Why does sweat smell bad?
certain sweat may, yes, smell bad. sweat comes out of your
pores, and is used to cool down your body when you are hot. yes
sweat smells bad Seat has phenolic compounds which are odor active,
however, bad smell is due to the growth of microorganisms. Bacteria
grow by utilizing sweat based compounds, and water content of sweat
Body temperature, 37 C, is also very conducive to the growth of
microbes. In fact, after a good 30-40 minutes run if the runner
wipes his/her body clean of sweat, then the body would not smell
too bad. On the other hand, if one lets sweat evaporate over the
time (say a couple of hours), he /she would smell very typical of
what we associate with bad body odor. This, indirectly show
contribution of external factors such as microbes in bad body
odor.