Having recently cleared up the mystery regarding the feeling that time speeds up as we age, I feel that providing understandable answers to the mysteries and misconceptions may be the way I can best service our society in my senior years. So before I buy the farm and sail into that goodnight, and while a few grains of sand remain in my rapidly emptying hourglass and ahead of the grim reaper placing my address into his GPS, I will endeavor to explain in simple terms the things for which there are many opinions but only one right answer: Mine!
To the question at hand; Why do we sweat? First, there is the generally accepted mumbo-jumbo as follows:
“Sweating is your body’s natural air conditioner. When you get hot, your body releases a liquid from your sweat glands that is mostly water but also contains salt and other minerals. This liquid, which we call sweat, comes out onto the surface of your skin. As it evaporates, it cools your skin and helps lower your body temperature.”
But Flop Sweat is caused by embarrassment and uncontrollable stress like the incomprehensible situation where one of the two frontrunners for their party’s nomination for president is going to be in office the next four years. Yikes, I’m drenched!