What is sweat good for? Is it good for you?

Answer:
It is your body's way of cooling you down when your temperature gets too high.

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It cools your body down when you're hot and it eliminates toxins from your body.

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yea sweat is a way your body loses weight.

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it prevents you from getting fat. it helps your body release the smell inside your body thats why other people smell when they sweat. lol. just make sure to change your shirt when you sweat before you get pneumonia or something.

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yes it is good to sweat because your shedding dead skin and liquids off your body...i know ew!

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Apart from dispersing body heat sweat is the most powerful aphrodisiac known to man ( Or beast )

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It cools you off if there's a breeze blowing. Dogs and cats can't sweat. They can only pant, which is a much less efficient way of cooling off.

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Ok, first of all, having a wet shirt and sweating doesn't cause pneumonia -- that's a myth.Sweat is a great thing! It helps to regulate our body temperature -- when we process food, move, exercise, think . . . chemicals are moved around, and energy is created and used through a number of chemical reactions that require heat. Sweating allows us to release some of that heat, so we don't get all icky (and so that our brains don't boil).Sweat also helps to regulate something called electrolytes. Electrolytes are certain chemicals (such as sodium and potassium). If you've ever tasted sweat, you know that it's salty . . . the body is releasing electrolytes that aren't being used (but it's important to replace them, because even though were not using the right now, we still need them).

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Yes, it cools the body. If your body doesn't, sweat you can get too hot. I have a memory of scene from a desert film, probably Lawrence of Arabia, where Lawrence gets chastised for wiping sweat from his brow, as the sweat is necessary for cooling.

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sweat is good for cooling down your body when you are hot thats just its way of cooling you down. so yes it is good for you. =)

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wow, i am surprised at what alot of people think sweat is for. Sweat how your body regulates its temperature. When you over heat, it is used to cool you down. Just like when you get really cold you start to shiver, thats your body trying to heat you up. As far as one poster who said you sweat it means you are losing weight, yeah you are losing weight, but you are not losing fat. Once you re-hydrate yourself again it will be put back on.

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