5 Cool Facts about Sweat

Sweating is both a sign of good health and an indicator of stress. It can be worn like a badge of honor after a workout or a badge of shame when you’re feeling the pressure of a job interview. It’s wet, salty, sometimes stinks, and can’t be avoided, but it does serve several purposes.

So here are some little-known facts about sweat that might just make you appreciate it a little more.

1. Not All Sweat Stinks - There is actually more than one type of sweat. Stinky sweat is the kind produced by glands called apocrine glands, located in areas where there is more hair like your underarms and groin. This is the sweat produced when you are under stress, not the kind associated with a good workout. The stink associated with “body odor” and sometimes sweat is actually the result of bacteria breaking it down once it’s released from the apocrine glands and onto your skin.

2. Women Have more Sweat Glands than Men – Yeah, women typically have more sweat glands, but men sweat more. In general, we all have around two to four million sweat glands, with some individuals being naturally sweatier than others. As a matter of fact, about 3% of the population suffers from hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating.

3. Eating can Make You Sweaty - When you eat, your metabolism naturally increases. This boosts your body temperature and causes you to sweat in order to cool down. Interestingly, foods like hot peppers, which contain capsaicin, are known to both boost metabolism and make you hot.

4. Sweat Glands are most Concentrated on the Bottoms of our Feet - The lowest concentration of sweat glands is on your back, while the most sweat glands are on the bottoms of your feet.

5. Vegetarians Sweat Just Smells Good - No this isn’t a ploy to get you to go vegetarian (but, if it works, so be it). A Czech study looked at how women perceive body odor, comparing the odors of vegetarians to those of meat eaters. Overall, the women found vegetarians to have “significantly more attractive, more pleasant, and less intense” odors.

And finally, if you don’t already know it: sweating is good for you. Sweat can actually help the body detox heavy metals as well as fight infection and illness. So, if you aren’t getting your daily sweat on, now is a great time to start.

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TOOTHPASTE AS A BEAUTY AID

The use of toothpaste does not end with dental care, it can be used for several different purposes in ou day to day life. Toothpaste use can also prove to be a great beauty solution. 

 1.Pimples The first toothpaste use for beauty is for pimple cure. Toothpaste has a substance called triclosan. The triclosan substance in toothpaste has antibacterial properties which helps in treating the pimples. Apply a small amount of toothpaste on the pimple at bed time. The cure is expected within few days.

2.Nails Healthy nails have become history with the constant use of nail polish, nail art, fake nails etc. To retain and promotes healthy nails use toothpaste. Toothpaste protects the enamel of our teeth and for the same reason is effective for healthy nails. After taking off the nail polish, brush your nails with toothpaste. It will make them shine ans retain nail health.

3.Burns Toothpaste has proved to be a treatment for burns and stings. If applied on the burnt ot stinged area, it cures the irritation and cools off the burning sensation. If toothpaste is applied on the burnt area immediately, it prevents the occurance of blisters and also ensures quick heal of the scar.

4.Acne Scars toothpaste promotes quick heal of acne scars. Even after the acne is treated, it often leaves behind a ugly scar. Apply toohpaste on the scars regularly and leave for few hours. The anti-bacterial property helps in skin healing.

These four uses of toothpaste is a home remedy for these problem but it has to be remembered that one should not leave toothpaste on the skin for more than few hours, as it tends to make the skin dry.

More ways to treat Burns

I always put ice cubes on burns and it has worked well for me. I remember when I was a baker, getting burnt was a common thing and we used to stick our arms in the freezer whenever it happens! Of late these new ways have been circulated ,so do try it if you ever get burnt!

1. EGG WHITE

 This method is used in the training of firemen. 
When sustaining a burn, regardless the degree, the first aid is always placing the injured part under running cold water till the heat subsides. 
And next spread the egg white over the injury. 

Testimony:

Someone burned a large part of her hand with boiling water. Despite the pain she held  her hand under running water, then took two eggs, parted the yolk from the egg white and slightly beat the egg white and put her hand in it. Her hand was so badly burned  that the egg white dried and formed a white film. Later she heard that the egg is a natural collagen. 
And during the next hour layer upon layer, she administered a white layer on her hand. 
That afternoon she didn't feel any more pain and the next day there hardly was a red mark to see. She thought she would have an awful scar but to her astonishment after ten days there was no sign of the burn, the skin had it's normal colour again! 
The burned area had been totally regenerated thanks to the collagen, in reality a placenta full of vitamins. 

2. FLOUR

Testimony:

 Once I was cooking some corn and stuck my fork in the boiling

water to see if the corn was ready. I missed and my hand went
into the boiling water....

A friend of mine, who was a Vietnam vet, came into the house, just
as I was screaming, and asked me if I had some plain old flour...I
pulled out a bag and he stuck my hand in it. He said to keep my hand
in the flour for 10 mins. which I did. He said that in Vietnam, this guy
was on fire and in their panic, they threw a bag of flour all over him to
put the fire out...well, it not only put the fire out, but he never even had
a blister!!!!

SOOOO, long story short, I put my hand in the bag of flour for 10 mins, 
pulled it out and had not even a red mark or a blister and absolutley NO
PAIN. Now, I keep a bag of flour in the fridge and every time I burn myself,
I use the flour and never ONCE have I ever had a red spot, a burn or a blister!
*cold flour feels even better than room temperature flour.

Miracle, if you ask me. Keep a bag of white flour in your fridge and you will be
happy you did. I even burnt my tongue and put the flour on it for about 10 mins.
and the pain was gone and no burn. Try it! 

BTW, don't run your burn area under Cold water first, just put it right into the flour for 10 mins and experience a miracle!

FINGER EXERCISE FOR HEART

Your health is in your hands - literally ! I came across this indian finger exercise specially for the heart - try it !

APANA VAYU MUDRA - MUDRA OF THE HEART

Method:

the tips of the middle and ring finger touch the tip of thumb, while the index finger touches the base of thumb and little finger stretched out.

Specialty:

It benefits the heart. It works like injection in the reduction of heart attack.It is as powerful as sorbitate tablet. It reduces the gas content in body.

Time duration :

Practice it as many times as you can. Heart patients and BP patients can practice it for 15 minutes daily twice for better results.

Benefits:

It strengthens the heart and regularises palpitation.

It regulates excretory system.

It redeems gastric trouble .

* A MUDRA is a gesture made with the hand or fingers