Do Epsom Salt Baths Do Anything?

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You come home from an intense workout, muscles aching, and lower yourself into a warm epsom salt bath from some sweet relief. But are all those extra minerals really helping soothe your pain? Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: D.A. Noe, Nicholas Smith, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Bella Nash, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, Tim Curwick, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Fatima Iqbal ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/epsom-salt-bath#1 https://www.painscience.com/articles/epsom-salts.php http://abcnews.go.com/Health/truth-epsom-salt/story?id=29675918 http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/does-epsom-salt-work/ http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/places/surrey/epsom_and_ewell/epsom/ https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002423.htm https://bmcpregnancychildbirth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2393-13-34 http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/report_on_absorption_of_magnesium_sulfate.pdf

Published 2017-09-09 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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