No carbs = stinky feet?

[Shrebly]

Ok, Day 30 something of my no carb quest - had a small cheat day [fried chicken] to keep my metabolism up and things are looking good as I head towards my goal of 10% BF.

I've done the no carb / low carb system before and it really seems to be the only thing that works for me but this time around I have noticed that my feet REALLY stink. Now, before you tell me I am crazy or give me the "get new shoes" routine I have to say this - I've never had stinky feet. Sure there were some days that they weren't smelling like a bed of roses but these are like DEATH FEET.

I read a few places that your overall smell can change depending on what you consume but my diet remains almost the same every day.

6 egg whites, 6 pieces bacon, 20 oz water

1 chicken breast, diet soda, 2 oz peanuts (peanuts every other day)

6 egg whites, 4 oz ham, 4 oz pork, 20 oz water

1 chicken breast, 6 oz cheese, 4 oz ham, 20 oz water

6 egg whites, 6 pieces bacon, 20 oz water

In between I have sugar free Jell-O, iced tea, hot tea and tons of water.


So, could it be my stricter diet that is giving me the stink foot? Do I need to pump in more water? Eliminate the tea?

 

[VeggieLifterChick]

My mother works with a man who has been on an extended, extremely low carb diet. She tells me he smells terrible, and that everyone in the office notices. He has good hygeine, supposedly.

I have seen people on the boards write that ketogensis makes you smell ammonia-like.

 

[Arioch]

Rather typical.

My breath gets so bad when I train that my wife refuses to be around me when I am low carbing.

 

[Shrebly]

Are you also on any gear?

Nope, 100% natural here. Well, OK - I tried Stacker 3 and it put me through the roof - followed by me falling asleep in the bathroom LOL

 

[Arioch]

Also, even though this was not the point of your post, couldn't you do a bit better than bacon? Lousy protein, sat. fat, etc.

Flax and/or fish oil perhaps?

Are you doing a straight keto diet, tkd, ckd, etc.,?

 

[p03t1c]

i have never had the problem with my feet but my breath smells like PURE ASS.

that diet looks pretty bland. there are other low carb foods. i'd have to make something that actually taste decent every once in a while.

 

[Hannibal]

i have never had the problem with my feet but my breath smells like PURE ASS.

When on keto diets this was my experience as well...

 

[MS]

I don't know specifically about keto diets and foot odor, but there is good evidence in the general pouplation that a lot of foot odor is caused by the excretion of short-chain fatty acids (particularly iso-valeric acid). It doesn't take a big leap in reasoning to think that folks on high fat diets might also excrete more of these fatty acids than they normally would.