweaty body after a hard workout, for example.
In addition to sodium and chloride, water is, of course, absorbed osmotically as well. As a matter of fact, this sweat barely reaches the surface of the skin because so few sweat gland stimulants (if any) are triggered. In this kind of sweating, there is not nearly as much sodium and chloride in the fluid expelled, but there is a significantly higher amount of potassium. What this sweat is composed of is very different from what scientists refer to as “primary secretion.” Read more about low as well as high sweat gland production in more of my articles concerning your body and overall health.
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