On Apr 19, 2004, at 6:17 pm, Wally Day wrote:

> I also did not get what you were talking about. This is all I got in
> the
> message:
>> I'd like to see this researched for two reasons:=20
>> Any comments?
> Could you re-post the "two reasons" again please?

Here is the original post minus the biography of my sweat:

After reading The Paleo Diet, I noticed that the idea of sweating too
much fits the same sort of idea (p78-82) as acne, cancer, myopia and
polycystic ovaries.  Maybe (and I don't claim to know any biochemistry
at all) the high levels of hormone IGF-1 and low levels of LGFBP-3
affect the sweat glands like they do the outer skin (my acne is going
too...)

I've scoured the internet, and found that while there are hundreds of
surgeons, drugs and bizarre devices designed to stop sweating, there is
_no_ mention of a connection to diet.  Not even, as there is with acne,
a claim that it _isn't_ diet related (as far as I can tell).
Apparently, 1-3% of the population suffer from hyperhidrosis, and I
can't believe I'm the only one with a diet-related case of it.

I'd like to see this researched for two reasons- first because some
people have HH so bad it controls their whole life, and second because
the surgeons and doctors etc peddling "treatments" for HH are
presumably making a killing off our ignorance of the problem.  Rather
like the way dairy farms are staying in business off the lie that kids
need milk to have strong bones.

Any comments?