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My belly button stinks sometimes

So I've read a few threads on this, but I'm hoping for a better opinion.

My belly button stinks sometimes. It is off and on with me. I was without this problem for the past few months, but all of the sudden it is back. Here are the things I know.

-I bathe everyday, often twice a day, I wash everything with body wash.

-I'm about 20 lbs overweight although most people I know tell me I am not. I am very active, currently in boot camp 3x a week and play other sports.

-I've been exercising at least three times a week for the past 8 weeks, this just started two days ago.

-I have been eating a lot more carbs lately since I've been working out regularly. These come in the form of pasta, bread and even little things like adding sugar to coffee sometimes when I wasn't before. I've drank a lot of soda the past couple of days which I usually don't do.

-I normally just drink water and tea. Soda every now and then, and have had hardly any alcohol in the past few weeks (like 1 beer in 4 weeks)

The different threads on this have said different things. The most interesting one to me is about the high sugar diet. I know I've added a lot more sugar to my diet lately. Does anyone else have proven information on this?

No, I'm not a dirty person, in fact I'm very clean. This problem seriously bothers me.
Do you think it's normal?
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Comments (5)
Mine smells kinda like pus sometimes, usually only when there's lint, but I have had the occasional pus buildup as well.
are you relly sure it's your belly button and not something else in the vicinity?
lol, it is normal really I mean i get the lint out of mine but smell your finger after and it stinks bad. I think it is just one of those things but thats my 2 cents!
Ha! Yes, I'm sure it's the belly button. I've done enough investigating to narrow it down to the belly button. I think there is some truth to the high simple sugar diet being a problem. Over the past 2 days I have tried to keep the sugar to a normal level and drink lots of water, no soda. Guess what? No more belly button stench!!!
Loose some weight, and dry your bellybutton out with a hair dryer after you shower. Moisture creates the perfect environment for bacteria to proliferate, especially in your bellybutton.

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