I smell like rubber again!!!

[joliepitt]

I'm so embarrassed people around me comment about how bad the house smells. I smell like smoke last night when all I took yesterday were probiotics, vit b complex, vit d with soybean oil, white rice and veggies for meals. Had no sugar and oily foods for almost a month. My odor isnt as bad as before this diet but today I smell like rubber or dirty shoes again!

My breath has not gone for good but it has bit improved since I started using hydrogen peroxide. But peeps still cover their noses when I talk. Whether stressed or not, the rubber odor comes and goes. I'm so puzzled what have I eaten that makes me smell such.

[rr30]

Same really.... yesterday I had a bad experience when someone in the street walked past me and said "<my town's name> pong" - basically saying I stink really bad, yet I had a shower and clean clothes like the same morning and couldn't smell a thing myself, and also some guys in a music store were laughing, looking at me and both rubbed their nosed really hard for like 20 seconds at the same time!
Who the hell does that seriously??

[Arun Nagrath]

Jolie,
What you ate yesterday is important but so is what you ate THE WHOLE WEEK!

You see, many people with these conditions assume that the odour depends on what you ate the last meal or two. If this were true then it would be much easier to control our symptoms!

Let me give you an example. I found out some time back that alcohol affects my breath and body odour terribly. However, this greatly increased odour doesn't disappear after a few hours, it lasts 3-4 days! What's more, other people on our site who suffer from probable metabolic odour say the same thing.

If alcohol can make us smell so bad for 3-4 days then it is only reasonable to assume that other foods or drinks might affect us for even longer. So, my message is to watch what you eat for a WEEK before you have to go to a party or a social event. Some odours derived from foods can stay in our body for ages!!

Also, try scraping your tongue after eating or drinking anything. Before talking to someone, have a sip of cold water then swish it around your mouth a few seconds. It helps!

Start keeping a diary of what you eat and drink each day and how you smell that day. The rubber smell might not be related to what you just ate, it could be what you ate up to a few days ago so that's why you don't see an obvious pattern. Keeping a food diary will help establish a pattern with foods you ate several days earlier.

How much water do you drink daily Jolie? I find the more water I drink, the better my odour. Can you smell your own odour in the same way that others can?
Arun

[Arun Nagrath]

"some guys in a music store were laughing, looking at me and both rubbed their nosed really hard for like 20 seconds at the same time!"

RR30, did that really happen to you? Wow, it's a pretty sick world we're living in. Were the guys in the music store within range to be able to smell you? (I'm wondering if this was some kind of 'setup').

Have there been any other funny events happening to you that might suggest a 'setup'?

Do you drink alcohol dude? When I used to drink alcohol, my odour was really terrible the next morning and decreased gradually over 3-4 days! Chocolate and coffee are also pretty bad.
Had you had either of these that morning?
Arun

[jcc34]

Hi Joliepitt

Do you have a problem with choline that you're aware of? Most vitamin B complexes contain choline in them. I don't believe I have a problem with choline myself so I take a B complex (and multivitamin).

[joliepitt]

I only eat the same set of meals every single day (white rice + low-choline veggies) and sometimes with fruits. I drink plenty of water esp. warm water. Surprisingly, the rubber odor doesn't linger today but yesterday was bad. Maybe, it was because of the overdosage of probiotic caps I took. One thing though, I always put some seasoning powder for my vegan viands. Could it be the seasoning the reason why the rubber odor?

While I'm writing this, I'm waiting for my plain rice + veggies to be cooked... no more seasoning at least for today to see if the odor comes back or not. However, it's weird because if I don't smell like rubber, I'd smell like faint onion. When someone cooks oily food, my gosh the smell sticks to my body.

I never use oils and sugar and the rest of the so-called highly cholinated foods but I still smell.

I'm thinking of going back to spirulina-chorella supps plus glutathione this time. Also, ozone therapy and bitter gourd capsules are said to help with body odor. So I will try them all. Colostrum and digestive enzymes too!

[jcc34]

Sounds like your saying you have a problem with choline, in which case check your B complex. You could try just B2 vitamin on it's own - it's meant to support FM03 enzyme, especially if you get constant chapped lips.

[Arun Nagrath]

Jolie,
Jcc34 is right, there is choline in most vitamin b complex preparations. I know many people who experienced greatly diminished odour after trying vitamin B2. Amazingly, these are people who did not have TMAU. I believe my odour gets better after B2 supplementation.

I often get cracked lips and B2 helps with that so it probably meant I was B2 deficient. Many enzymes depend on vitamins for good function so it is always worth exploring the effects of vitamin supplements.

Sseasoning and spices may affect your odour. Generally, anything scented (garlic, spices, seasoning) will certainly come out of the pores. If I eat curry, I smell of curry afterwards.

I just wanted to say something about fruit but I really don't want to stop people from eating fruit! Fruit contains sugar. The sweeter a fruit (eg ripe plums), the more the sugar content. Now some sugars may be fine for us to take whilst other sugars (eg sucrose) may be worse. Which are worse? I really don't know. I think it is safer eating apples and bananas than ripe fleshy fruit. Okay, having said all that, I just wanted to point out that I still eat fruit!
Arun

[joliepitt]

@arun

I don't think it's the b vitamins that gave me such rubbery and onion body odor. Have been smelling like such on and off ever since before I took any supplement. I guess it's the seasoning in my food which stays for days in my system. TMAU isn't my case I believe because yesterday I gobbled up variety of foods. I had cabbage, tuna with potatoes in tomato sauce, mango, plenty of bananas, and of course white rice. I also overdosed on probiotics and b complex... and the rubber odor today isn't as worse as the other day.

I decided I just eat whatever I like from now on so that I won't be deficient in proteins. I miss pork and chicken. But along with that, I have to try the ozonator first and purchase spirulina, maca, msm and glutamine. Really, I'm that freak. I'd try everything before quitting and rethinking of suicide as someone told me this trial won't be for long.

I'm also reconsidering going back to the doctor and have my hormones and blood check.

By the way, has anyone here tried oil pulling for BB?

[casus]

Jun 30, 2011 2:42:11 GMT joliepitt said:

I'm so embarrassed people around me comment about how bad the house smells. I smell like smoke last night when all I took yesterday were probiotics, vit b complex, vit d with soybean oil, white rice and veggies for meals. Had no sugar and oily foods for almost a month. My odor isnt as bad as before this diet but today I smell like rubber or dirty shoes again!

My breath has not gone for good but it has bit improved since I started using hydrogen peroxide. But peeps still cover their noses when I talk. Whether stressed or not, the rubber odor comes and goes. I'm so puzzled what have I eaten that makes me smell such.

Hi joliepitt, I have a very similar problem, I get a smoke/burning rubber odour.. though I don't really know what causes it.

It seems worse for a few days after drinking alcohol, even just 1 beer! but other than that I haven't really noticed any patterns.
I have GI problems so that might well be related, i've just started a lactose free diet which seems to be helping on the GI side at least. I suspect lack of enzymes is, if not a primary cause, then at least a secondary one.

I have also suffered from classic odour problems such as halitosis, brom, and foot odour despite being a clean person. My oral hygiene is good enough that i've never had any tooth decay or cavities, and have no fillings... yet I get bad breath. I've worked out routines and treatments for these over the years and I have them 90% under control... but nothing seems to change the burning rubber smell

So... if you ever find out what the problem is be sure to let me know!