Re: sweat question + stress levels

[Guest guest]

> I'm not sure what causes it, but I thought I'd jump in here -- I

had a

> boyfriend who would spend days and weeks hiking around the

mountains. He

> said he would stink in town, if he worked on stuff, but out in the

> mountains, he did not. I hiked with him a week, and by golly, he

was right.

---> When I've traveled overseas I found I don't smell as much and

rarely need to wash my clothes kinda like Heidi's hiking trips.

Neither do I need to shave my underarms or legs much. I never really

thought about it before except to chalk it up to less

stress...actually different stress. I figured my body shut down part

of it's normal process to deal with new changes.

And it can last for awhile...I spent 2 summers teaching in rural

India, bathing was difficult maybe 2X/week, little time to wash

clothes and hot humidity. I don't recall not being able to stand

myself. In fact I had to remind myself to bath because it was a pain.

My scalp also didn't seem to get as itchy.

I was eating little protein ...the family I was living with couldn't

afford it so it was mostly rice and potato combinations with small

amounts of meat and peanut butter and bananas.

This has also happened on other trips to the point I forget about

using deodorant or shaving.

On the other side of stress....this past school year was particulary

bad. I had large classes with a bunch of wayward adolescents that

disrupted my class continually. I gave up on natural deodorants and

went straight back to the drugstore. Now it's summer and I'm back to

the natural stuff. If the flight-fight mechanisms can kick up the

endocrine system to the notch stinky stuff gets produced maybe other

stressors can also.

Lynn

[Guest guest]

> mercola recommends using baking soda " if you have to. " because of

the

> aluminum. i guess he thinks the good deodorants are too expensive.

>

I've recently started using a crystal rock deodorant - just something

I picked up at a health food store. It's a type of salt formed into

a large lump - just wet it and use it - the salt kills the bacteria

that cause the smell, but it doesn't stop you sweating.

The only thing is, the ingredient listed is ammonium alum - I have no

idea what this is - can anyone suggest whether it's a good

alternative to commercial deodorants, or just another marketing ploy?

THanks

Jo

[Guest guest]

> I've recently started using a crystal rock deodorant - just

something

> I picked up at a health food store. It's a type of salt formed

into

> a large lump - just wet it and use it - the salt kills the bacteria

> that cause the smell, but it doesn't stop you sweating.

> The only thing is, the ingredient listed is ammonium alum - I have

no

> idea what this is

---->The way I understand it the amonium alum is too large to get

through the skin pores otherwise it would work like the aluminum in

regualr deodorant. This is the only " natural " deodorant that will

sorta work for me if I'm having a sweat and smell period. But the

only thing that really truly works is rotten drugstore stuff.

Personally I wouldn't care if I didn't have to work with teens.... or

anyone that would notice... but can't do that.

Anyhow I'm going to have to pay more attention to this phenomenea.

Does different stress cause different odors??? I hadn't really

thought about it before...wonder if it's related to a rise in

cortisol levels.

Lynn

>

> > mercola recommends using baking soda " if you have to. " because

of

> the

> > aluminum. i guess he thinks the good deodorants are too

expensive.

> >

>

>

- can anyone suggest whether it's a good

> alternative to commercial deodorants, or just another marketing

ploy?

>

> THanks

>

> Jo

[Guest guest]

>

> > Maybe no one is rude enough to tell you that you smell bad. )

I wonder

> > about that myself using the " natural " stuff, at the end of the

day it isn't

> > working as well as at the beginning.

>

> The Crystal works great for the entire day. But I use it in spray

form. Maybe it gets applied better this way.

>

> Roman

*********hello. i use the liquid crystal also w/ good results. but

since it is unscented i add essential oil to it and that makes a big

difference w/ covering odor. i use lavender- some people just use

straigh lavender essential oil as a deodorant. i've also used the

rock/solid but found it didn't work as well. well, my liquid

disappeared a few days ago (gremlins i'm sure) so i got the idea to

put a drop of lavender eo on the rock and it worked great! and the

one drop lasted for a few days.

beverly >^..^<