Spicy foods like chilies, curry, and hot peppers can stimulate the body’s sweat glands, particularly the apocrine glands, which are associated with body odor. Additionally, compounds like capsaicin ...

Old people smell” is caused by 2-nonenal, a compound from oxidized skin fats. Mushrooms, rich in antioxidants like ergothioneine and spermidine, may help prevent this odor by promoting cellular ...

Mice taught to link smells with tastes, and later fear, revealed how the amygdala teams up with cortical regions to let the ...