Why You Can't Really Sweat Out Toxins

This video is brought to you by the Child and Teen Checkups program of the Minnesota Department of Health. If you live in Minnesota, learn more at http://Freechildcheckups.com. If you live somewhere else in the United States go to https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/epsdt/index.html

The human body has a few built-in methods for getting rid of toxins. Sweating seems like it should be one of them, but it isn’t doing as much as you think.

Hosted by: Olivia Gordan

SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org
———-
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow
———-
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:

Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters
———-
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow
Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow
———-
Sources:
http://www.emergentresearch.org/uploads/38/4180_pdf.pdf
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00244-010-9611-5
https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29197670
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/well/live/can-you-sweat-out-toxins.html
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/sweating-toxins-myth-detox-facts-saunas-pollutants-science/
https://www.rsc.org/Education/Teachers/Resources/cfb/excretion.htm
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00039896.1986.9936705
——
Images:
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/fashion-magazine-cover-gm912944548-251320445
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/happy-woman-is-eating-a-salad-vegetarian-the-concept-of-proper-nutrition-and-healthy-gm983999254-267050925
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/caucasian-man-drinking-a-cocktail-in-the-bar-gm931079356-255221744
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/young-caucasian-white-man-relaxing-in-the-sauna-gm931080046-255222122
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/abstract-image-of-a-human-body-in-the-form-of-a-starry-sky-or-space-consisting-of-gm1061058660-283640654
https://www.videoblocks.com/video/sun-beam-particles-u-igmq6
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/cute-internal-organs-gm497868788-79364183
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/travel-concept-young-female-character-standing-on-the-sand-near-by-the-ocean-flat-gm684156570-126048191
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/young-character-twirling-a-hoop-around-the-waist-flat-editable-vector-illustration-gm817577920-132307575
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/young-anxious-black-man-trying-to-defuse-the-bomb-gm623515054-109386243
https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/set-of-bonsai-plant-in-the-pot-flat-style-gm502062944-81684239
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/holding-warrior-two-pose-in-yoga-gm503836790-82726401
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/at-the-doctors-gm826880910-134386403