Science Of Life

Author(s): U S Dugar
Publisher: U S Dugar

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the cells of the body. It is so important that death by accumulated poisons occurs in a matter of hours if the skins, and its sweat passages, are smothered. Sweat happens to contain an antibiotic that is completely natural. This antibiotic helps to regulate the amount of bacteria that reacts against and is living upon the skin. Sweating helps them to maintain healthy youthful skin. The cleansed feeling that comes from sweating more than one ever knew to be possible. In cold weather, a warm glowing feeling often lingers for hours following a sweat bath. In hot weather, the body seems cooler afterwards when sweat is wiped out from the body. Sweating experience promotes relaxation, stress relief and self-disclosure.
Man is very careful about drinking water but what about the water he bathes in everyday? All of us bathe in tap water polluted with faeces, radiation or other contaminants. Chlorine is a skin and mucous membrane irritant that is used to make water safe for human consumption. Chlorine is also a poison. Just as its harshness attacks pathogens and parasites, it attacks delicate body tissues when breathed or absorbed through the skin. Combined with chlorine, these chemicals can be incredibly dangerous to the delicate tissues in the lungs and causes lung and sinus problems even for those with healthy respiratory systems. In fact, inhaling chemical-laced steam during a shower actually provides more exposure to dangerous chemicals than drinking that very same water. There is widespread belief that sweating, for example, in a sauna, helps the body to remove toxins, but the belief is without scientific support. The hot water causes pores to expand and these enlarged pores absorb impurities of water
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