Coffee drinkers out there--answer a question for me

[Matt J]

No, and I know a lot of coffee maniacs who don't smoke, have never smoked, and who think smoking is really gross. Not a cigarette smell, either. Smells like a toilet.

As to alcohol in the coffee mug...maybe...:roll:

Is his car always full of blankets and pillows? I swear you're describing a homeless man.

 

[Miss Critter]

A quick internet search did indeed confirm that coffee may contribute to increased body odor.

The human body normally has a slight sweaty or musky odor. Generally, bathing with soap and water, together with the use of deodorants or antiperspirants, is sufficient to prevent a truly unpleasant, unhealthy odor. There are, however, several factors that may contribute to chronic body odor. These include:

• Poor hygiene and inadequate bathing.
• An imbalance in the bacteria that inhabit the gut. Antibiotics may contribute to this condition.
• An inborn error of metabolism or some other problem that may cause about 7% of those suffering from body odor to be unable to digest certain foods. These undigested foods, which are often proteins, cause the body to give off unpleasant odors.
• Certain medications, including bupropion (Wellbutrin), venlafaxine (Effexor), tamoxifen, and pilocarpine (Salagen). These drugs may be responsible for the excretion of odors.
• Such disease conditions as liver disease, kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, a yeast infection, fungal infections, or gastrointestinal disorders may lead to body odor.
• Pathological skin conditions, including cancer, hemorrhoids, and ulcers, may produce unpleasant smelling discharges on the skin or body surface.
• Coffee and other stimulants increase apocrine gland secretion, increasing the possibility of unpleasant odors.
• States of high anxiety and stress that stimulate perspiration may increase the risk of body odors.
• Chain-smoking and heavy drinking. Alcohol and nicotine increase the rate of perspiration.

Body odor: Information from Answers.com

 

[NoHall]

Yuck. I think I'll go break out the bath & body works smelly lotions. Just reading about this stuff makes me want to smell like a rose...

 

[DD]

Yuck. I think I'll go break out the bath & body works smelly lotions. Just reading about this stuff makes me want to smell like a rose...

You always come out smelling like a rose.

 

[NoHall]

You always come out smelling like a rose.

Awww...shucks!

 

[Matt J]

If you eat enough roses would your sh!t smell like them?

 

[Miss Critter]

If you eat enough roses would your sh!t smell like them?

Not if you washed them down with coffee, evidently.

 

[aggieb]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lk1awSIang"]YouTube - OutKast - Roses[/nomedia]

 

[Beach Runner]

YouTube - OutKast - Roses

On one of my playlists. That is a brilliant CD.

 

[ShallowsNole]

YouTube - OutKast - Roses

That song was my family's anthem for a certain local election in 2004. It fit the situation perfectly.

And back to BO - one of the meds listed in reference to odor is Wellbutrin. That is not a lie. Wellbutrin was prescribed to me when I quit smoking, as it is the same medication as Zyban. After a couple of months, and after my sense of smell began to return, I noticed that I smelled the smell of the pill bottle all the time. It still took a while to realize that the smell I smelled was me. Fuzz, bless his heart, said he couldn't smell it but then quickly followed that up by saying it didn't smell as bad as smoking did... :roll: