People in Malawi are buying life-saving antiretroviral drugs meant for people living with HIV, and misusing them to brew gin as well as fattening livestock.

Some brewers who are fermenting maize husks in the antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to produce a traditional gin known as kachasu claim the resulting gin is very strong and matures quickly.

There are also some small-scale commercial chicken and pig farmers misusing ARVs, adding them to broiler feed believing it will enhance weight gain so they can sell them quicker.

The farmers’ activity has resulted from their observations made of people living with HIV who gain weight as their health improves once they are on the medication.

The appalling revelations were made in Malawi’s Weekend Nation newspaper report of 16 August and it is believed that some people were arrested as a result.

According to the paper, one bottle of gin is selling at Malawi Kwacha 3,500 (US$8.40) and business is brisk in the southern region districts of Thyolo and Mulanje which have the highest numbers of people living with HIV.

John Kapito, renowned human rights activist and executive director of the Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA), described the misuse as worrisome and disappointing.

“This is very unfortunate. Apart from threatening people’s lives, it also shows that there is a breakdown in the security of drugs in our hospitals,” said Kapito.

He called upon the government to empower communities to ensure hospital staff do not abuse their positions and misuse government resources.

An audit of Global Fund grants to Malawi by the Office of Inspector General in 2010 identified US$3.9 million in ineligible and unsupported expenditure. The country has been refunding the Global Fund since 2012 with US$500,000 paid in October 2012, and a further US$937,905 in April 2013. This has negatively affected the national response to HIV, particularly in terms of scaling up prevention and treatment.

Kapito said: “It is surprising that at a time when the country is experiencing drug shortages, someone is selling the little that we have. What message are these people sending out there?”
Kapito is calling on the government to take action against the culprits involved in this business saying they should make sure drugs in public hospitals are kept secure.

He urged the public to tip off the police with any information that may lead to the arrest of the culprits.

Billy Banda, executive director of Malawi Watch, criticised the government for its lack of interest in dealing with drug theft. Banda wants the government to punish pharmacists who divert drugs for sale.

Currently Malawi is struggling to sustain and increase the number of patients taking ARVs due to financial resources.

Since 1985, when the first case of HIV was discovered in Malawi, HIV prevalence has been declining and stabilising.

DR Brian Chituwo says it appears former president Rupiah Banda wants to return to politics.

And Eastern Province minister Malozo Sichone says Banda will be sad for the rest of his life if he decides to return to politics.

Dr Chituwo, who is Mumbwa MMD member of parliament, says he expects Banda to categorically reject calls for him to return to active politics.

“For me, if I were the former president…he has been number one servant of this country. He has served the country to the best of his ability. His age is advanced, surely what more will he be wanting, that which God gave him the time to do which he did not do? I would want to hear from him, categorically, say ‘No I am not interested’,” he said.

“I wished that my former president had said ‘no, I would not want to come back to politics’, because that would have killed this matter and all the speculations, but he has said it is dependent on people. In my interpretation, it means there appears to be a wish to come back to politics.”

Dr Chituwo said Banda should count himself as a counsellor for the running of the country if called upon.

“He has a reservoir of knowledge as a former diplomat and president of the country. Surely, his role would be like that of retired presidents all over, being called upon by UN agencies to do this and that. So for me, I would have been happy to hear this categorical answer of ‘no’,” Dr Chituwo said.

“Although his contribution may be limited, it is still leadership. We need younger people to come on board. I am not saying that he is useless, but surely there are younger people who he counselled who can ably take up leadership.”

Dr Chituwo’s comment comes in the wake of Banda’s statement that his return to politics would depend on the decision of the people of Zambia.

And Sichone said the former president would “create his own disaster” by returning to politics.

“Rupiah Banda will only create his own disaster if he decided to come back to politics because he will be sad for the rest of his life. People will lose the little respect that they have been according to him lately,” he said.

Sichone wondered the motive behind the MMD’s continued use of chitenge materials bearing Banda’s image in the Kasenengwa and Vubwi by-election campaigns.

“The MMD has been using Banda’s regalia in their campaigns and they are telling people that the former head of state will come back. It is morally wrong for MMD to use Rupiah Banda’s regalia when Nevers Mumba is president,” he said.

Sichone said he was aware that the people that had been urging Banda to get back on the political scene were only interested in his money.

“His comeback is up to him. If he wants to complicate his life, let him go ahead. He should, however, bear in mind that he left politics because he was unpopular owing to the alleged corruption in his government,” said Sichone.

Hundreds of Luanshya residents and PF cadres yesterday staged a protest denouncing Chishimba Kambwili for allegedly pushing the suspension of their area member of parliament Steve Chungu.

Kambwili declined to comment on the matter when contacted yesterday.

Chungu, the PF Luanshya member of parliament and district chairman, has been suspended from the party for refusing to participate in a march to celebrate the removal of Wynter Kabimba from government and party positions.

The residents and PF supporters that marched around town centre said it was ridiculous for the ruling party to suspend Chungu who had delivered unprecedented development for Luanshya Constituency and worked hard to make the party strong and popular in the area.
PF Luanshya Constituency information and publicity secretary Kenny Kalunga said the people decided to march to the Office of the District Commissioner, Rayford Mbaulu, because they were fed up with the interference from Kambwili and his team from Roan Constituency that had started a malicious campaign against Chungu.

“These lies we are seeing in the PF are destroying us. Chungu is a noble man that had refused to associate himself with malicious people in the PF. Kambwili has been telling the central committee lies about us and the leadership of the PF is being misled just because Chungu and Luanshya Constituency did not participate in their so-called jubilations over the firing of Kabimba. This is not fair, and if Chungu is expelled from the PF, I am afraid he will go with the entire constituency,” Kalunga said.

He said the residents of Luanshya Constituency and party officials led by 48 leaders from various wards decided to protest because they were hurt and felt insulted with the manner Chungu was being treated by the so-called new leadership of the PF.

“There is no party that thrives on lies and we are saying Kambwili and his people must leave us alone and our MP Chungu. He (Kambwili) is a member of parliament for Roan and we are saying let him concentrate on his constituency and leave our Lunshya Constituency alone,” Kalunga said.

When contacted Kambwili said he had no comment to make over the issue.
“ I have nothing to say about that. No comment,” said Kambwili.

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday heard how a 23-year-old man threatened to kill an eight-year-old he is alleged to have defiled.
In this matter, Nicolas Menyenshi of Mukulaikwa village is charged with defilement contrary to the Laws of Zambia.
It is alleged that Menyenshi on unknown dates but in July 2014 had carnal knowledge of a person under the age of 16.
Testifying before magistrate Ruth Chilembo, the girl said Menyenshi threatened to kill her if she revealed what he had done to her.
“When he finished doing bad manners to me, he told me that he would kill me if I tell anyone. It was very painful but I went to school afterwards and I did not tell anyone when I got home. I just went to sleep,” she said.
The victim said the accused was supposed to take her to school the day he allegedly defiled her.
“The people I was supposed to go with to school left me behind and I was at home alone. He came and asked me who I was with, then he told me he would take me to school. He said we would use a shorter route and he took me to the bush where he took off all my clothes and did bad manners to me,” the girl said.
And in cross-examination when Menyenshi, who had no legal representation, asked her whether he had offered her anything for her to agree to have sex with him, the victim said she never agreed to anything.
Menyenshi, who earlier insisted that he wanted to confront the girl, quickly ran out of questions, saying that he was confused.
Earlier, the girl’s uncle testified that he noticed that something was wrong with the child during the evening meal.
“I noticed that the girl was not sitting in order when we were eating nshima. My wife went to check her and found that she had some sores on her private parts. The wife to the accused was present on that day,” said Sikazwe.
Trial continues.

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Juliet Buumba says she is virgin and her dream is to a marry a white man only because white men are caring.

Recently, Buumba ran an advert in The Post, seeking to marry someone who is white because that is where her heart belongs.

Buumba, 21 says it’s not about stereotyping because she considers black men as her brothers.

“I have never had a boyfriend in my whole life, neither have I slept with any man before and that is why I wouldn’t allow any man to take advantage of me, no ways, and at least not this time around when I have not even found my white guy,” she says.

Buumba, a student at Zambia Institute of Management and pursuing a diploma in purchasing and supply, says in an interview that she wants to get married to a white man because some Zambian men have proved to be violent and difficult to handle.

“This is something I have been wanting since my childhood and I have always dreamt of getting married to a white man. Well, for me, I see Zambian men and any other black men as my brothers and I cannot really get married to a black man and nothing will change that,” she says.

“I come from a family of 10 and I am the 8th born. I am a dependant and currently living with my aunt here in Chilanga. She is the one sponsoring me at school.”

Buumba says she has a strong belief that white men have strong and unconditional love for their spouses and that they have great respect for their wives.

