Foods and Body Odor Infographic

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10071744

Spices like curry, cumin and fenugreek pack a pungent punch when they attach to tongue and teeth.

1. SPICES

Binding to your mouth, these plant cousins generate bad breath.

2. GARLIC AND ONION

Red meat can release odorless proteins through perspiration.

3. RED MEAT

Your genes dictate whether you’ll convert a byproduct called choline into the fishy-smelling trimethylamine (and whether you’ll smell it).

4. FISH

5. CRUCIFEROUS VEGGIES

6. ASPARAGUS

7. ALCOHOL

Alcohol is metabolized into acetic acid.

Your genes or metabolism may convert mercaptan, an asparagus byproduct, into sulfuric acid.

Digesting broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower releases sulfuric acid.

Mad for Mexican? Crazy for curry? Some foods may do more than nourish your body — they may change your scent.

HOW 7

DIFFERENT FOODS

AFFECT YOUR

BODY ODOR