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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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 Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:29 pm Post subject: Eating cheese gives you body odor? |
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I've been buying and eating alot of mozzerella (sp?) cheese, lately. They started carrying it at Emart for somewhat cheap, so I figured why not.
It had been a couple of years since I'd eaten so much cheese. Man, my armpits really started to wreak. Now I can understand why asian ppl sometimes say westerners are greasy-smelling.
Anyone else notice this? |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:05 am Post subject: |
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You found CHEESE, real mozzarella CHEESE in EMarty???
That's amazing!!!
Quit your griping. Just take a shower!
On the other hand, did it say it was actually, really genuinely cheese?
Forgive me if I am a bit skeptical. It's not just Korea that uses fake cheese on pizza, you know. And if it's "for somewhat cheap" chances are it's not real cheese.
Opinions vary on whether something like cheese can contribute to body odor. Some say probiotics can help you avoid body odor. Yogurt is a good source of probiotics. So is real cheese.
But then others say dairy products are a cause of body odor. As in, eat dairy products, smell like a cow.
I have noticed that some people have a strong bias on this subject, ie anything to do with consuming anything to do with animals.
And then there are those who say body odor is a sign of cancer.
http://www.newstarget.com/019777.html
Try laying off the cheap cheese and maybe your armpits won't reek.
If so, try eating real cheese and see if you still reek.
Then again, maybe its just your nose that reeks. You may want to get a second opinion.
And then there are those who theorize that having a body causes body odor. If this is true, you will be cured soon enough.
You could try the approach one of my co-teachers uses: just chew a couple of cloves of raw garlic every morning and no one will notice your body odor.
To really test this hypothesis that cheese causes body odor scientifically and objectively, you need more than one test subject, i.e., yourself. You need to get someone else, or several people, who do not have body odor to eat lots of cheese and see if they develop body odor.
I would be happy to volunteer. Just PM me and I will tell you where to send the cheese.
Another alternative often used by scientists would be to use mice as your test subjects. |
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JamesFord
Joined: 14 Jun 2007
Location: my personal playground
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:29 am Post subject: |
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| Koreans say that westerners smell like cheese, so maybe there's something to it. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, they've mozzerella at Emart. Is it real? I think so. It has milk and it tastes exactly like the pizza cheese i used to buy back home. Not only that, but there are about 3 brands. 2 of em come from Australia, but one claims to be made from "seoul oo yoo" in korea.
How can one tell the difference between real mozzerella and imitation?
Yeah, its not just Koreans who say we smell like grease (if it was just Koreans, I'd take it with a grain of salt since they always seem to smell like rotting garlic). Chinese and Japanese people I've met say the same thing.
Most importantly, I can smell the cheese coming out of my own armpits, and its kinda gross. Even after I take a shower and scrub the pits 4x, I can still smell it in there. nasty... but cheese is SOOOO yummy. Oh well. |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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It''s no secret, milk products create body odor.
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| And above all, if you want to eliminate body odor for life, avoid cheese, milk and dairy products. They make you smell like "milk and butter." The smell of these products is so bad that when U.S. soldiers were shipped off to Vietnam in the 1960's, the Vietcong could actually smell them thanks to their American diets. New arrivals were often put on new diets based on local cuisine simply to rid their bodies of the milk-and-butter smell, thereby reducing the risk of being literally sniffed out by the enemy. |
http://www.newstarget.com/019777.html |
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Vollrath
Joined: 29 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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why do people think finding cheese in korea is so wonderful? i've never been to an emart or any type of similar large supermarket in either seoul, daegu, or busan that didn't have at least some kind of (real, not slices) cheese. it's sometimes a tad pricey, but then again, it's imported (it is in no way part of korean cuisine save "cheesuh ramyeon"---ugggh) and plus it isn't exactly dirt cheap back home either.
'REAL honest to god CHEESE!!!! OOOOH!!" </sarcasm> where the fug are you guys shopping? |
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wo buxihuan hanguoren
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Location: Suyuskis
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| the eye wrote: |
It''s no secret, milk products create body odor.
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| And above all, if you want to eliminate body odor for life, avoid cheese, milk and dairy products. They make you smell like "milk and butter." The smell of these products is so bad that when U.S. soldiers were shipped off to Vietnam in the 1960's, the Vietcong could actually smell them thanks to their American diets. New arrivals were often put on new diets based on local cuisine simply to rid their bodies of the milk-and-butter smell, thereby reducing the risk of being literally sniffed out by the enemy. |
http://www.newstarget.com/019777.html |
Yeah, but unlike the Chinese, Koreans actually like milk, cheese, and pizza.