She claims that some black Zambian men were not nice and friendly to their spouses.

“White men are not violent. They do not abuse their wives and that is why I want a white man to marry me. As for most Zambian men, all they know and do best is to abuse their wives, beat them up and, ah! They are just too violent and I cannot manage to live with such a man,” she says.

And Buumba says she would also prefer getting married to a white man resident in Zambia.
“I would not accept to get married to a white man who would want to take me to his home country because I wouldn’t know what kind of abuse he would subject me to. I wouldn’t want to be taken somewhere far from my family. I want them (family) to know how I am and how I am doing and in case things go sour, I should know where to run to,” she says.

Buumba says she is ready for marriage and that white men who are interested in marrying a young and vibrant Zambian woman should not hesitate to contact her.

“I am only 21 and I want a single white man for marriage aged between 29 and 34 years old because with that age difference, I feel we can get along very well and I would promise to give that person my full respect as his wife,” she says.

Buumba also explains that she did not tell her family about her intention to find and marry a white man because she wanted it to come as a surprise to them.

“From the 50 calls I have received so far from men, only two are whites and the rest are blacks, my ‘brothers’ so to say. Well, the two white guys, one is from Kitwe, his name is William and he promised to come and visit me here in Lusaka over the weekend. I will be meeting him at InterContinental Hotel because he prefers that place. And the other one said is a journalist from Mexico and he just came for some programme here in Lusaka, but I do not want to go for him because he wants to take me to his home country in Mexico,” she says.

“From the two, I think I would settle for William because he is locally based and he truly shows interest in marrying me. I will then take him to my aunty and introduce him. And then marriage procedures will have to commence.”

Buumba adds that she is not scared of human trafficking and that she is aware of what is becoming a common practice for some foreign nationals saying she is careful with the moves she is making.

“I know that I can be a victim of human trafficking. That is why I am extra careful in the way I am dealing with these issues,” said Buumba.

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Eastern Province MMD Youth Chembe Daka Relieves Himself Inside Chipata Council Chamber

MMD Eastern Province youth chairperson Chembe Daka stunned the public in Chipata yesterday when he woke up from a deep sleep and started urinating inside the council chamber, where tallying of votes in kasanagwe by-election was in progress.
A drunk Daka had been sleeping throughout the Tallying period in the chamber and was awakened around 01:30 hours by shouts of people celebrating news that MMD’s victory Kalima had taken an early lead in the by election.
In his drunken stupor,Daka staggard to his fit and, after struggling with his zip, emptied his bladder on the carpet in full view of official from the electro commission Of Zambia and other stakeholders .
Most of the monitors in the chamber burst into laughter while some women merely glanced at the shocker as Daka obliviously continued relieving himself.
Amid the shock, Kasenengwe returning officer Noel Sachalwa asked the police officers who were maintaining order in the chamber to arrest Daka .
The officers waited for Daka to conclude his business before taking him to chipata central police were he was detained

Veteran singer Maureen Lilanda has advised women to be responsible in their dressing to avoid provoking men and the rest of society.

And the Zambia National Women’s Lobby has condemned Mpika district commissioner Catherine Chileshe for threatening to set youths on indecently dressed women.

In reference to Chileshe’s statement, Maureen said people had the right to dress the way they want, but needed to be responsible in doing so.

“They have the right but they should also take responsibility. Dressing is like drinking or smoking. If people in the room do not smoke, why should you smoke and offend them? If you are going to dress and hurt some people’s feelings, why should you dress and offend [them]? As much as you have the right, have the responsibility,” she advised.

Maureen added that dressing was a trend that was moving with time and that the term “indecent dressing” was relative.

“You cannot use an offence to correct an offence; moreover rating of indecency is personal, what may be indecent to me may not be indecent to you. It is a matter of culture. Indecency is a very relative comment. I can be in a long dress but it is clingy and showing everything that is indecent in my view. But to be honest, people are going with the trend,” said Maureen.
And ZNWL chairperson Beauty Katebe condemned Chileshe for inciting youths to use violence to sort out indecently dressed women.

In a statement, Katebe stated that the organisation found it peculiar that a woman in a high leadership position could incite violence against fellow women.

“Rather than resorting to inciting violence, Ms Chileshe as a leader should be in the forefront of promoting unity and peace and use the proper channels to address any challenges that may arise in society, including the mode of dressing,” stated Katebe.

Meanwhile, Zambia Police acting public relations officer Esther Katongo said Chileshe’s statement could result in more harassment of women, a vice that she said the police were determined to curb.

