mejita

John, these facts are great thank you so much for the response! It's gotten me on the right track!

Sorry, to clarify: I am not researching mineral oil as a detoxifier. I am researching mineral oil as preventing sweat from exiting the body along with assumption that sweat carries toxins or waste your body does not want/no longer needs. I get a little puzzled because you can smell volatile aromatic compounds like curry when you sweat, but I am told that toxins or waste excreted via skin is not that significant. Can anyone explain this phenomena and cite it with studies or journals? It's for a paper and in order to take advantage of your assistance it will need to be cited. Thank you to all who have responded thus far! Please feel free to contribute to this post if you can, as I dont have the answer as of yet.

This should be a fun one! Does mineral oil prevent excretion of toxins from skin? I know we excrete toxins from the skin, but that's after toxins are processed by the liver, kidneys and intestinal tract. I don't know the respective percentages of toxins dealt with by each organ (if you do, please share) , but I think it indicates you're most likely to excrete your toxins via urination and feces rather than via sweat. I also know that mineral oil is used on the skin of ocean swimmers to prevent chill and that mineral oil is digested to aid with constipation because it coats the intestinal track, allowing for re-hydration of feces (oh yay!). Anyway, can anyone confirm the percentage of toxins excreted from the skin? Are there studies showing that mineral oil prevents sweat? I can do a little test by putting mineral oil on my arms and legs and noting my own discoveries, but real scientific trials are waay more legit. Thanks all! M! Oh, one more thing, if any of my underlying assumptions i.e "we excrete toxins via skin is wrong", please feel free to correct! I am new to biochem and appreciate that I have a forum where I can learn from experts! -M