Smells

[rawbroccoli]

Hi Guys,

I've been doing green smoothies for a week now and I've has some detox symptoms. Mainly headaches.

But, one thing that I've noticed is that I'm really sensitive to smells now. If I'm traffic waiting for the light to change I will start coughing because of all the fumes. If someone at works walks by and their perfume is strong I have to go somewhere else and get fresh air. Even now the smells of cooked for makes me nauseas.

Is this a normal detox symptom?

[AllergyGirl]

I don't know that it's necessarily detox, or just an effect of being raw - it happened to me after I went raw as well. I became so overly sensitive to all kinds of smells, it drove me nuts for a while, but I got used to it after a while. The sensitivity is still there, but it's more normal to me now, if that makes sense.

[monkapotapus]

I am super sensitive to smells.....the 2 that get me are people smelling like garlic (reminds me of meat) & people smelling like mothballs.....both make me want to vomit....:eek:

Not sure why I smell mothballs on people....wondering if it's "sickness", or something in them......yuck....:rolleyes:

[How?]

I'm the same.I'm think it changed in the last two years since going raw as I grew up next to a busy main road and can't ever remember even noticing the fumes and was always cycling up and down it.Now I live on a really quiet road and when out cycling or walking , have to pull my jumper up over my nose when something passes.Jeeps are just horrible.On the flip side, I find it quite easy to get intoxicated with a rose or similar so I guess its just natural to have a strong sense of smell and to notice and be disgusted by grey fumes. :rolleyes:

[streetsurfer]

I am super sensitive to smells.....the 2 that get me are people smelling like garlic (reminds me of meat) & people smelling like mothballs.....both make me want to vomit....:eek:

Not sure why I smell mothballs on people....wondering if it's "sickness", or something in them......yuck....:rolleyes:


I think as we eliminate preservatives and other artificial ingredients our senses are enhanced, as opposed to being muted from the chemicals. I think the reduction of salt in ones diet also has that effect of enhancing our taste buds and thus olfactory senses.

Monk, I have noticed this at the onset of winter with the mothball odor. It attribute it to people pulling out their winter clothing from cedar chests and closets, and wearing without first washing them well. Winter coats, hats, sweaters, etc, are often stored in mothballs the remainder of the year. Tough odor to get rid of I suppose if it is permeated into all the fibers from long term storage.
There is a thing called ketosis or something like that, where you supposedly can smell like acetone/ketone. Not sure I have ever noticed that on anyone, but maybe that is what you smell at times.

[klomasius]

YES! The smell thing when it happened to me was pretty overbearing at first, people became something I wanted to avoid, especially people who wore toxic chemical laden perfumes or worse hairspray. I would even smell people's makeup!

And then there was the unwanted talent of being able to pick who had a good diet and who didn't by their smell, who ate lots of meat, or who ate lots of processed junk food, or who had been drinking the night before.

I travel on public transport a lot and it became unbearable for a while, but after a while I got used to it. I still am not comfortable being around what I call 'toxic walkers', people (usually women) who wear a lot of personal care products on their skin, faces and body and hair, especially those that wear the nasty chemical soaked stuff. They waft an awful choking scent and I literally cannot sit next to them on the tram. And the funny thing is, I can usually spot them from a mile away. It's mainly older women, with their hair unnaturally perfectly in place, with heavy makeup and usually bad skin under the makeup (possibly from all the chemical laden products they use).

I've gotten used to it, but sometimes I go through periods of being extra sensitive (or possible those around me are going through period of being extra smelly) like a few weeks ago where I could barely stand to go near my partner and my son because they smelled really bad, I figured out it was probably because they were both fighting off an infection that was going round.

The only real solution to the problem is to remove yourself from the urban environment and go to the country where there are less people and less toxic chemicals. That's not an option for me, so I just got used to it.

EDIT: Streetsurfer, yes, I can definitely smell the ketosis on people, I think it's mainly those that eat lot of animal products, I think that's what I smell when I can detect those that eat a lot of meat.

[monkapotapus]

I think as we eliminate preservatives and other artificial ingredients our senses are enhanced, as opposed to being muted from the chemicals. I think the reduction of salt in ones diet also has that effect of enhancing our taste buds and thus olfactory senses.

Monk, I have noticed this at the onset of winter with the mothball odor. It attribute it to people pulling out their winter clothing from cedar chests and closets, and wearing without first washing them well. Winter coats, hats, sweaters, etc, are often stored in mothballs the remainder of the year. Tough odor to get rid of I suppose if it is permeated into all the fibers from long term storage.
There is a thing called ketosis or something like that, where you supposedly can smell like acetone/ketone. Not sure I have ever noticed that on anyone, but maybe that is what you smell at times.

I smell the mothball odor on people all year round - I don't think it's actually mothballs - just the same smell, perhaps it is ketosis.....regardless.....ewwwww.....I actually have to back away from people's smells.....not very good customer service being the manager of a health food store.....lol