Katongo said as much as the end result would be good, the method proposed by Chileshe was not advisable as it would promote anarchy.

The Kitwe Magistrate’s Court has issued a bench warrant against Holy Fire Christian Ministry bishop charged with nine counts of sexual abuse for allegedly absconding from court proceedings.
Senior resident magistrate Daniel Musonda issued the bench warrant against Dominic Nyondo after state prosecutor Juma Banda applied to do so.
Nyondo was charged with defilement, rape and indecent assault after he allegedly sexually abused nine female members of the church on the pretext that he was cleansing them of evil spirits.
The offences were allegedly committed between April 2010 and November 2011 and involved female church members aged between 14 and 45 years.
Nyondo is, however, alleged to have committed suicide last month by throwing himself in the crocodile infested Kafue River.
He is alleged to have left a suicide note stating that he had decided to take his life because of the allegations.
When the matter came up yesterday, the two sureties Royd Kasangili and Chris Milimo insisted that the accused had died.
In response Mr Banda also insisted that Nyondo had not committed suicide because there was no evidence to prove that the accused person had died and applied for a bench warrant.
In granting the application, Mr Musonda said it was clear that the accused person did not want to avail himself to court.
“It looks like the accused person does not want to appear before court and it is certain that he did not commit suicide. I therefore, grant the application for a bench warrant,” ordered the court.
The court further ordered the sureties to pay K5,000 immediately for failing to produce the accused person before court or face a jail term of four months imprisonment with hard labour.
The matter was adjourned to October 8, for return of a bench warrant.

In a bizarre case of sexual abuse, a 38-year-old HIV-positive Highfield woman was yesterday convicted of sexually abusing two teenagers aged 14 and 15 years respectively while forcing the boys to pay $3 per each encounter or pay with clothing.

Faith Gona is now awaiting sentence.

Gona is said to have started her sexual escapades on the young boys sometime in December last year until late January this year.

Regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya heard that during the material time, the two victims were introduced to the woman by a 17-year-old teenager who had been a regular sexual partner with the woman.

The court heard, each time the boys visited Gona for sex, she would ask them to pay for the act and provide condoms for protection.

One of the victims, a 15-year-old boy, is said to have been paying for the sex by offering Gona clothes which he would have stolen from his grandmother.

The court heard, the matter came to light when the boy’s grandmother quizzed him over the disappearance of her clothes prompting the teenager to spill the beans leading to the woman’s arrest.

“The boys said initially the accused demanded $5 from them, but they pleaded with her to reduce the price and she charged them $3. However, the other boy had no cash, but would bring clothes stolen from his grandmother,” Mujaya said.

“The other boy who testified in this court said he failed to have sex with the accused person because he could not afford payments.”

The court heard, although the State only chose to prosecute Gona over two complainants, she was said to have had sexual encounters with other boys, one of whom was called to give evidence in court.

“There was another boy who came to court and testified as a witness, telling the court that he was also a victim of sexual abuse by the accused, but surprisingly for unknown reasons, the State chose to consider the boy a witness, but did not charge the accused for the boy’s abuse,” Mujaya said.

In his judgment, the magistrate said, it was surprising that Gona told the court that she was married and would not have molested the young boys, but the purported husband, when he was called by the woman as a witness, he failed to tell the court when, how and where he got married to her.

“Both the accused and her purported husband failed to tell the court the type of the marriage union that existed between the two. Furthermore, they provided different dates of when they alleged to have gotten married,” Mujaya said.

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Amidst the chaos and pandemonium that ensued when a guest-house at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) suddenly collapsed in the early afternoon of Saturday 12^th September 2014, tales of miraculous survival have begun to emerge.

“Thank You, Jesus”, a cry rang out from an onlooker, followed by a burst of relieved applause from the crowd of church helpers and rescue workers. They had been working non-stop since the giant building was reduced to rubble in a matter of seconds the previous day.

From a tiny hole at the far side of the wreckage, a body was being brought out. “She’s alive,” a man beside me reassured. Straining to look closer, I saw the woman, who was being stretchered toward an awaiting ambulance, waving her hands. “God of T.B. Joshua, you are wonderful,” the rescued lady exclaimed, her voice extraordinarily strong. She had been in the dark, under the rubble for over 24 hours.

“Bros,” I overheard a worker confiding in his colleague, “if not for God, no one should be brought out alive from there.” It was hard to disagree with his sentiment looking at the mangled remains of what was a six-storey building nearing completion.

