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How monitoring your sweat could reveal the state of your health

From perfecting your hydration levels to tracking hormones, analysing your perspiration can give new insights into your fitness and how to improve it

By Graham Lawton

3 December 2024

Sweat is seen on the back of Varapatsorn Radarong of Thailand during her Beach Volleyball Women's Gold Medal match at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China in 2012 (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Your sweat holds a lot of information about the state of your health

Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

“Wow, you’re quite salty,” says Stefan van der Fluit, looking over my numbers. I could have told him that. I have just done a sweaty, 45-minute workout on an exercise bike and the salt is already starting to crystallise on my T-shirt. But van der Fluit knows exactly how salty. I have just sweated out 347 milligrams of sodium in 370 millilitres of water. That’s on the high side, sodium-wise, and I need to replenish.

Van der Fluit is the co-founder of a company…

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