Baking soda prevents body odour
I live in a hot climate and sweat a lot. So it’s no surprise that I used to depend on roll-on anti-perspirants everyday.
But I decided to stop using them when I found out that they contained zirconium and aluminium, which inevitably gets absorbed into my system.
If you’re similarly worried about heavy metal toxicity from anti-perspirants, you might want to consider a healthier alternative: Baking Soda.
Baking soda will prevent body odour very effectively. But it won’t prevent the sweating. And this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it’s much healthier to allow your body to sweat as sweating is the body’s way of releasing its excess toxins. By plugging up your sweat pores unnaturally, you’re forcing your body to release these toxins through other means such as skin eruptions (e.g. acne, rashes).
So you might still sweat with baking soda, but you won’t smell at all. And even as you sweat, you won’t stain your clothes yellow because as it turns out, the tell-tale yellow stain doesn’t come from your sweat, but rather the chemical reaction from your sweat and the antiperspirant. Sweat alone will not stain your clothes. So you’ll still smell good at the end of the day and your clothes will look good too.
What you’ll need: Baking soda (be sure to use baking soda, also called sodium bicarbonate and NOT baking powder), some water
How to do it: Place a little baking soda – around a level tablespoonfull – on your palm. Add a bit of water, just enough to make the baking soda into a paste. Apply this paste on your underarm area. That’s it!
Tip (wait after shaving or waxing): Baking soda will not harm you. But you might feel some stinging when using baking soda if you’ve recently shaved or waxed your underarms. So it’s best to only use baking soda one or two days after shaving.
Does this baking soda acts as a underarm lightener?
I don’t think baking soda alone will lighten underarms. But baking soda added to lemon juice or vinegar can.
this definitely works, i can testify, beware however, frequent use and too much baking soda wil result in ur skin drying and becoming a darker shade than usual, it peels eventually, but, beware. I’ve experienced it more than once.
Baking soda definitely helps. If you are trying to get rid of body odor here is a list of ways you can do it: http://www.infozooms.com/Lists/ListDetails.aspx?rid=468
If you are trying to get rid of body odor try some vinegar or witch hazel…
My God. I’ve heard that baking soda can be good in so many ways, for example that it can help you accelerate the exfoliation process, but I had never thought that it could also make sweating less stinky.
Can baking soda be used under one’s arm as a powder, like baby powder?
You can try dusting it on like baby powder, it might work if it can stay on your skin well enough. The point of adding water to make a paste first is so that it can stick to the skin a bit better.