Posted on 12/23/2024 2:12:59 PM PST by vespa300
Bad body odor could be in your DNA, dermatologists revealed.
While nearly everyone sweats, it turns out your genes could determine how much you perspire and how smelly you get.
Heather Kornmehl, a Texas-based dermatologist, informed her 111,000 TikTok followers that whether you get smelly as the day progresses or during a strenuous workout may be out of your control.
Some people are more likely to have a foul odor after a hard workout or a long day than others due to variations in the ABCC11 gene, which is responsible for producing underarm body odor.
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Smell people who eat kimchee. Basically, all Koreans.
Ooga Ooga!
More fun(?) than a barrel full o Monkees!
I was shopping at a local bookstore, and there was a small crowd standing near a table. So I investigated. As I approached the table I was hit with an overpowering smell of rotting cabbage.
Turns out it was a Hillary Clinton book signing.
(Did I just make all that up? Maybe. Maybe not.)
There was a recent movie about body odor.
Trimethylaminuria (TMAU), also known as fish odor syndrome, is a rare metabolic disorder that causes the compound trimethylamine to be released in a person’s sweat, urine and breath, giving off a strong fishy odor.
I think it’s people’s sense of smell. Some are too sensitive. Mosquitos loved me but left my ex alone. I told her it’s because I’m sweeter. One reason she’s an ex.
I’ve come across people whose stink lingers for days like that Seinfeld episode.
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