Family matters

Chronic body odour

A number of people suffer from the embarrassing and distressing problem of chronic body odour, particularly at this time of year. What is the cause for this condition, and what’s the remedy when deodorants, perfumes and soaps have failed? Again, people point to dairy products as culprits. Yeast may also be a problem (yeasts grow on the skin too) – cut down on the sugar that feeds yeast. As for deodorants, Neways do a good one without aluminium, and there’s always the crystal version by Roc.

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