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Carol wrote:
> Another possibility is making your underarms less bacteria-friendly
> by altering the pH. You could try rinsing, after bathing, with water
> that has been acidified with ascorbic acid. Just how acidic to make
> it is up to you. OR, you could dust your underarms with baking soda.
> Not only would that make the environment alkaline, but baking soda is
> rumored to absorb odors, so maybe it could do double duty.
Gerry replied:
> Baking Soda contains aluminum, if I recall, which is linked with Alzheimer's,
> and when applied to the armpits, could permeate and get into the lymph system.
Isn't baking powder, not baking soda, the one with aluminum?
> That area is designed as it is to allow release of perspiration and toxins.
> Blocking it with anything would seem anti constructive.;-)
The idea wasn't to block anything (though I certainly admit that it
could be an unintended result -- I don't know). I was thinking more
of what to do to make the sweat, after it has freely exited, less
appealing to the resident bacteria.
Carol
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