Garlic Body Odor

Once in while, there is nothing we can do about our garlic body odor. Being outside in the heat, overexerting oneself, certain foods, certain medications, and certain health conditions can all contribute to unpleasant body odor. Overall, body odor is an easy thing to control with good hygiene and antiperspirant/deodorant.

Garlic is so beneficial to your health. Unfortunately, the effect garlic can have on your body odor can be rather disgusting. Sometimes what we eat for dinner is a good precursor to what we'll smell like the next day. Everyone's body chemistry is different. We all metabolize food at different rates. This is why some people can eat lots of garlic and not smell at all the next day while others eat garlic and smell as if they're trying to ward off vampires the next day.

If you're eating lots of garlic for health benefits and smell, then you can always try garlic capsules available at any drugstore, super store, or health food store. Many of these garlic pills are odor free, so you will reap the benefits of the garlic without the garlic body odor.

If you eat garlic because you enjoy its flavor to enhance any meal, then you may want to try exercising after you've eaten instead of at another time of day. This will help excrete the garlic more quickly and keep you from being stinky the next day. You can also try adding some parsley to your diet. You can always simply just cut back on the amount of garlic you eat as well.

Keeping good personal hygiene and washing daily (more if necessary) is a great way to stop body odor. You can always try to mask the odor or reduce your sweating by applying a deodorant containing an antiperspirant. If your deodorant does not contain an antiperspirant, then you will simply be masking the odor, not solving the problem. Also, try applying a deodorizing body powder to keep the areas of the body most responsible for body odor dry.

By keeping the groin, armpits, and feet dry, you are giving the bacteria that causes body odor, less area to create its odor in. The best and easiest way to remedy garlic body odor is to try to lessen the amount of garlic you are consuming. There are plenty of other spices you can add to your food to make it more appetizing. Although beware...onions, eggs, liver, fish, legumes, red meat, processed foods, curry, spicy foods, and fried foods can all contribute to body odor problems when consumed in excess.