Why are people afraid of stinky feet?

Answer 1

Some people have highly active sweat glands in their feet. A more common problem is wearing shoes with thick insoles without socks. The moisture causes odor in the shoes. Also it helps to actually wash your feet in the shower as opposed to allow the dirty water from your body to do the job by itself. Their are also bacteria, known as Micro-coccus sedentarius, living on your feet which feed on the sweat in which your feet produce. The smell come from the excretion, organic acids, that they leave on your foot. The darkness of your shoe with the sweatiness of your foot cause the bacteria to have some sort of feeding frenzy. then when the bacteria dies it produces ammonia which is then inside your shoe.

Another answer

The feet stink because the sweat has little chance to evaporate because of the socks and shoes which wrap them. Most shoes do not have holes which allow the moisture to evaporate and the smell from the uratic acid builds up and the odor occurs. If you wear wool socks, even in the summer will help in the evaporation or absorption of the moisture.

Answer 2

People generally have stinky feet because of sweat. The feet can produce up to a pint of sweat per day and that can cause bacteria to form. That bacteria will consume the sweat which will cause them to excrete a very strong odor.

Answer 3

the reason peoples fee smell is because you have pours everywhere. for your feet to smell, these pours would have to sweat, they sweat by been warm, exercise and any active movement same as arm pits! this sweating give off an odour, at times the smell can be pretty veil! some people have a disorder that make them over sweat and smell regularly!

Answer 4

Feet are smelly because they are constantly moist and a great environment for bacteria to grow.

Answer 5

because they dont wear socks or they have athlet feet because they dont wear socks....

Answer 6

Because feet sweat...?