Comment by majkinetor
5 hours ago
Actually, this is why one shouldn't believe HN comments about medicine. The quality is this low.
This is simply laughable and very easily checked out. Here is one random study:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00244-010-9611-5
> Many toxic elements appeared to be preferentially excreted through sweat
Here is another quick one
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1155/2012/184745
> Sweating deserves consideration for toxic element detoxification.
Its even observable directly - just go next to the heavy smoker during exercise.
While it might be less than dedicated organs, the skin is the largest organ by far.
Ofc, the topic is debated like every single thing in medicine, but calling it a myth is nonsence.
First, you don't need to go through any kind of "detox" regime. That's myth 1. The liver is where natural detoxing occurs, and the kidneys filters the rest. Don't focus on detox, instead focus on keeping your liver healthy (alcohol, fat..) Secondly, the sweat glands don't have any kind of functionality outside of pressing water out of the body. The water may happen (depending on how small the molecule is) to bring other stuff with it, but that's hardly "detox". Just pee instead! The whole "detox" trend is just that - a trend, a meme. Focus on other elements of health instead, eat healthy, and don't interrupt that with some tiktok "detox" scheme.