Lots of guys at Geezer’s health club will swear that there’s nothing like a good sweat to cleanse the body of impurities, bad chemicals, and possibly, evil spirits. Geezer only wishes that a good sweat would cleanse the mind of truly lame ideas, such as the conviction that it cleanses the body of anything. As this short Q&A in the New York Times explains, sweating does little to eliminate waste, except in those cases where the normal elimination system–the kidney- is impaired. In healthy people, sweating is nature’s way of cooling, not cleaning.
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Friday, May 9, 2025
While I must admit to having been one of those misinformed about sweating out impurities, one must consider the replacement of fluids lost during exercise. I generally drink in excess of my fluid loss and slough the overage through urination. This, it would seem, involves an effective means of cleansing bodily impurities in consort with the benefits of a good workout.
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Jag skrev tidigare om ett pÃ¥stÃ¥ende frÃ¥n Bikram-Yoga Sweden som Aftonbladet helt okritiskt upprepade, nämligen att Bikram-Yoga rensar ut gifter. Aftonbladets reporter svor sig fri och hänvisade till Kim Melander pÃ¥ Bikram-Yoga som i sin…