Excessive sweating can be extremely embarrassing and can be caused by a variety of factors.
The most common cause of excessive sweating is hyperhidrosis, which affects between 1% and 3% of the entire population. However, there are many other causes of constant sweating that can be identified and mitigated.
One of those causes can actually be your diet, and the types of foods you eat. Here are four foods that can make you sweat uncontrollably.
Fatty or Processed Foods
Not only will they cause you to gain weight and give you heart problems, but they’ll also make you sweat. These types of foods are harder for you to digest and break down, and so the body works twice as hard to process them. In doing so, your body creates energy which creates heat which then creates sweat. Chocolates, fast foods, white bread, donuts, and just about anything that tastes really good are contributors to excessive sweating.
Caffeine
If you thought giving up fatty foods was hard, now you have to try to give up caffeine. Unfortunately, beverages that contain the magical go juice will make you sweat more. Caffeine is a stimulant and raises your heart rate and blood pressure. Basically, (as most of you know) it gives you energy. Like with fatty foods, energy naturally causes your body to heat up and therefore your sweat glands are activated.
Excess Salt
The reason why you might have excessive sweating might be as simple as too much salt. Even though there is no evidence to support that eating large amounts of salt can cause excessive or constant sweating, it probably doesn’t help. When your body has too much salt, it gets rid of it through urination and perspiration. Keeping your salt intake low could be just what you needed to control the excessive sweating.
Spicy Foods
The concept behind this one is simple, but the actual science is a little bit more complex. The simple version: you eat something spicy, you get hot and sweat. The science version: spicy foods often contain a chemical called Capsaicin that actually tricks your body into believing that its temperature is rising. As a result, your body’s response system is urged into action, which is (you guessed it) sweat.
The main pattern that seems to arise throughout all of these: keeping your body healthy. The healthier you are, the better your body will function. That means watching what you put into your body. So switch the burger for chicken or even vegetables.
If you experience excessive or constant sweating, call us today to stop the sweat and take control of your life.
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