Comment by Tor3
7 hours ago
From the article: "..promotes sweating and therefore the elimination of toxins,.."
That false statement really makes me unsure about the quality of the article. And I'm saying this as someone who uses sauna daily, when possible (I have one at home, and I grew up with saunas).
"De-toxification" by sweating is a myth. Sweat glands are very simple organs (think salt on one side, which results in pressure, i.e. osmosis) and can't do anything of the sort. You'll be much better off peeing.
Saunas probably have good health effects. I'm certainly happy as a sauna user. But there's no de-toxification in this.
> You'll be much better off peeing.
Actually, the rate of blood filtration by kidney glomerulae is pretty constant and independent of the amount of urine in your bladder. Except if you overflow to the point of drowning your kidney of course.
Yes.. my point was only that to get rid of more than water you're better peeing than sweating. In any case, the liver is the only toxin-handling organ in the body (and a complex one).