are you a very actice person? maybe you're magnesium deficient.

I'm not an expert on this but when I started supplementing magnesium, my body odor disappeared completely.

didn't find a really good article about magnesium + body odor but it's mentioned here: http://www.ayurvediccure.com/home-remedies/bodyodor.htm

It sounds like you've noticed an increase in sweat. That alone could increase the smell, too, as the sweat feeds the bacteria.

Foods in the allium family - including onion, leek, garlic and chive - contain sulfur compounds that can cause garlic-like body odor.

Could it be it?

Dr K talks about the relationship between sweating and magnesium deficiency here:

http://jackkruse.com/what-can-you-find-about-your-own-health/

The gist is that the 'metabolism of carbohydrates and fats requires numerous magnesium-dependent chemical reactions.'

He lists sources of Mg depletion:

• coffee
• sugar
• Mental or physical stress (cortisol)
• alcohol in excess of 6 oz a day
• cola type soda
• high sodium diet
• tobacco
• medical drugs of all types
• low thyroid function
• diabetes
• diuretics
• chronic pain
• a high carbohydrate diet
• a high calcium diet (dairy)

So, while you can play around with Mg dose levels, you can also try to eliminate or reduce sources of its depletion.

People do smell differently when they eat different things. Was paleo a drastic life change for you? (Like, were you vegan or vegetarian immediately before that?) I'm not sure if the odor you are experiencing is actually bad or just not what you are used to. Are other people commenting on your odor or moving away from you when you sit down near them? If you have stinky b.o., that has to do with sweat and bacteria as Sara S. pointed out. But, your body may just smell different now that you are eating different foods. You may just need some time to adjust to the new smell.

Is it at all possible that you do not smell more, but that your olfactory system is working better with a paleo diet? So you notice the smell more but it's not actually any worse...could explain why nobody else notices.

Interestingly, one thing that made my personal scent less strong was increasing my physical activity. I noticed, over time, that despite sweating more, the more I exercised, the less... ummm.. pungent my personal scent became. I'm half Sicilian, so, as someone of Mediterranean descent, there's the tendency to have a very strong personal scent. It's easier to notice changes in mine, since I've never been able to use commercial soaps/detergents/perfumes, etc., to cover it up, because of allergies. I theorize that, when I'm exercising regularly, bacteria doesn't have as much opportunity to pool in the pores, because they're being flushed regularly. shrugs I don't know... I just know that getting and staying more active made my personal scent less strong.

I've also found that bathing in Dead Sea Salts (unscented, authentic -- not simply "bath salts") twice a week helps to balance my skin bacteria and results in a less pungent personal scent.

Are you wearing a lot of synthetics for clothing? Something that I saw in another thread here mentioned smelling worse when you sweat wearing synthetics. It's not really something I noticed before, but when I did a n=1 a few times exercising in synthetics vs cotton, whew, yah that's nasty...

I had this problem after my last pregnancy. I did a 21-day yeast "cleanse" with my chiropractor and that fixed it. It was basically eating strict paleo, but with supplements.

I've used baking soda and cornstarch in my pits since I was a teen (read it in Dear Abby). It's amazing, cheap, and totally biodegradable. Slightly extra messy in the bathroom though. In the beginning I made a paste of the baking soda, but that can tear up the skin. I keep it in tiny tupperware containers, and after I'm dry, I just pat some on; baking soda first, then cornstarch.

I'm thinking your hormones could be shifting and that could contribute. My age has definitely shifted things. I can now go an occasional day without anything in my pits with no noticeable stink.

I wonder if adding the exercise would amp your metabolism a bit and help things 'move' more quickly and not stink so much.

The stink is worth the satiety.

Vinegar. White vinegar. And a paper towel.

I've noticed this too, but I'm losing weight so I assume it is just part of the detoxing.

Like others said maybe your sense of smell is better.. I had congestion pre paleo from milk allergy

When you introduce more micronutrients in your diet and high quality protein and fat, you give your liver the raw materials to create enzymes to metabolize and excrete toxins your body has been hanging on to for yearssss. If you smell bad, you need to sweat more. Imagine a dirty dry sponge, you soak it and wring it out over and over until it runs clear. These toxins are environmental but can also accumulate when food is digested poorly so being sure your bowel transit time is ~24 hrs (eat a bolus of something distinguishable like tomatoes with the skin and you can detect them in your stool and estimate time) and supplimenting with betaine HCL or digestive bitters or practicing mindful eating can stimulate digestive secretions and speed up bowel transit time. Ayurvedic herbs are exceptional in this regard to. Sarsaparilla is an herb I personally like for increasing sweating and simultaneously absorbing toxins in the colon. food grade diatomaceous earth is also lovely for mopping up extra garbage in your tubes the morning after a late meal, it has a huge surface area and is able to mop up bacteria and even weaken the outer membrane of parasites so your immune system can dissolve them.

By far the most easy effective thing to reduce your odor would be to do an infared sauna followed by a cold shower, or hot exercise followed by an ice bath. This will squeeze days worth of gunk out of your skin in a few minutes and you will glow physically and metaphorically.

Hope this information finds you well! OH also one of my favorite things is to take a whole onion, any kind, and chop it up with your choice of oil, turmeric, pepper (improve absorption of turmeric into cells), ACV, and some raw honey. Maybe some cayenne if I really want to warm up :)

Hope this information finds you well!

-Luke

ha! totally agree, one thing about eating super clean is whenever you introduce something new to your diet - you know! people used to comment that i smelt nice - not anymore I bet! i hate the smell of myself now that i'm eating eggs and liver!

oh my goodness me too! My arm pits STINK since I have been eating a lot more meat! Usually when odors come through breath and body it means there are toxins and releasing or food is in a way rotting in your stomach...dont really know what to do about this..