| People that suffer from excessive sweating are often | | | | Yes it does. All your favorite drinks like coffee and |
| surprised when I tell them that it is often our diet that | | | | coke can cause you to excessively sweat. The |
| contributes to this effect. They always assume it was | | | | caffeine in it causes your heart to start beating at a |
| genetics and they were just born that way. That could | | | | much faster rate. This causes the body to get warmer |
| be the reason, but that doesn't mean we can't control | | | | and start to sweat. |
| it. Here are some common questions I'm asked. | | | | Does eating hot food have an effect? |
| Do spicy foods make you excessively sweat? | | | | It does have an effect, but some foods more than |
| Unfortunately they do. If you're a big fan of the spicy | | | | others. Regular hot solid foods are generally fine, it is |
| foods, than you might feel a little bad about eliminating | | | | the hot liquids that get us. For example, soups and hot |
| them, but they have a large effect on us. First they are | | | | coffees. They're very hard for the body to cool down |
| just hot to our senses, they burn up our mouth and | | | | it is forced to sweat. |
| make our face sweat. They also speed up the | | | | These were the questions I usually get asked and |
| metabolism, which results in your body producing more | | | | food does have a great effect on how much we end |
| heat, therefore we sweat. | | | | up sweating. There are ways of controlling it and diet |
| Does caffeine cause us to sweat? | | | | is one of those ways. |