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What Sweating Does When You're Fasting

This text explains the link between fasting and sweating, and why these two processes can actually help each other out.

Written by: Jenni Gsell

Purifying the Body Through Sweating During a Fast

As spring arrives, our bodies get a new lease of life, and everything feels like a fresh start. Many people feel the urge to do something good for their bodies and shed the old baggage. Fasting can cleanse the body, providing an energy boost for the whole year. During a fast, the body works flat out, and the circulation is under considerable strain. As a result, the body often sweats more quickly during fasting, which not only helps regulate body temperature but, more importantly, aids in cleansing the skin. We'll explain how sweating and fasting work together in this article, along with plenty of valuable tips.

There are various ways to fast. Many people fast from Ash Wednesday to Easter due to Christian tradition, giving up things like chocolate, meat & alcohol during this time. Here, the focus is on abstinence and moderation, rather than bodily purification. It's quite different with so-called "therapeutic fasting". Therapeutic fasting is like a spring clean: it cleanses the body, but also the mind.
When fasting, the duration and the foods you abstain from can vary greatly. The best fasting method for you is best determined together with a nutritionist, naturopath, or your doctor.

Why Sweating is So Important During Fasting

A fasting cure cleanses the body and mind from the inside out, and sweating cleanses our skin from the outside. Together, they create an all-round feeling of well-being.
Through a fasting cure and the associated detoxification of the body, toxins are not only eliminated via the kidneys but also through our largest organ – the skin!
During this detoxification phase, the smell of sweat can also change briefly as its composition is different.

Sweating is often perceived as unpleasant, but it is particularly important during fasting: sweating forms a sufficient acid mantle on the skin. This ensures that, on the one hand, toxins excreted through the skin pores are immediately transported away from the skin. And on the other hand, it protects the skin from external influences.

During this time, take extra care to cleanse your skin regularly with mild, pH-neutral care products so that the pores do not become blocked and no skin impurities develop. Start your well-being programme while showering and use the antibacterial everdry 2in1 shower cream. It gently frees your skin from odour-causing bacteria and intensively nourishes it. For a great start to the day!
For the face, we recommend the everdry antibacterial cleansing foam with Seboclear, zinc, and skin-soothing panthenol. Ideal for sweaty skin and for preventative care against skin impurities.

Even if you feel that your sweating behaviour is changing and you are sweating more due to the stimulation of your metabolism during fasting, you should not forgo additional light exercise. During exercise, additional happy hormones such as endorphins are released, which activate your body. Daily exercise in the fresh air for at least 15 minutes, for example, during a walk or cycling, is therefore highly recommended.

What Else Supports Sweating & Fasting

Drinking is essential when fasting. But sometimes it's not that easy to drink a lot of still water. To make drinking easier for you during a fasting cure, you can flavour your water with, for example, ginger slices or lemon pieces. Simply put two to three slices of ginger or lemon in a carafe and fill it with cold water. Let it steep at room temperature for about 1 hour and enjoy it sip by sip. When the carafe is empty, you can refill it with fresh water. This also gives you a good overview of how much you have already drunk. For a change, you can also prepare "infused water".

Do you find the smell of sweat during fasting very unpleasant? Or do you have problems with light to moderately heavy sweating even without fasting? You know antiperspirants and how they work, but you want to avoid aluminium as an active ingredient? Here, we recommend the >everdry Antiperspirant Roll-on Free, which gently regulates sweating naturally with natural ingredients. All ingredients are vegan and from sustainable production.

When Should You Not Fast?

Therapeutic fasting is not a problem for healthy, vital adults. As already mentioned, it is always advisable to discuss a planned fasting cure with a specialist or doctor, as the body is put into a very special situation.
In general, people suffering from an eating disorder, tuberculosis, cancer, or hyperthyroidism should refrain from fasting. The same applies to pregnant women, older people, people who have recently had surgery, or who suffer from chronic inflammation.

First published: 12.05.2011

Updated: 27.05.2025

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