STINKY FEET

Overcoming smelly feet is possible. But it requires a strategic plan of attack – and lots of socks!

- ANNA SHARRATT

LET’S FACE IT – SMELLY FEET SUCK. WE’VE all dated someone whose feet literally reek or experienced the shock of sniffing a teenager’s running shoe. One person I know stocks up on multiple packs of Odor-Eaters insoles and replaces them in her son’s shoes each week. Another leaves her husband’s sneakers outside… in winter. Or in the freezer. She is on a mission to destroy all odour-causing bacteria that has taken up residence.

Chronic foot odour is fairly common. Though teenagers and pregnant women are most at risk due to raging hormones, people who work on their feet, wear tight shoes or sweat excessively, in general, can also have smelly feet.

The odour occurs when bacteria and millions of sweat glands in your feet get together. Because you’re in closed footwear, sweat mixes with bacteria and produces the smell.