“They’ve found another one,” a cry excitedly broke my musing, another cheer reverberating among onlookers. Despite the tragedy, the spirit of camaraderie was warming to behold. A small child was being brought out of the wreckage alive. “Wait,” one of the rescue team cautioned. “Her mother is still inside.” Moments later, mother and daughter were reunited.

“One thing you have to understand,” an official of Nigeria’s Emergency Management Association (NEMA) official told me on the condition of anonymity, “90% of those being rescued were eating or working the bottom floor of the building when it collapsed.” He shook his head in disbelief. “How they survived beats my imagination.”

“The situation could have turned out much worse,” another member of the rescue team named Sunday corroborated. “If not for God, we could be talking of over 100 fatalities.”

I made my way toward one of the ambulances preparing to leave, hoping to catch a glimpse of another survivor. A man in his late 40s lay there, wet with sweat, bruised and breathing heavily. The discussion I overhead was poignant. “Was I really in that building,” he faintly questioned the nurse as she held his hand. “Thank your God,” she quietly replied. “We should call your name miracle.”

During a three-hour visit to The SCOAN, I witnessed no fewer than 30 people brought out of the wreckage through the concerted efforts of the rescue teams. All were alive.

Ihechukwu Njoku – freelance Nigerian journalist who visited the scene of the tragic incident at The SCOAN in Lagos

NB – NEMA officials stated that over 120 people were rescued alive from the rubble with 17 deaths recorded but I was unable to independently verify these claims.

United party for national development (UPND) Leader Hakainde Hichilema has congratulated the winners in the just ended by-elections that were conducted in Vubwi, Kasenengwa, and Zambezi west, Solwezi central and Mkushi south.

In statement issued to QFM News, Mr. Hichilema however accused the Patriotic Front of being a corrupt government adding that it is never an ease job because they freely break the electoral rules with impunity.

Mr. Hichilema states that it is unfortunate that rules such as use of government resources and civil servant such district commissioners have been the issue
Mr. Hichilema has also wondered why patriotic front party officials and ministers can now freely use Zambia Air force (ZAF) helicopters for campaigns, a facility which only reserved for the president and his vice.

He says his party sympathizes with the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and other law enforcement agencies such as the police that are doing their work under very difficult circumstances.

The UPND Leader has since urged all its members and genuine Zambians never to give up on the need for a new constitution that will provide for a more focused leadership in the country that will be truly be accountable to the voters.

Mr. Hichilema has also stated that the low voter turn-out in the just ended by-elections can only mean that Zambians are fatigued with perpetual elections since 2011 that the PF has subjected them to

A 33-year-old woman of Lusaka West wept before Matero Local Court magistrate Petronella Kalyelye as she asked the court to grant her divorce from her husband whom she accused of traumatising her.
With tears in her eyes, Brenda Nkauso told magistrate Kalyelye when she tried to reconcile the couple that her husband, John Mumbwe had turned her into a slave in their 14 years of marriage.
This was a case in which Nkauso sued Mumbwe, 34, for divorce after the two failed to resolve their marital dispute.
Facts before the court were that the two got married in 2000 and have two children but problems have persisted since then.
Nkauso told the court that she was no longer interested in the marriage with Mumbwe because her husband was an alcoholic who talks the whole night every time he comes from a drinking spree.
He said her husband never respected her as he used to insult her in the presence of his girlfriends without any reason.
“Enough is enough, I have had it with this man before he commits suicide please grant us divorce so that he does that when he is married to some else,” she said.
However, Mumbwe appealed to the court not to grant the couple divorce as he was willing to change and became a better man.
A remorseful Mumbwe told the court that he wanted one last chance to prove to his wife that he still loved her.
He said he never wanted to live alone because he still loved his wife and wanted to continue staying with her so that they could care for their children.
“Please give me an ultimatum in which to change, if she discovers that I have not changed she can come back to court so that you can grant us divorce,” he said.
Magistrate Kalyelye tried to talk to Nkauso so that she could give her husband a second chance but the plaintiff could not bow forcing the court to grant divorce.
Mumbwe was ordered to compensate his former wife with K5,000 to be paid in monthly installments of K200 while another K200 should go towards child maintenance.

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Clik here to view.hurch of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua, yesterday broke silence on the collapse of the guest house being built by his church, saying it was a terrorist attack.

Joshua, who said this while addressing the journalists in camera in the church premises yesterday evening, showed a clip taken from the church CCTV showing events that took place before and after the six-storey collapsed.

