Podcast Episode Seventy-Two: Why We Get Body Odor

There are many factors that contribute to body odor, the most common being exercise. But everything from your diet to the medications you take to disease can trigger odor.

In today’s episode, we’re talking about why we get body odor. There are a lot of factors that can contribute to body odor and there is a lot you can do to eliminate it.

What’s in this episode:

  • Contributing factors to body odor, and what you can do to help control it
  • How smell can be diagnostic for different diseases
  • How medications can impact body odor
  • The importance of paying attention to what you put on your skin and what cleaning products you use in your home
  • The effect of hormones on body odor
  • How to look up toxicity ratings of products you put on your skin
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Dr. Holly Carling

Dr. Holly Carling is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Doctor of Naturopathy, Clinical Nutritionist and Master Herbologist with nearly four decades of experience. Dr. Carling is a “Health Detective,” she looks beyond your symptom picture and investigates WHY you are experiencing your symptoms in the first place. Dr. Carling considers herself a “professional student” – she has attended more than 600 post-secondary education courses related to health and healing. Dr. Carling gives lectures here in the U.S. and internationally and has been noted as the “Doctor’s Doctor”. When other healthcare practitioners hit a roadblock when treating their patients nutritionally, Dr. Carling is who they call. Dr. Carling is currently accepting new patients and offers natural health care services and whole food nutritional supplements in her Coeur d’ Alene clinic.

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