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I’m sitting here writing an article and just happen to have the Dr. Oz Show on. Not something I watch normally and I don’t really remember how my TV ended up on that channel. Oh well, any way, someone I know…and absolutely NO ONE in my family… has REALLY smelly feet, so when Dr. Oz said something about how to stop smelly feet…my ears honed right in and picked up on it!

First Dr. Oz explained why people get smelly feet.
More information is available at the Dr. Oz Show.

He said it’s the 3 S‘s.

Sweat

Socks

Shoes

The spiral looking sweat glands (Dr. Oz referred to them as coiled circular glands…and btw, these are 4 feet long!) under the dermis pushes sweat up and out of a pore. The sweat is clean and scent free when it comes out. It’s when the sweat mixes with bacteria located in the sock and shoe that it becomes stinky.

Tea Bag It!

One thing Dr. Oz said to treat a set of stinky feet is to soak it in tea for 30 minutes. Yep, tea. Tea has this thing in it called tannic acid that breaks down and kills the bacteria. After about 1 week of soaking your feet daily, the stink will be all gone and then you can just use this as a prevention and on an as needed basis.

Antiperspirant? Seriously?

The second thing Dr. Oz said was to use an antiperspirant on your feet! But not just any applicator will do, it needs to be the roll-on kind. While demonstrating on an audience member’s foot he said deodorant will NOT work and it MUST be antiperspirant. If you’re not sure on the difference, deodorant masks a smell and antiperspirant prevents the sweat that can cause that odor!

Another thing Dr. Oz brought out to help stinky feet, was medicated antiperspirant pads to rub onto the areas that perspire too.

Some of the things that can cause stinky feet to be stinkier…black beans, garlic, and asparagus (those of us who eat asparagus would probably say, “duh”. Oh, and beer…my deepest sympathies to the beer lovers out there.

I have no first hand knowledge if these work, but really wish I had known about them a long time ago. I plan to pass this info along and make the recipients of this very valuable advice report back to me on the success or lack there of. I’ll keep you posted.

If anyone knows if this works, let me know.

Now, go grab a beer and get to brewing that tea!

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Photo Credits:
nayrb7 (Flickr)
moposshow (images/stinky_feet.jpg)
HautFingerspitze (Wikimedia Commons)

DAWN HOWE
CANCER TREATMENT FUNDRAISER BENEFIT

OCTOBER 10, 2009
(Saturday)
9:00am – 12:00pm

ROUND LAKE FIREHOUSE
ROUND LAKE ROAD, ROUND LAKE, NY
(Northway – Exit 11)

Dawn Howe, 41 years old, graduated from Shenendehowa High School in 1987 and has been healthy all her life. Dawn is a God fearing woman and a loving mom of 3. Shes undergoing alternative cancer treatments not covered under her insurance and needs our help to keep up her fight.

Day For Dawn at Trick Shots (Clifton Park, NY)

Cancer is such an mean and ugly disease. It doesn’t discriminate against who it attacks; young or old, white, black or yellow, not even male or female. It just doesn’t care. It latches on with such a fierceness; it’s a hateful, brutal disease.

Dawn is a single mom of three kids; she’s a beautiful lady inside and out. Dawn is bravely taking on the fight of her life and has more courage than any person many of us will ever know. Her cancer started as cervical cancer and she beat it. Everyone was so happy for Dawn. A short time after, the doctors told Dawn the cancer was back and had spread to her lymph nodes along with other parts of her body. Dawn is now in the fight of her life battling stage IV cancer and needs our help.

Cancer treatment is very expensive and traveling to it can be a very costly too. Imagine it is your family member and you are there when they tell them “Yes, there is treatment available. Only, not for you. You don’t have enough money to go to the treatment or to get the treatment. I’m sorry. Now, please go over there and die quietly.”

Please open your heart, dig deep into your pockets, and give generously to help Dawn get the treatment she needs. She just wants to live so she can be with her children and meet her grandchildren one day.

Your Generosity Would Be Greatly Appreciated

NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL

• Make your check/money order payable to:
  Dawn Howe’s Benefit Fund
  7 Compton Road
  Clifton Park, NY 12065
• Any Local Key Bank
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  Checks payable to:
  Dawn Howe’s Benefit Fund at Key Bank
  1541 Crescent Road
  Clifton Park, NY 12065
  ATTN: Kristen Church, Assistant VP
• PayPal (log in to your PayPal account)
  Fund Email: HelpDawnFight@lindacarmical.com

Leave a comment for Dawn. I’ll make sure she gets it.