Yeast Infections

[hellosunshine]

thats the second time in 2 weeks ive heard of caprylic acid supplments,what exactly is it?

[Tuckervill]

Here's an indelicate question.

If you don't use soap, how do you eliminate odor?

I don't want to smell like garlic OR buttermilk! I'd prefer not to have an odor at all.

Karen

[Dianyla]

thats the second time in 2 weeks ive heard of caprylic acid supplments,what exactly is it?

It's a fatty acid derived from coconuts that is a natural antifungal. Here's the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprylic_acid

If you don't use soap, how do you eliminate odor?

I find that I get far less odor by washing with water only all over my body, pits n' pubes included. Granted, I don't smell like flowers or vanilla or phthalates either for that matter, but I don't stink. By the end of the day I may have a light faint odor but it is not offensive to others (and yes, I have asked others for their unbiased opinions).

When I used soap, I'd smell great the first half of the day and then stink the last half. I think soap is just too disruptive to the natural oils and bodily secretions and it causes your body to just secrete more of them in response to being stripped squeaky clean.

Now, the garlic smell is one reason I don't usually use the garlic capsules remedy until it's progressed to a full-blown infections. By the time I do use garlic, it smells better than what was happening before, so at that point it is the lesser of evils. I do somewhat prefer a diluted lemon juice rinse to a vinegar rinse for that reason, as well. That leaves behind a light lemon scent and doesn't have my DBF asking me "Honey, where's the salad?"