Like, I travel around for work and I’ve met plenty of people from all backgrounds.
Why is there a demographic of people who don’t seemingly bathe regularly, or at the very least wear something to cover up their BO? I could understand if it’s an allergy, or even religious reasons (though the people I’ve met that smell bad are usually you’re average American young adult man) but recently (like in the past week, recently) I’ve met a concerning number of people who don’t seem to wear any kind of deodorant or possibly don’t even bathe regularly; it’s starting to become an issue for me, as I don’t even want to interact with them when I can smell them walking up from 3+ feet away yet I need to for work.
Does anyone have any possible insight?
It’s about managing your microbiome to outcompete malodorous species with those producing more favorable odors. If your armpits stink, try resetting your microbiome with an iodine rinse such as Betadine for a few days and you should be fine without underarm products provided you are in good health:
“… an increase in bacteria that compete with odour-generating bacteria may provide a means to reduce body odours without significantly affecting overall microbiota abundance, bypassing the need to use antiperspirants or bactericidal substances.” Reference: https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-014-0064-3
Additional steps which you can take to improve your microbiome and reduce your negative armpit smell are to minimize your meat intake and facilitate mucus in your digestive tract by taking turmeric and black pepper supplements.