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’m sure you’ve noticed ingly good, but they give me
that there have been some gas. I enjoy a nice plate of liver
Iungodly hot days during and onions once in a while, but
the last several weeks. Well, she tells me it makes me smell
of course, you have. Recently musky. That’s a polite way of
it hit over 100 degrees at my telling me I smell like old tuna
house. So, with all this heat and onions. The one food that I
comes the inevitable sweating. have to admit probably makes
I was shopping in a local me smell a little gross is Geor-
hardware store last week, gia Swamp Sausage and Grits.
which I visit frequently, when On the other hand, Spam
one of the staff mentioned that No makes me smell the same way.
I should write an article about I have found that the three
body odor and older people. foods that I plan on never
She knows that I sometimes eating again are Haggis, Tripe,
write articles for various Sweat and Rocky Mountain Oysters.
publications. It seemed like a Of course, if you have any odd
good idea until I got home and smells emanating from your
realized she may have been body, you may want to talk
referring to me. It certainly is By C. F. Illingworth to your doctor. I did and he
possible. So, I decided to check verified that I do have an odd
out some fascinating informa- odorous scent about me. How
tion about sweating and body would you like to have your
odor. doctor tell you that?
Have you noticed that I was particularly curi-
some people seem to sweat ous about statistics having
more than others? I have, and to do with odors coming
so I decided to seek out some from “Old People”. The Mayo
of the reasons why. One of the Clinic conducted a study of
first facts I found out was that older women who described
your body has between two a situation where their head,
to four million sweat glands. scalp, and the rest of their body
That’s a lot of glands. Their parts were soaking wet just 30
purpose is to maintain a nor- minutes after they get out of
mal body temperature and cool the shower. They found that
you down when your body ex- body starts to change, roughly America suffer heavy sweating some of these conditions may
periences above-average tem- 3 million sweat glands become under their arms. No kidding. be caused by medications or
peratures by producing sweat. more, let’s say enthusiastic, par- Did you know that there anxiety. No, I’m not picking on
Not everyone sweats in quarts ticularly in the armpits, palms, are different types of body women. There are lots of guys
like me, and each person can and soles of their feet. Excessive odors? Body odor can be a sign that have the same problem,
have a different threshold and uncontrollable sweating of more than simply forgetting and possibly worse. They also
before they sweat. Men tend can cause embarrassment, to swipe on deodorant. You found that some older people’s
to sweat more than women, isolation, and even anxiety or may have a disorder called body odors actually smelled
and part of what decides how depression in some teens. Now, Trimethylaminuria, now that’s on the mild side. If you can
much we sweat is recorded that is NOT what a teenager a mouth full. This odor is akin believe that! However, if you
in our DNA. Fat keeps heat needs, especially when they to a fishy smell; and no, you talk to some young people,
in the body, so people who are trying to cope with other can’t cover it up with some tar- they will say that old geezers
are overweight tend to sweat social challenges. We need to tar sauce or a white wine sauce. smell like Ben Gay or a flowery
more than thinner people. I give them a little slack when it Your body could also smell gasoline. One could say that’s
can identify with that problem comes to BO. a little bitter, which may be obviously a cover-up.
since I’m not a member of the Some men in their 20s and caused by digestive problems. After writing this article,
lean squad. 30s tend to experience heavy Another unpleasant body I’ve decided to douse myself
If you have teenagers sweating due to a variety of odor that’s caused by a diges- with my new Dollar Store
living in your house, you may reasons. They may experience tive problem is a rotten egg cologne and make my way back
have noticed that they seem to anxiety or work-related stress. odor. My wife has told me that to the hardware store and talk
sweat profusely. It seems that The most common manifesta- I smell odd after eating BBQ to the individual who suggested
when they reach puberty, their tion of sweat is in the armpits. lamb testicles. She buys them this article. I only hope I can
sweat glands go into a state of One study by the Mayo Clinic for 49 cents a pound, which is make a good BO impression on
frantic activity. As a teenager's found that 51% of men in a good deal. They taste surpris- that person. Wish me luck.

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