Body odor is not something that anyone wants to deal with, as it can be embarrassing if it gets out of hand. Proper hygiene can do wonders for helping to control body odor, but there are also a few other things that you can do to help with the problem.

The common understanding is that body odor is caused by sweating, but, the truth is that the odor is actually caused by the toxins that the sweat brings out to the surface of the skin. Thus when your body is free from toxins, then a foul body odor will not be a problem. Here are 3 ways to control body odor, aside from proper hygiene.

Healthy Diet

When the foods that go into your body are dead because they have been heavily processed, and contain many harmful ingredients, then the smell of those foods will not be pleasant when they come out. These are foods that the body does not know how to break down and digest properly, and thus they remain in the body for a period of time and become toxic before the body can begin to eliminate them.

But when you feed the body live foods that it can digest and eliminate within a day or so, then the foods do not have a chance to become toxic, and thus the body odor is reduced, and in many cases eliminated altogether.

The foods that need to be eliminated are animal proteins, particularly red meat, fast and processed foods, as well as all junk foods such as chips and candy bars, as they can all cause body odor.

Then the foods to incorporate are live plant-based foods such as fruits and vegetables, herbs and spices and nuts and seeds. Ginger root, lemon balm, mint, sage and cilantro are excellent herbs to naturally help with body odor.

Juice Fast

A juice fast will give the digestive system a break, and during this time, no new toxins are introduced to the body. Thus the toxins that have accumulated in the body for a while are able to leave the digestive tract and the blood stream. The fewer amount of toxins that are in the body, the less offensive the odor will be.

Sweating

Sweating is good for you, for the more you sweat, the more toxins can be released from the body. To promote the body to break into a sweat, you can take a hot bath, sit in a sauna or engage in exercise.

Just remember that when you promote your body to break into a sweat, that you consume plenty of fluids to replace those that you lost during sweating.