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Tricks For Banishing Bad Foot Odor

Q. My 17-year-old daughter has very smelly feet. I convinced her to try the urine trick, and IT WORKED! Her foot odor is completely gone!

A. We have heard from veterans that urinating on smelly feet can help clear up athletes’ foot as well as foot odor.

Another possibility involves zinc supplements. Here is one reader’s story:

“About 8 years ago, my then 12-year-old son had terrible foot odor. It finally stopped when I read in your column to try zinc. We bought generic zinc tablets and within a week we saw dramatic improvement with just one tablet daily.”

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About the Author
Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist who has dedicated his career to making drug information understandable to consumers. His best-selling book, The People’s Pharmacy, was published in 1976 and led to a syndicated newspaper column, syndicated public radio show and web site. In 2006, Long Island University awarded him an honorary doctorate as “one of the country's leading drug experts for the consumer.”.
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