What does sweating do?

i know it helps you kewl down but i have heard it helps you lose calories or sumthink like that...is it true?
What does sweating do?
The only calories you lose in sweat are salinated water calories. In other words, the only thing coming out is water, salt and a few chemicals your body doesn't need.





You sweat when you burn calories. What that means is that your body temperature rises during strenuous activity, and in order to cool off, your body sweats.





A good way to know if you are burning calories is if you are sweating. Wrestlers will sometimes sweat out pounds to make weight for competition, as will some jockeys and other athletes like gymnasts. However, this is VERY UNHEALTHY, because it is hard on the renal system, your kidneys and so on.





Besides that, it is only a TEMPORARY weight loss, because you are getting rid of fluid, so the next drink of water you have begins to put it back in.





Your body NEEDS water, so messing with water weight is just silly.





If you want to burn calories, think about two things:


1. They fat calories are the hardest to burn, so reduce them in your diet.


2. Activity is the surest way to burn calories. So get out there and run, jump and play.
What does sweating do?
No, the effort to sweat helps you burn calories. Sweat is a way the body tries to cool itself off due to exertion.
Reply:all it does it cool you down. but it's usually an indication of calorie burn, as it increases your body temperature, resulting in more sweating. and because it evaporates, you'll lose a tiny (usually immeasurable) amount of weight
Reply:The skin is the larges organ in the body. It is also one of the organ that help our body get rid of toxins. So, when we sweating is very good.


But abnormal sweating can be cause of anemia or other illnesses, so check with your doctor.





Good luck,
Reply:Sweating from heat burns very few calories actually, because your body's metabolism drops to avoid producing excess heat. Being chilled is a much better way to burn calories, because your body will burn them simply to keep warm.





Sweating from exercise burns an unnoticeable amount of calories compared to the exercise you are doing.





Dear Linda 1,





Sweating CANNOT cause anemia. Anemia is a lack of properly formed red blood cells in the hemocrit. Hemocrit is the 'blood' part of what you know as blood, which is really hemocrit and plasma. Don't spout off what you don't know.
Reply:The main purpose of sweating is to reduce the body temperature.





The energy you use to do whatever you did to make you sweat helps you burn calories which will potentially lead to weight loss or burning off fat.





The physical act of sweating leads to dehydration and electrolyte imbalances, not weight loss. As soon as you drink something the water loss from sweating is replaced.