SciShow | Why You Can't Really Sweat Out Toxins

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Episode Title: Why You Can't Really Sweat Out Toxins
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Description: 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


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