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Don’t Sweat It!
Everyone sweats. Sweating is the body’s way of controlling temperature, while regulating water and mineral content. We have over three million sweat glands that release fluids to ensure that our bodies are coo.
Pit Stop
"Aren’t you glad you use Dial? Don’t you wish everybody did?" Thirty years ago consumers happily purchased soaps and antiperspirants with catc.
Deodorants and Breast Cancer
Remember the e-mails that circulated several years ago about deodorants being linked to breast cancer? It didn’t take long for that information to be declared a hoax. But was it? Dr. James W.
Body Odor
Although everyone has a slight body odor, it can sometimes become offensive. Unfamiliar body odors can cause self-consciousness just because they are new-for instance in adolescents who develop new body odors with the growth of certain sweat glands at sexual maturity.
Foot Odor
Foot odor is often related to *athlete_s foot, which should be suspected if the skin between the toes or on the heels is white, flaky and itchy. The soles of the feet have many sweat glands, which are overactive in some people.
Don't Sweat It!
A 2004 study published in the American Journal of Applied Toxicology has many women sweating over the latest buzzword: Parabens. Parabens are petroleum-based chemicals used as a preservative in food and many household products including deodorants and antiperspirants.
Know Sweat
An old saying goes, “Horses sweat, men perspire, and women glow.” Whatever we choose to call it—sweat, perspiration, or a healthy glow—the body’s cooling mechanism is truly ingenious.

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