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Weird BO

I've been IF for a week and a half, not eating any grains and yesterday broke my fast before work on a grilled cheese sandwich at Starbucks. Omg it was heaven. I still stayed within my daily calories and ate my usual meal prepped food the rest of the day. Stayed late after work to do a couple sets of deadlifts and my sweat smelled so bad! Had a shower when I got home and this morning when I got changed my BO still smells so fucking weird! And strong. I had to take a second like, "I *did* shower after work right? No, I defitinely did!" Wth? Anyone else here notice weird stuff when you eat grains/bread after being without it for a hot minute? Just me? ... cool ... coolcoolcool. 😅

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When I first got serious about a 16:8 IF, my girlfriend started telling me I needed to go to the dentist because my breath was bad. So I went expecting some rotting tooth or something. No cavities, no anything. I did some research, when you are burning that much fat on IF, it will produce a weird smell, it my case, I was exhausting it in my breath. It wouldn’t surprise me that different BO would happen as well.

Bad breath link.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/intermittent-fasting-side-effects#9.-Malnutrition

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BO is about biome on the skin in your arm pits. The stink is from microbes that live there eating the old sweat. You can wipe out and around your armpit with a dab of rubbing alcohol on a wash cloth to kill the stink. You may to switch up deodorant.

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From what I understand, because you’re in ketosis your body is expelling more of its reserve fats (and reserves in general, such as toxins that have built up). If your sweat smells bad, you might be expelling more toxins. Drink tons of water to keep getting all that out.