[Sca-cooks] Spices and Cooking (oop)

[Elaine Koogler]

Not sure.  I know that there is information at the gym where I work out about "sweat
therapy"...and IIRC, one of the benefits is that sweating helps expel poisons from
the body.  I will check the information more closely next time I go in and let you
know.

Kiri

Ted Eisenstein wrote:

> >So far as the hot spices being used in cultures where the climate is very warm
> >(Thailand, parts of Mongolia, North Africa, etc.), my understanding is that they
> >make a person sweat, thereby making the food healthier...
>
> I wonder about this. Sweating is good in controlling internal body temperatures
> - but does it really "cleanse" the body and get rid of nasty icky germs and
> poisons? Or is the only way for those to get out is by the usual internal route?
>
> Alban
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