Body odor is a general term used to describe the fowl smells of someone's body. Perspiration is known as the cooling process of the body. Perspiration doesn't cause body odor, but when germs get accumulated in the body, then it produces fowl smell.
Popular reasons of getting body odor are:
- Any chronic or prolonged disease
- Any food or beverages
- Anxiety
- usage of drugs
- Constipation
- Over secretion of body hormones
There are many costly remedies of reducing sweats and body odors. But there are also some cost effective home remedies, which can help you to get rid of the bad odor easily and quickly. Home remedy tips to decrease the sweat and body odor are mentioned below:
- Keep your body clean: The body odor strength of a person depends on how much his/her apocrine glands secrete and also on the number of bacteria on his/her skin. People who have a strong body odor, often have 2-3 kinds of bacterias in their body. One of the best way to get rid of body odor is to wash away sweats and bacteria. Always clean the groin and armpit area with soaps and water once in a day or more. A deodorant soap is more preferable than ordinary soaps.
- Try home made deodorant: You can try a home made deodorant to hide the fowl smell. Wash your armpits with white vinegars or wines. You can also use backing soda to the armpits to minimize the body odor. The mix of radish juice and glycerine is also another effective home made deodorant
- Use antiperspirant: In case of more smell, you can use antiperspirant to reduce the sweat amount. Antiperspirants are a kind of over the counter drug which reduces the production of eccrine sweat, and keeps the body drier. It results in the decrease of the bacteria's fertility ground.
- Wash the clothes regularly: Apocrine sweats can damage the fiber of your dress material and can produce a bad odor. So, to get rid of that, wear washed and clean clothes, underwear and socks. If you sweat a lot, avoid using other materials except cotton or linen. This materials facilitate airflow and absorbs sweat.
- Check your diet: If you sweat a lot, then you must have to take a look on the foods you are intaking . Foods like hot peepers increase the level of sweating. There are some other food and drinks such as the onions, garlic, several spices and alcohol, whose fowl aroma are carried in the sweat and therefore produce bad odors. Try to drink a cup of sage tea on a regular basis. It minimizes the sweat secretion.
Last but not the least, anxiety, or anger,or over excitement releases our body hormones and results in huge sweat. Later it results in body odor. Try to control these habits.
