
six to 12 hours later, Khorasani says. (Learn how bone broth can help you lose weight with Women's Health's Bone Broth Diet.) Related: 7 Tips That'll Keep Your Pits Smelling Fresh All Day Long Spices such as curry and garlic, and veggies like onion, Brussels sprouts, and asparagus, can leak compounds like sulfur into your sweat glands, resulting in musty or urine-y B.O. If you're not frazzled, your odor might be from certain foods.

But apocrine glands, mainly in your pits, go into hyperdrive when you're anxious-and they spew out a fatty, protein-rich sweat that turns rank when it mixes with bacteria on your skin, explains Hooman Khorasani, M.D., chief of dermatologic and cosmetic surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Eccrine glands, which are located all over, let out non-stanky fluid when you need cooling off. Sudden, super-strong odor can have surprising causes. Why you can stop spiraling: It's temporary. Here's what you need to know if you've suddenly got a case of bad B.O.

That's why we asked an expert to solve them in the March "Confessions" issue of Women's Health.

But guess what: We all have weirdo body issues that creep up and freak us out. Every once in a while, you develop a health symptom so bizarre-like suddenly emitting a truly offensive body odor-that it sends you into a total shame spiral.
