Do you really know? Which foods change our body odour?
Dec 27, 2025
Discover how your unique body odour is influenced by genetics, hormones, and importantly, your diet. Learn about strong-smelling foods like garlic and onions that can boost sweat levels and alter your scent. Turmeric even contributes a tangy aroma through increased sweat acidity. Certain vegetables, such as cabbage, can lead to sulphur-like odours, while red meats and alcohol ramp up sweating. Surprisingly, a diet rich in fruits and vegetables may enhance your natural scent, making it more appealing!
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Diet Directly Changes Body Odour
- Diet noticeably shapes personal odor through foods, spices, and molecules like carvone from turmeric.
- Garlic, onions, spices and chili increase sweat and can change body scent via digestion and sweat acidity.
Turmeric And Sulphur-Smelling Experiences
- Joseph Chance notes turmeric can make skin emit a tangy aroma due to sweat acidity and carvone.
- He also mentions noticing sulphur-like smells from foods like onions and cabbage in his experience.
Digestion Creates Distinctive Odour Compounds
- Digestive breakdown of certain foods produces distinctive smells, like asparagus causing sulphur compounds in urine.
- Poor dairy digestion and high red or processed meat intake can also create cabbage- or stronger sweat-like odors.