The foods that make you smell more attractive
Fruit and vegetables
Broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower may be staples of a healthy diet – but they are heavily packed with sulphurous compounds, which can often be reminiscent of the smell of rotting eggs. When these compounds make their way through the bloodstream and interact with skin bacteria, your sweat can turn into a strongly pungent liquid, according to nutritional therapist Kerry Beeson.
Foods from the allium family, such as garlic and onions, can also affect the smell of our sweat and breath for the same reason as cruciferous vegetables: when they're metabolised by the human body, they break down into stinky compounds like diallyl disulphide and allyl methyl sulphide, which are emitted by your body in slightly different timelines – right after ingestion and then, in the case of allyl methyl sulphide, with a peak 30 minutes later.
Surprisingly, though, studies suggest that while garlic definitely makes people's breath smelly, it makes people's armpit sweat more attractive.
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2026-02-01
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