From the short video clip, a jet was observed to have hovered four times -11:30am, 11:43am, 11:45am and 11:54 am — before the building caved in.

After the fourth passage over the building, the structure collapsed at exactly 12:44am.

He said from the video clip, the building might have been collapsed as a result of chemical substances poured on it.

In his explanation after the video clip, Joshua said the building might have caved in as a result of a terrorist attack: “In a few weeks, the truth behind the collapsed building will be revealed. The last time the Boko Haram issue occurred, the press were against the church including the police but after some weeks, the truth behind the attack was revealed.”

Joshua explained why he kept quiet on the issue: “I do not want to put fear in the minds of Nigerians. We are still battling with the Ebola virus disease, and that was why I have decided to delay my comment till now.”

The clergyman urged the pressmen to analyse the video and come to their own conclusion as to what might have happened.

He argued that building of such solid foundation would not have collapsed in the manner that the six-storey building came down.

See the footage as captured by security cameras of the moment before the guest-house collapsed at the Synagogue Church, Friday, last week where at least 40 people were confirmed dead.

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And Longwe has appealed to Buumba’s family and friends not to harass her for the bold step and decision she has taken.

Buumba, 21 recently advertised in The Post’s classifieds section, seeking to marry a white man.

“It’s for her to make a choice,” Longwe said. “She can decide what she wants to do like anything else, like if she doesn’t want to eat an apple, she wants to eat an orange.”
She added that Buumba had every right to express her freedom of choice without interference.

“If that is what she wants, then let her go for it. She is a human being like anyone,” Longwe said.

She, however, advised Buumba to base her search for a husband on love and not race.
“If she is only interested in the colour, of course that is her choice, but it might be considered as a racially kind of looking at things. But if she is in love, that is something else,” Longwe added.

She further advised Buumba to be clear and understand what she wants to avoid disappointment.

“If she is interested in just the colour and not love, she might be in a lot of shock. And she should not be stereotyping, because if she thinks white men are more caring than black husbands, let her provide statistics and show that she has done a lot of research because she might just end up being shocked,” said Longwe.

Buumba’s search for a white husband has received mixed reactions, especially on social media platforms such as Facebook, with some people supporting her while others view her disclosure as a sign of immaturity.

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Clik here to view.Blamed on everything from genes, to cheap perfume, even occupation, or the type of food you ate, body odour can be crowned as the single biggest turning off factor in social interactions.

Some experts might blame it on the excessive use of deodorants and some might blame it on the biological composition of your body, but many unanimously agree that some specific types of food items can lead to body odour. Zoom in on this list of top 7 foods that cause body odour and consume them in moderation if you are a regular victim of this disorder.

Spicy food
A spice overload can lead to excessive sulfur in your food intake, which will be eliminated through skin’s pores and breath. Ensure that you eat well-balanced meals that aren’t too heavy on garlic, onions or piping hot curries.

Red meat
Red meat requires maximum digestion effort for your body to process. Over-eating will lead to issues liker perspiration and unwanted sweat. While vegetarians might not have such issues with their limited food intake, fenugreek and other strong flavoured plants cause similar results.

Alcohol
Chocolate, soda, tea, coffee, alcohol – consuming any of these in excess causes body odour as when you drink them atleast 10% of it will be left unprocessed causing perspiration. Excessive alcohol, in particular, may cause body odour.

Junk foods
Excessive consumption of junk foods with next to no exercise routine, will lead to accumulation of fatty cells inside your body which is the chief reason behind sweating and BO. They lead to unwanted breath and body odour as the food takes longer than their healthier counterparts to get digested. Foods high in hydrogenated oil, sugar, flour, salt and so on are not good when consumed in excess.

Low carbs
A diet which does not contain carbs can lead to a greater release of sweat in the body and also excess of protein foods. This process leads to a release of chemical called ketones in your bloodstream which lead to unwanted smell.

Dairy products
Again, dairy products are rich in protein and high consumption of these food items will take longer for your stomach to digest them. Excess consumption of dairy products can lead to release of hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan in the body which can easily trigger off a foul smell.

Tobacco
We all know it. When the smoke of cigarettes mingles with other sweat glands in the body it’ll lead to a release of a distinctive smell which leads to a specific ‘smoker’ smell that lingers on everything from clothing to hair.

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The screen star turned 40 recently and celebrated with friends at a private birthday dinner on Sunday September 13th at Villa Medici

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