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21 Cool Ways To Reduce Excessive Sweating

Many people have the problem of excessive sweating. They choose the easy way out and just switch on the air conditioner every time they start sweating. To reduce excessive sweating, you can do much more than just switch on the air conditioner. As soon as you step out of an air conditioned room, you will start sweating profusely again.

So is it not better to look for some more permanent solutions to reduce excessive sweating? Actually overactive sweat glands and body heat can cause excessive sweating. Most people do not realise that the problem of excessive sweating can be controlled very easily by changing some of your core habits. For example, did you know that deodorants block your sweat pores and increase body heat?

So not using deodorants is one of the easiest ways to reduce excessive sweating. In fact, even spicy food can increase body heat and make you sweat like a pig. That is why, you must eat foods that keep your stomach cool and you do not sweat profusely. Apart from your food habits, even your personal hygiene matters. Bathing every day and shaving body hair can help reduce excessive sweating as well.

Here are some holistic ways in which you can reduce excessive sweating.

Bathe Every Day

Bathe Every Day

We all know that bathing every day is not optional. But no one can deny that they do skip their bath once in a while to manage time. Bathe daily and twice if necessary on the hot summer days.

Drink Lots Of Water

Drink Lots Of Water

After bathing, you need to keep yourself hydrated from within as well. So drink lots of water. Flushing out urine helps to reduce body heat and controls sweating.

Cut Down On Coffee

Cut Down On Coffee

Coffee and other caffeinated products serve to raise your body temperature. That is why if you have a problem of excessive sweating, check your caffeine intake.

Don't Wear Synthetic Clothes

Don't Wear Synthetic Clothes

Avoid synthetic clothes made of nylon or polyester. They stick to your body and make you feel hot. As a result, you sweat.

Reduce Stress n Anxiety

Reduce Stress n Anxiety

Sweating is one of the signs to show that you are stressed. Try to be calm and reduce stress levels and anxiety. Your sweating will automatically be reduced.

Do Breathing Exercises

Do Breathing Exercises

When you breathe deeply, it helps your body and mind cool down. Breathing also helps you feel more comfortable.

Avoid Deodorants

Avoid Deodorants

Deodorants are basically aerosols; they block your skin pores and increase body heat. You may avoid sweating temporarily with body sprays but in the long run, they make you sweat more.

Wear Comfortable Clothes

Wear Comfortable Clothes

Wear clothes that allow passage of air and are not too tight on you. This helps stop sweating to a great extent.

Bathe With Cold Water

Bathe With Cold Water

Bathing daily is not enough, you must also bathe properly. Avoid hot showers. Try to use cold water to wash off all the body heat.

Have Yogurt

Have Yogurt

Yogurt has a cooling effect on your stomach. Eat yogurt after having your meals so that stomach heat does not make you sweat.

Limit Spicy Food

Limit Spicy Food

Spices produce heat in your body and that can make you sweat. That is why, you should limit the consumption of spicy and oily food because they will make you sweat.

Chew Peppermint

Chew Peppermint

Peppermint has a calming cooling effect on your body. It helps to chew peppermint after having a heavy meal.

Stop Smoking

Stop Smoking

Nicotine is a stimulant which increases blood flow in the arteries. As a result, your body temperature rises. Quitting smoking will help you stay dry.

Shave Off Body Hair

Shave Off Body Hair

Bushy body hair especially at the armpits and genitals can cause sweating. And accumulated sweat in these areas causes infection. So keep your body clean and shaved.

Wear Starched Clothes

Wear Starched Clothes

Starched clothes do not stick to your body. As a result, the passage of air becomes easier and you stay cooler for longer periods of time.

Drink Tomato Juice

Drink Tomato Juice

Nutrients like potassium and magnesium present in tomato juice helps it to reduce excessive sweating naturally.

Lose Weight

Lose Weight

You might have noticed that hot people feel very hot. This is because the padding of fat on their body make them feel hot. Losing weight will help to calm down your sweat glands.

Take Head Baths

Take Head Baths

Always take a head bath every single time you bathe. Most of the body heat can be released by splashing water on your head.

Have Sage Tea

Have Sage Tea

Sage is a herb that helps to control the nervous system. As a result, it also controls the sweat glands. Hyperactive sweat glands can be controlled by having sage tea.

Wear Comfortable Footwear

Wear Comfortable Footwear

Always wear comfortably fitting footwear. If your foot are trapped in tight shoes, it makes you feel really hot.

Cook With Olive Oil

Cook With Olive Oil

Olive is the easiest oil for the body to digest. That is why, having food cooked in olive oil produces the least amount of sweat.

Story first published: Friday, September 6, 2013, 18:17 [IST]
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