Foods that can make body odors unpleasant
'20.10.2019'
Source: MedicForum
Even healthy foods such as asparagus, tomatoes and cabbage can make our body odor unpleasant. But fish is especially “dangerous” in this regard.
The phenomenon of unpleasant body odor is known in medicine as bromhidrosis. The repulsive scent comes from natural bacteria that live on human skin and feed on sweat. The smell coming from the body is the smell of their waste products, writes MedicForum.
The British scientist Charles Stewart found out that tomatoes can contribute to the appearance of a specific bodily aroma. The carotenodes and terpenes contained in them act in such a way that the human body acquires the smell of tomato stems.
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If an enzyme is not active in the human body that allows you to break down the trimethylamine compound found in fish, the body may start to smell unpleasant. A person with such a problem (trimethylaminuria) may not notice it, but others will feel its unpleasant smell.
The smell of sulfur can appear in those who eat a lot of cabbage. Its various species are a source of sulfur, which, among other things, causes bloating and flatulence.
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In addition, bloating in the intestines due to methanol gas accumulated in it may result from the use of asparagus. Its use can make the smell of sweat pungent.
The intense and unpleasant smell of sweat is inherent in those people who have a lot of meat in their diet.
