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Western culture has misled far too many people into believing that it’s just plain bad to sweat. Seemingly ubiquitous advertisements and TV commercials for antiperspirants continue to convince generations of consumers that perspiration is an undesirable, offensive bodily function. While no one would dispute that sweat can be quite unwelcome in important social and business situations, it would be imprudent not to acknowledge the necessity of perspiration and understand the critical role it plays in human health.

Sweating is an essential function of the human body, as essential as eating, breathing and sleeping. It’s the process by which your body sheds excess heat to regulate its temperature. In addition to excess heat, sweating also helps to remove waste materials from your body. Skin is sometimes called “the third kidney” for this very reason.

Your body eliminates various toxins through a variety of metabolic processes, one being urination and another being perspiration. The kidneys filter waste materials from the blood and excrete them, along with water, as urine. Human apocrine and eccrine sweat glands produce sweat, which is composed of water, salt, organic compounds, fatty materials, urea and other waste materials, all of which is then excreted through the skin.

In the interest of better health, therefore, the aim should not be to block, inhibit or reduce perspiration; it should be to sweat more effectively, preferably in a controllable environment far from any risk of embarrassment or threat of rejection.

A home sauna couldn’t be a more perfect environment for achieving such a goal.

The temperature in a far infrared sauna or heat therapy room typically ranges from 75 to 135 degrees Fahrenheit (24 to 57 degrees Celsius). The temperature in a traditional Finnish sauna is usually between 180 and 200 degrees Fahrenheit (80 and 95 degrees Celsius). The two types of sauna operate differently, but, at their respective temperature ranges, working up a sufficient sweat in either type should be achievable for even the most inexperienced sauna bather.

Using high heat to induce perspiration has a great number of benefits. In addition to decreasing the amount of toxins and heavy metals, such as cadmium, lead, mercury, nickel and zinc, in your body, an intense sweat bath in a sauna can help cleanse it of other impurities like cholesterol, nicotine, sodium, and sulfuric acid. By improving blood circulation, regular sauna bathing can help draw the skin’s own natural nutrients to the surface, leading to better tone, texture and elasticity. That’s why sauna bathing is being increasingly included in high-intensity treatment programs for skin ailments like acne, eczema and psoriasis. Some beauty specialists in Europe even claim the sauna can be quite a powerful weapon in the war against cellulite.

As beneficial and therapeutic as sweating in a soothing hot sauna may be, however, it is imperative that bathers not allow the experience to dehydrate them. As well, be sure to discuss your plans and expectations with your personal physician before you take to the sauna for the first time, as he or she should know of any existing conditions or limitations that pertain specifically to your health and might impact your sauna use.

As for all those advertisements and TV commercials that say sweating is bad, forget about them, and start doing what you know is best for your health. From now on, aspire to perspire!