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In some cases, body odors are symptoms of a health problem and warrant medical attention–especially if the smell is new or offensive to yourself or othe

EXTREMELY SMELLY SWEAT

Sweating eliminates toxins from your body, so it’s normal for it to cause some odor. However, particularly bad-smelling sweat may be due to problems digesting dietary fats (causing a rancid odor) or a magnesium deficiency (producing a locker-room smell). In some people, the odor may be related to a yeast or bacterial infection of the skin (causing a yeasty or sickeningly sweet smell).

Kidney failure or liver failure may cause sweat to smell like ammonia.

My advice: Boost your overall intake of vegetables and other high-fiber foods, such as flaxseed meal or apples. Fiber soaks up toxins and helps eliminate poorly digested fats that can cause body odor.

To improve magnesium levels, increase your intake of green vegetables, such as broccoli and kale, and reduce your consumption of sugar. Too much sugar not only depletes magnesium, but also feeds any odor-causing yeast that may be lurking in your body. Stress and alcohol also can deplete magnesium, so try to minimize both. If you think that you may need more magnesium, ask your doctor about taking a magnesium supplement.

If these steps don’t help within a few days, see your doctor.