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Tips on Managing Compensatory SweatingThere a number of lifestyle strategies that can help reduce the severity of compensatory sweating. Several factors have been identified and appear to stimulate or worsen the degree of sweating. Following are the factors you should be aware of: Weight Control Excess weight has been shown to increase a person's degree of sweating. As such, it is a good idea to lose the necessary weight required to reach and maintain an ideal body mass index (BMI). This index measures weight based on your height (more accurate than weight alone). Over and above reducing your risk of developing diabetes or cardiovascular events (e.g. heart attack, stroke), you will also be reducing the amount of sweat secreted and living more comfortably. An ideal BMI should be between 18.5 and 24.9. You can consult a BMI calculator for a quick check of your BMI.
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Thermogenic Diet
This is a rather subjective issue given that certain foods will cause sweating to worsen in some and not in others. Some of the foods that have been identified as culprits include the following: pepper, legumes, garlic, coriander, cinnamon, ketchup, salt, ginger, chocolate, coffee, pork, red meat, milk, milk derivatives, strawberries, cola-based soft drinks, as well as black, green, chamomile tea. These foods have a tendency to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system and result in an increase in sweating. A protein rich diet is also associated with thermogenesis or the production of heat associated with the processing of certain foods. The resulting increase in body temperature activates brain centers to send signals to our sweat glands to secrete sweat. We do not recommend that you altogether avoid these foods given that a balanced diet is important for good health. However, you may want to keep these foods in mind, particularly under social settings.
Other Tips
. If you haven't already done so, we encourage you to visit our Stay Dry Tips page. Once there you find additional ideas to help you overcome excessive sweating. |