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Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:25 am  |
Did anyone mention yogurt yet? Supposedly eating it makes for fresher breath. I've also heard eating strawberries makes you 'taste' better.  |
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Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:45 pm |
Thanks everyone!
So, it sounds like ...
YES to:
pineapple
nectoarines
strawberries
yogurt
fresh veggies
parsley (breath)
fennel (breath)
fresh apple juice
chocolate
cinnamon (btw, I've read on the People's Pharmacy news column that cinnamon is good for you but not more than 1/4 tsp per day)
special gum from Japan! (Tiger Tim, I'm curious! Do you know anything more?)
and NO to:
dairy
raw garlic
raw or fried onions
curry
spicy chinese food / 'spicy' food in general...
smoking
...I'm gonna try these out! |
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:30 am |
Foods that make you smell good?
eat Rose Otto Extract Capsules perhaps can help you. |
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:32 pm |
Chocolate  |
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:45 pm |
To neutralize those smells that come from those items on your "no" list, you can try body mint (www.bodymint.com) regularly. It's mostly chlorophyll, but I've tried plain chlorophyll from the health food store and it doesn't work as well. Must be something else in it too.
One of my friends take it daily and says that she has doesn't even have "morning breath" anymore. |
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:52 pm |
| Genie wrote: |
To neutralize those smells that come from those items on your "no" list, you can try body mint (www.bodymint.com) regularly. It's mostly chlorophyll, but I've tried plain chlorophyll from the health food store and it doesn't work as well. Must be something else in it too.
One of my friends take it daily and says that she has doesn't even have "morning breath" anymore. |
I've never heard of Body Mint before... very interesting. Have you tried it? Did you friend say how long she had to take it before it started to work? |
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Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:34 am |
I had a look at the bodymint website and I cant see an ingredients list?
I'm intrigued.
I just emailed them to ask. |
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Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:06 am |
So you think foods making you have bad breath (like garlic and onion) also make you have bad body smell? 
I mainly want to know what foods can make you have better body smell (coming from sweating), or less body smell, to be more clear. Is it pineapple and fruit in general? So we should avoid dairy, curry, spicy chineses food and beef? |
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Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:16 am |
It's my understanding that the odor from sweat comes from bacteria on the skin, not from the sweat itself. Washing with lots of soap is key.  |
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Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:27 am |
| Soap is too harsh to my skin. And I can only shower more than twice a day. Antiperspirant can only be used on underarms, not the whole body. And I am now trying not to use antiperspirant containing aluminum. I think I can smell bad in summer when I sweat a lot. I don't eat garlic, onion, curry and spicy food. Do I carry perfume everywhere? lol Also I am looking for other solutions on here. |
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Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:32 am |
Magnesium and zinc supplements can help to decrease or eliminate strong body odor.
I am not sure how much of this one would need to take for an improvement, but if he is not getting enough in his diet, it couldn't hurt to try.
Chlorophyll is also supposed to help.
Take care.
Bosoxy. |
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Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:57 pm |
| tam wrote: |
| I've never heard of Body Mint before... very interesting. Have you tried it? Did you friend say how long she had to take it before it started to work? |
You're supposed to take 1 pill in the morning and 1 in at night. She takes it daily and reports no smelly feet either. I'm lazy and just take it when I know I am going to indulge in a spicy or garlicky meal. My husband hates garlic and I love it. There is this amazing garlic overload shrimp scampi that I crave once in a while. I start taking the Body Mint a few days before I indulge and a couple of days afterwards. It helps the smell not come out of my pores like I'm trying to ward off vampires.
Body Mint started in Hawaii and when it's on sale is about $10.00 a bottle of 60 tablets. |
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Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:43 pm |
| Thanks for the information. Just wondering, does it bother your stomach at all? |
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Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:49 pm |
| Genie wrote: |
To neutralize those smells that come from those items on your "no" list, you can try body mint (www.bodymint.com) regularly. It's mostly chlorophyll, but I've tried plain chlorophyll from the health food store and it doesn't work as well. Must be something else in it too.
One of my friends take it daily and says that she has doesn't even have "morning breath" anymore. |
Thats interesting.. Do you have a list of ingredients for it? |
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Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:58 am |
| tam wrote: |
| Thanks for the information. Just wondering, does it bother your stomach at all? |
No, it doesn't bother my stomach at all. The pills are green due to the chlorophyllin so my urine turns a brighter yellow (weirdly not green) when I take it.
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| Thats interesting.. Do you have a list of ingredients for it? |
The bottle says chlorophyllin (100 mg), dicalcium phosphate, cellulose and stearic acid. I guess the chlorophyllin is what makes it work. I guess you can just go to the health food store and try taking chlorphyllin. |
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Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:03 am |
| Thanks for the info! I'll check it out the next time I'm at Vitamin Shoppe. |
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Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:03 am |
Parsley is supposed to be a good body deodorizer as well as chlorophyll.
