Can strong body odour, and bad breath, respond to diet intervention?
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Yes. Before beginning diet do fill out the family sensitivity history and ask family members who is sensitive to what, of course include all types of smells. Are you a person who has a good sense of smell - notice food in the refrigerator smelling 'off' before most people would? Or any other smells? A strong sense of smell is an indicator that the diet trial is likely to be beneficial. Note all the information on smells throughout Are You Food Sensitive? as well the types of symptoms that occur in food sensitive people, listed on page 33 and 34.
Do members of your family notice your smell? If so they will be able to tell if it decreases after diet investigation. Note halitosis [bad breath] listed and referred to in some of the articles on www.ozemail.com.au/~breakey especially “What's smell got to do with it?” and “Development of thinking..”.
Sometimes people are very sensitive about others commenting on their body odour, or bad breath. They do not need to be, as it is probable that only some of the supersensitive people are likely to notice. Some people are very sensitive. I have heard of some people who even notice what their own, or their child’s, smell is and are able to connect it to a recently eaten food, such as fish or curry. It is tempting to wonder if the particular odour chemical is not being metabolised much at all, so the metabolite being excreting through the skin, or urine, is still recognisable. As well as general diet investigation it is also worth mentioning that such people need to eat all food very fresh. It is thought to be the amines produced as food deteriorates - putrazine and cadavarine - that are part of the smell culprits, along with the usual food chemical suspects.