Eating And Body Odor

Please tell your experiences and what you think.

I dont want this to be a pathway for a preacher to preach the dietribe. For example: someone might eliminate odors on a diet and claim its the diet when it may be the elimination of something more specific. Does that make sense?

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Permalink Reply by Kasey on September 25, 2009 at 5:05pm: All you need to know is, eat fenugreek sprouts and you will smell like maple syrup. best deodorant there is!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jonathan on September 25, 2009 at 6:27pm: Oh I should have made it clear that the idea is not to cover up odor but what foods actually help eliminate bad odor.. let me make this clear, I stunk more when I ate differently(worse, in my opinion) before; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kasey on September 25, 2009 at 7:46pm: I know what you meant. I didn't say to rub the fenugreek under your armpits or anything lol. Certain foods make you smell a certain way for sure. When I ate alot of fruit, I often smelled like bread. Which makes me think the fruit was exasperating a candida overgrowth. Since alot of what we smell in cooked bread is the yeast. That's my theory anyways ; )

Alot of people say eating more fat makes them smell, I haven't noticed that. Just eat cleanly, simple meals, lots of veggies, you'll eventually clean out inside and no longer smell bad. And add fenugreek!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jonathan on September 25, 2009 at 9:28pm: Isn't eating fenugreek still like covering it up, like if you still eat a food that makes you stink and add fenugreek wont the smells just mix?

I believe realrawmatt says if your doing high sugar(fruit, honey) to do low calories.

Fat.. hmm... well someone else said that when they introduced raw milk they started to smell bad so im wondering if avocado or coconut would have the same effects. Possibly its something else in these foodstuffs... well there are different quality and kinds of fats too.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by alex anthony on September 27, 2009 at 4:59pm: that's because milk is a very strong "prebiotic" environment. this is why probiotic bacteria are cultured in it preferentially - enough so to be named lactobacteria. the downside to that is that milk is not a selective substrate for bacteria - meaning bad bacteria grow in it just as well.

studies of whey protein on populations of bacteria in the intestines and colon showed that milk promoted the healthy growth of healthy intestinal flora just as much as it promoted the growth of harmful bacteria.

so consumption of milk produces this same pro-bacterial environment in the intestines and can create overgrowths - which obviously can contribute to odor.

just smell slightly off milk and then imagine that happening inside you.

this is why most raw foodies advice staying away from dairy.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by EternalLaceLaceMaker on September 28, 2009 at 1:12pm: Eating RAW VEGAN , or simply VEGAN , it is OK .

BUT , BUT , BUT it depends on how one eliminates these stuffs out od the tissues . We have seven ...

Always drinking lots of water ... and herb teas + Ayurveda Cleaning Teas ...

BUT Vegans do not smell ... meat putrify in the body .

Then , better Garlic ...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rawstrength on October 6, 2009 at 6:53pm: TMI When I was a vegan and I ate lots of beans, I really reeked! Not from B.O. but from gas *blush*.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by alex anthony on September 27, 2009 at 4:49pm: eating raw organic coconut oil in my diet - and i'm told that i smell like... a goat. there is a very specific smell one gets from eating raw coconut oil that very few women appreciate. : |; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by meganthevegan on September 28, 2009 at 12:47pm: OMG!!! Wow, I used to eat TONS OF FRUIT. And I smelled like Wonderbread...and I couldn't figure out why.

Wow...haha you learn something new everyday!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rawstrength on October 6, 2009 at 6:52pm: I hate the way fenugreek sprouts make me smell, so I never eat them.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Raw Mama Bear on September 25, 2009 at 5:28pm: Meat makes you stink. While I was a vegetarian, no BO.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Erin on September 25, 2009 at 5:36pm: I have to say, I don't stink any more now that I eat some meat than I did when I was a vegetarian. I think poor quality food makes people stink, though. And garlic;) I did notice that pancreas glandular caps made me stink more, though!
Kasey is right about fenugreek! I was taking it once and my sis and I were working out (very sweaty) and she said to me "You smell like cookies!", LOL!
I just use lemon juice as deodorant and have no problems:) In fact, my sweat is very slightly sweet, almost like when I used to take fenugreek.; ▶ Reply to This