Why you're sweating so much!

Your body tries to maintain an internal temperature of 98.6 degrees, and when it gets too hot inside, it carries this heat to your skin - the largest organ in your body - and releases cool sweat. This process is controlled by your brain, and the purpose is to detox and renew - many forms of bacteria and viruses can't live above 98.6, and these are flushed out when you perspire. How much you sweat depends on how many sweat glands you have - women actually have more glands, but male glands are more active (we already knew that!!); most of the sweat glands are in your palms, forehead, and soles of your feet. Sweat contains water and salt, and in a healthy body, the salt is sent back into your blood to maintain equilibrium; your muscles will start to cramp up when you lose both water and salt. When you first begin to sweat, it is both salty and oily, but as you continue sweating, it is cleaner; sweating daily leads to not only cleaner sweat, but a more attractive smell. So, while your brain controls your sweating, and you can't really stop it, you can at least smell better by sweating often - which is pretty easy in this humidity! FYI - the opposite sex is actually more attracted to your natural (clean) body scent than to colognes and antiperspirants. See, something good comes out of everything! Melissa