We’ve all heard it: “Just bundle up, take a hot bath, and sweat that virus right out of you.” It sounds almost heroic, right? Like you’re physically expelling the germs through your pores. Newsflash: that’s not how biology works. Your liver and kidneys handle waste removal, not your forehead.
Sweating is your body’s way of cooling down, not a detox express lane. The flu virus lives inside your cells, not in your sweat glands. So when you try to roast it out, what you’re really doing is stressing a system that’s already fighting a war.