There is another brand of chlorophyll plus stuff that I've seen in CVS or RiteAid. There used to be a cheaper brand I used to use and loved (came in flavored vanilla mint pellets) that isn't out any longer. I think they're both put out by BreatheAssure...??? I'd have to look. |
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Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:42 am |
| tam wrote: |
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The bottle says chlorophyllin (100 mg), dicalcium phosphate, cellulose and stearic acid. I guess the chlorophyllin is what makes it work. I guess you can just go to the health food store and try taking chlorphyllin. |
Well thanks for that, because bodymint havent responsed to my email. So there;s no 'magic ingredient', it's just chlorophyll.
Good to know. I could have done with this when I was in the jungle in Borneo. |
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Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:38 am |
| this is interesting thread ... never think of this... |
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Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:01 pm |
Thanks, all!
Ooo Genie, this bodymint stuff sounds coooool!
Bosoxy, Magnesium and zinc supplements are great advice too.
Lunarmm- I will have to try parsley too!
Plug-in-babe - Yeah, a lot of people report that eating garlic & spices can cause foul body odor... I don't think it happens to everyone (Then again, it's said that "you can't smell yourself"  )
Anyway, yeah, the reason I brought up this thread-topic was b/c I"m kind of like you-- looking for a solution to body-odor itself, instead of coverups such as perfume and deodorant!
BTW, I want to edit my old posts in this thread so I can add to the list of Good & Bad Foods, but I don't see an "Edit" button! Anyone have any tips (Please PM me) Thanks! |
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Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:13 pm |
Doctors who specialize in haliotosis do talk about certain foods creating more "bad" body odor, including breathe odor than others. You might do some online research on that angle.
Regarding the Breathe Assure. It seems like it's been renamed Mint Assure by a company called Health Asure -- with some changes in the formulation.
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From Amazon:
Directions:
Enjoy 3 mint-coated capsules in your mouth for 30 seconds, then swallow capsules with water. Do not chew capsules. Repeat whenever you need a minty fresh blast of confidence.
Other Ingredients:
Sunflower oil, kosher gelatin, glycerin, parsley seed oil, sugar and natural flavors.
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Review posted at Amazon:
Great on the inside, worthless sugar coating, January 12, 2007
Reviewer: Bellaire Doc "Bellaire Doc" (Houston Texas)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00014EP9W/ref=nosim?s=merchant&m=A12IO5KBJD6301&v=glance&tag=nextag-hpc-mp-20&camp=212325&creative=380341
These used to be called Breath Assure. Now, they're covered w/ sugar and a hint of mint, and they're Mint Assure. They work EXTREMELY WELL to get rid of halitosis from the inside out. They have that stupid coating, but don't even freshen your breath superficially. Instead, you swallow them, the gelatin coating dissolves, and the Parsley Seed Oil and Sunflower Seed Oil inside cleans the bad-smelling items from your ?blood or ?lungs so that the air coming up from your lungs and your stomach no longer has garlic or onions or whatever.
In the old days, before the mint/sugar coating, they came in a box of 160 or 75. Now, with the coating, they stick together if they're packed together. So the company wraps each capsule separately in a plastic and foil wrapper.
Take them about 30 minutes before you need them. They are terrific and last for about 4 or 5 hours.
I give it 4 stars, but would give it 5 stars if they removed the worthless sugary coating. It makes them more difficult to swallow (you have to suck the sugar off first) and adds worthless calories. |
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Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:03 am |
Thanks for posting about Mint Assure. I have Body Mint on it's way and now Mint Asure is sitting in my cart at Drugstore.com just waiting for checkout.
I'm anxious to try both of these products. |
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Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:26 am |
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(MintAssure)
Other Ingredients:
Sunflower oil, kosher gelatin, glycerin, parsley seed oil, sugar and natural flavors.
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Review posted at Amazon:
...the Parsley Seed Oil and Sunflower Seed Oil inside cleans the bad-smelling items from your ?blood or ?lungs so that the air coming up from your lungs and your stomach no longer has garlic or onions or whatever...
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Interesting! Thanks Lunarmm!
I wonder if just eating/swallowing Parsley Seed Oil and Sunflower Oil would do the trick! |
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Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:14 pm |
The shrimp scampi that I love is sold out of a big white truck near the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii. They are the yummiest little tidbits around for those who like garlic. However, the smell just comes out the pores of skin for days afterwards and you start to regurgitate the garlic taste back into your mouth and throat. This gives you an idea of how wonderful the shrimp scampi is to put up with the after effects.
Taking the Body Mint really minimizes all these effects and my husband only has to suffer for 1 day when I'm a bit garlicky. |
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Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:34 pm |
| interesting topic... |
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