You are what you eat!

I was once discussing with a friend of mine why it is that some people just have a bad odor about them. I'm not talking about the socially awkward, unhygienic, never changes his socks kind of person. I'm talking about those who seem totally with it. We were actually trying to figure out a way to tell someone we knew that she was in fact one of those who needed to spend some extra time in the shower. I know it sounds awful, but we were really trying to help her out. After all, everything else about her spelled out a great person, it seemed a shame that she had this quality in her way.

I finally came up with a hypothesis. We both noticed about this girl that her eating habits were very bad. Not that she was a compulsive over eater, although she was slightly over weight. It's what she ate: wacky mac, instant oatmeal, food coloring... People don't realize that you are what you eat!

Your body doesn't recognize the chemicals in these seemingly harmless foods, so it has to get rid of them somehow. And my guess, was that her body was exuding those chemicals from her pores, giving her a very bad odor.

A relative of mine once said that she likes her food to be "as close to the ground as possible," meaning, simple ingredients that she could name. As soon as you start approaching long lists of ingredients that you don't recognize, proceed with caution.

I did not share the story of my "smelly" friend to publicly shame anyone. I did it to give a real example that you should think twice before pulling your dinner out of the freezer. Nothing that comes out of a package can ever be as healthy as what you make yourself!