There’s a condition where people may sweat less or not at all: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypohidrosis
Not as great as it might sound at first…
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TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoWhere is this champion among men that I may smell them?
can@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Asia
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
actually, I’m in India right now and am shocked that so far it’s the least smelly country in terms of sewage and BO I’ve been to, tied with Japan so far.
I say so far because I’ve only been here for 2 weeks.
I’ve been all over Asia and there’s always a sewage smell somewhere, or a smelly river, or you can smell BO on people when you’re crowded together on a bus, but now I’m in India and there’s no sewage smell, and I’m here during a huge festival, literally one of tens of thousands of people crowded in these temples without smelling any BO, and I’m wondering if it’s a cultural habit that is dovetailing into their infrastructure and hygiene(kind of like how Chinese chefs traditionally cook everything at super high heats, even though the origin is tied into making sure the food is clean) and their sewage pipes are all very far removed or thickly covered and treated, or if the largely vegetarian diet plays into a much less offensive smell overall in terms of bodily function and by-products.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’m willing to bet their diet plays a huge role in the smell factor, especially in their localities. It seems like anyone with a western, especially American, diet, has a propensity to smell less that fresh on lieu of daily hygiene.
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
makes sense.
I’ve switched between a lot of different diets, and anecdotally meat, alcohol, and sugar play a huge role in how bad i and my byproducts smell.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 5 weeks ago
Native Americans often have the gene too.