Strong smelling foods like asparagus, garlic, and curry can make your crotch sweat stinkier. ); background-size: contain; background-color: transparent; background-origin: content-box; overflow: hidden; width: 44px; height: 20px; display: block; color: white; position: relative; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;> Before we go any further, lets state the obvious for a second: Vaginas can and will smell like whatever they want. They are not supposed to smell like roses; that concept is annoying. That said, a concern about the air down there is hardly abnormal, and certain foods can have an impact — albeit a slight one — on the smell of your nether regions. There is not a large canon of research on how foods impact your vaginal smell, but it is related to the rest of your particular scent of BO. It has not been extensively studied, its been inferred from other research, said Lindsay. Because an important component of the odor is from sweat, foods that make your sweat more odiferous, will likely do the same for your vag. If you ingest foods with very strong odors like asparagus or garlic or curry, its possible that that can translate to a smell in your vaginal area, said Lindsay. (As for the commonly repeated myth that inserting a garlic clove into your vagina can cure a yeast infection, dont listen. In reality, inserting any foreign object in the vagina may cause further complications or even worsen an infection. And there is no scientific proof that garlic can cure a yeast infection, so why risk it? wrote Drs. Yvonne Bohn, Allison Hill, and Alane Park, OB/GYNs and authors of The Mommy Docs Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy and Birth.) NBC / giphy 7. Red meat might make you smellier than usual, too. ); background-size: contain; background-color: transparent; background-origin: content-box; overflow: hidden; width: 44px; height: 20px; display: block; color: white; position: relative; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;> Eating red meat can make you sweat more and make your sweat smellier. You can smell worse within two hours of eating red meat, E. Adam Kallel, who holds a Ph.D. in Victrix computational and medicinal chemistry consultancy, told the Huffington Post last year. Like with other body odor-causing foods, the results may manifest in the sweat glands around your private parts. Eating red meat may also throw off your vaginas pH levels. A normal vagina is slightly acidic, said Lindsay. Theres some evidence that for certain people, some foods that are high in alkalines, like meat and fish, can possibly affect the odor. And BTW, studies indicate that red meat has an impact on your male companion too. A 2006 study put seventeen male odor donors on either meat or non-meat diets for two weeks and then tested their scents on 30 women. The results: [T]he odor of donors ... on the nonmeat diet was judged as significantly more attractive, more pleasant, and less intense.
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