Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 12:51pm.
Thoughts:
Everyone's metabolism is different. And people's sense of smell vary considerably. There are three obvious things to do before doing anything dramatic:
i. daily bathing on arising, and also after exercising.
ii. good oral hygiene: frequent flossing, and visits to the dentist to look for periodontal disease or any other oral condition that might contribute.
iii. a bland low protein diet, at least for starters, with no vitamin supplements, yogurts, probiotics or other alterations. or heavy ingestion of any single item like nuts. Assuming you eat a balanced diet (with varied grains, fruits and vegetables) you do not "need" extra vitamins.
If this works, then you can try altering the diet slowly to see what to if any additional vitamin or food type contributes to the perceived odor, and adjust your diet accordingly.(My wife found that an employee's unpleasant odor apparently was caused by too much ingestion of B vitamins, taken on the view that if a little is good, a lot should be very good.)
If this does not work, consider the possibility that some medication you are on regularly contributes. Ask your doctor if there is an alternate you could go on on a trial basis to see if this will help.
Of course a number of things might work for you and not others, e.g. as one respondent reported pro-biotics would be helpful in countering whatever the cause, and/or nuts or whatever people have suggested.
Another possibility for those who are concerned particularly about a vinegar smell: Vinegar is acetic acid. You may be producing too much of this acid or too much of another compound smelling like it. A licensed nutritionist may be able to provide some advice concerning what in the diet might diminish this production.
In addition those who are overweight sweat more, or accumulate more sweat, especially in places from which evaporation is and may well produce an odor as a consequence. Needless to say losing weight can help, although in the process you may also exude a slight sweet smell from the "ketones" generated as a result.
For those whose children complain of an odor you cannot detect, but report they and//or school mates do, consider the possibility of some type of school bullying,or school phobia.
EBH
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Thoughts:
Everyone's metabolism is different. And people's sense of smell vary considerably. There are three obvious things to do before doing anything dramatic:
i. daily bathing on arising, and also after exercising.
ii. good oral hygiene: frequent flossing, and visits to the dentist to look for periodontal disease or any other oral condition that might contribute.
iii. a bland low protein diet, at least for starters, with no vitamin supplements, yogurts, probiotics or other alterations. or heavy ingestion of any single item like nuts. Assuming you eat a balanced diet (with varied grains, fruits and vegetables) you do not "need" extra vitamins.
If this works, then you can try altering the diet slowly to see what to if any additional vitamin or food type contributes to the perceived odor, and adjust your diet accordingly.(My wife found that an employee's unpleasant odor apparently was caused by too much ingestion of B vitamins, taken on the view that if a little is good, a lot should be very good.)
If this does not work, consider the possibility that some medication you are on regularly contributes. Ask your doctor if there is an alternate you could go on on a trial basis to see if this will help.
Of course a number of things might work for you and not others, e.g. as one respondent reported pro-biotics would be helpful in countering whatever the cause, and/or nuts or whatever people have suggested.
Another possibility for those who are concerned particularly about a vinegar smell: Vinegar is acetic acid. You may be producing too much of this acid or too much of another compound smelling like it. A licensed nutritionist may be able to provide some advice concerning what in the diet might diminish this production.
In addition those who are overweight sweat more, or accumulate more sweat, especially in places from which evaporation is and may well produce an odor as a consequence. Needless to say losing weight can help, although in the process you may also exude a slight sweet smell from the "ketones" generated as a result.
For those whose children complain of an odor you cannot detect, but report they and//or school mates do, consider the possibility of some type of school bullying,or school phobia.
EBH