It's all in the genes, man. I know I stink, Koreans don't (breath and poo excluded). |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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Obviously some cheeses stink worse than others (like the Gorgonzola cheese that came with a ravioli dish I ordered recently ...)
I eat a lot of (rennetless) cheese, but - as far as I know - I don't usually have much b.o. - possibly because I also eat a lot of yogurt.
I bet that meat-eaters have more of an odor problem because meat tends to putrify in the large intestine ... |
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wo buxihuan hanguoren
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Location: Suyuskis
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Rteacher wrote: |
Obviously some cheeses stink worse than others (like the Gorgonzola cheese that came with a ravioli dish I ordered recently ...)
I eat a lot of (rennetless) cheese, but - as far as I know - I don't usually have much b.o. - possibly because I also eat a lot of yogurt.
I bet that meat-eaters have more of an odor problem because meat tends to putrify in the large intestine ... |
If you don't eat meat, why are you so fat?
Just curious. |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| wo buxihuan hanguoren wrote: |
Yeah, but unlike the Chinese, Koreans actually like milk, cheese, and pizza.
It's all in the genes, man. I know I stink, Koreans don't (breath and poo excluded). |
If you're talking about apocrine glands, then yes, there are racial differences. Korean's have the least amount of them.
However, it's our diet that defines what odor is pronounced throught them.
If you could find a source that states otherwise, i'd like to see it.
Also, i don't see adult Koreans buying much cheese, or drinking much milk. Not nearly as much as we do. |
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wo buxihuan hanguoren
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Location: Suyuskis
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| the eye wrote: |
| wo buxihuan hanguoren wrote: |
Yeah, but unlike the Chinese, Koreans actually like milk, cheese, and pizza.
It's all in the genes, man. I know I stink, Koreans don't (breath and poo excluded). |
If you're talking about apocrine glands, then yes, there are racial differences. Korean's have the least amount of them.
However, it's our diet that defines what odor is pronounced throught them.
If you could find a source that states otherwise, i'd like to see it.
Also, i don't see adult Koreans buying much cheese, or drinking much milk. Not nearly as much as we do. |
Do you live in Seoul? If not, then you don't know the real Korea.
What, you stand by the checkout counter and see how much cheese Koreans buy? Nice job. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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Technically, I'm not fat - I'm obese.
Elephants are also vegetarian - vegetable oil is just as fattening as animal fat ... |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| wo buxihuan hanguoren wrote: |
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Do you live in Seoul? If not, then you don't know the real Korea.
What, you stand by the checkout counter and see how much cheese Koreans buy? Nice job. |
Yeah, that's what i do. 
My opinion comes from 6 years living here, noticing the absence of Koreans around me when i sort through the little variety in the cheese bin in packed supermarkets, and talking to my Korean friends and students.
What do you base your opinion on? Especially that 'Seoul is the real Korea" crap. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| the eye wrote: |
| wo buxihuan hanguoren wrote: |
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Do you live in Seoul? If not, then you don't know the real Korea.
What, you stand by the checkout counter and see how much cheese Koreans buy? Nice job. |
Yeah, that's what i do.
My opinion comes from 6 years living here, noticing the absence of Koreans around me when i sort through the little variety in the cheese bin in packed supermarkets, and talking to my Korean friends and students.
What do you base your opinion on? Especially that 'Seoul is the real Korea" crap. |
Alot of little old ajumas (and even some young ones) always inspect my purchases at the market. So lately, I've been getting revenge by oogle-eyeing thiers in return.... I have to say I agree that, compared to me, at least, they dont buy as much dairy. Especially cheese. Moms with kids do like to buy that "ESL milk" (do they think ESL milk will help thier kids learn English better so they can go to Seoul National University and become rich Samsung executives?).
About liking cheese: No, cheese is not a part of any Korean cuisine (except that nasty processed stuff they put in kimbap). That is probably part of the reason I like it even more.... Korean food is OK to me (not great), but its easy to long for a change... cheese fits the bill.
About Seoul and real Korea: I've lived in both and I'd say its more like there are 2 Koreas: 1st world Korea that exists in Seoul. sub-1st world Korea that exists most other places. |
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nautilus
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Gatsby wrote: |
| You could try the approach one of my co-teachers uses: just chew a couple of cloves of raw garlic every morning and no one will notice your body odor. |
Yes. Destroy one smell by masking it with a bigger smell.
Personally I roll in cow dung every morning.
Actually Its the difference in smell that is noticeable. Koreans have a certain smell, westerners are a little diff. if you eat the same diet as koreans you will smell similar (I guess). |
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