I Stopped Wearing Deodorant For A Year & This Happened
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Now, I know some of you guys are thinking, “Antonio, what type of drugs are you smoking?”
People smell, men stink. Just the other day, I’ve got 6 feet of distance between me and
another guy in line and his BO just about knock me out.
So, with that being the case, why in the world would I recommend that men stop using deodorant?
Guys, that’s not what I’m saying. But, what I do know is since the age of 12, I’ve
been told to wear deodorant because you stink. Yet, I’ve never really asked the question,
“Do I truly actually smell?” So, how did this video come about? How did
I decide not to wear deodorant for a year? Well, there’s actually a pretty interesting
story behind it. One of you guys just over a year ago asked me the question, “Antonio,
what is the best deodorant?” It seemed like a pretty simple question. Me, being me, I
went out and bought like 35 different deodorant types. Yeah, I bought a lot of deodorant.
And, I started testing them. I wanted to see which one performed the best, which one actually
did what it said it was going to do. Now, as I was doing all these research, I learned
there’s a lot of things in these deodorants that I probably don’t want to be putting
on my body that I have over the last 20 years. First up, we’ve got aluminum. What does
aluminum and all these aluminum products that you will see in most antiperspirants? What
are they doing? They are physically going into your pores and they are blocking the
release of sweat. Now, if you think about this, this is kind
of messed up because sweat is a natural thing that our body does to get rid of toxins and
other things we need to get out of our body to help cool us down. It’s a natural body
phenomenon. And, let’s talk about that aluminum. Aluminum
is a dangerous heavy metal that’s been linked to Alzheimer’s and different types of cancers.
Now, you’re putting this on an area of the body that absorbs a number of things, so you’ve
got to wonder is this actually good for your health.
Now, to be fair, antiperspirants and deodorants have never been conclusively linked to any
illnesses. That being said, when you drink a glass of water, that could possibly or possibly
not cause cancer. And, seriously, who needs their armpits to stop working for 72 hours?
The point I’m making, gents, is to read what you’re putting onto your skin. Your
skin is like a sponge, it will absorb what you put on it. So, you want to make sure there’s
no parabens, there’s no triclosan, nothing that is going to be bad for your body.
Now, what about natural deodorants, how are these different than the antiperspirants?
So, antiperspirants stop you from sweating. Deodorants are going to be there to cover
up the odor if and when it shows up. And to further confuse you, you’re also going to
see antiperspirant deodorants. These, do both. They stop you from sweating and they cover
up any odor. The big thing with natural deodorants is that
they should have simplified ingredients. So, when you read the back you actually understand
what you’re putting on your body. Now, many of them are going to say that they’ve
got no aluminum in them. And we go through, they’re going to see hypoallergic which
basically means that if you’ve got sensitive skin, this is for you. They’re also going
to say they’re paraben-free, PG-free, and fragrance-free.
So, if they’re fragrance-free, how are they covering up the smell? Well, a lot of them
are going to use charcoal, they’re going to use baking soda-type ingredients that basically
go in there and neutralize odor. And, if you want my recommendation for the
best natural deodorant on the market, well, stick around, I’m going to reveal it a little
bit later in the video. And, if you’re super curious, then just go into the description
of today’s video. I’ll link to it right down there.
Now, after saying all these,, you’re probably wondering, “Antonio, that’s great information,
but why would I stop wearing deodorant especially when there’s natural options out there?”
Well, let me explain. So, the reason I stopped using deodorant is I wanted to give myself
a baseline. I wanted to see, okay, how bad is my body odor if I don’t use anything
and then, I’ll be able to measure the effectiveness of all these deodorants.
But, here’s the thing that happened. After a month of not using deodorant, I was very
surprised to realize I don’t smell. No, I take that back, I can’t smell. But, if
I showered in the morning if I put on clean clothes, I found that at the end of the day,
I wasn’t smelling that bad. And, guess what? I would just repeat the process.
I would shower, put on clean clothes, and I began to wonder why do I need to use deodorant
if I actually don’t have an odor issue? And I went really deep down the rabbit hole
to figuring out why in the world did we even start wearing deodorant?
You see, it turns out about 150 years ago, women were targeted basically their insecurities
and they were told to start wearing deodorant basically to cover up the odor. It was a straight
up marketing ploy. Now, men and deodorant, they didn’t even
bother with us because guess what? Smelling like a man was actually viewed as a good thing.
But, in the 1930’s something happened. Some marketing execs, they look at these numbers
and they said, “You know what? We are missing out on half the market.”
So, in 1935, they really started to ramp up, you know what? Guys need to start wearing
deodorant. They’ve got to cover up that BO that smell, it is not good to smell like
a man. Now, gents, I’ve to admit, there’s a lot
of us with a manly manly smell that is downright foul, but there are also millions, hundreds
of millions of men that actually don’t stink, don’t smell bad at all.
[0:04:56] Seriously, there’s a gene ABCC11 that apparently
East Asians almost all Koreans and a good number of Europeans have this gene and it
actually makes it so that their armpits do not smell. So, if you think about it, there
are millions of men out there conditioned to wear deodorant and they don’t even need
it, they don’t even smell bad. And, don’t even get me started with what
the FDA requires these guys to actually do. So, for a regular antiperspirant, to be classified
as an antiperspirant, it doesn’t have to fully stop you from sweating. It just needs
to reduce sweating by 20%, extra strength, 30%. So think about that, you’ve got – you’re
still sweating quite a bit. These things aren’t even fully doing their job.
Now, did I go a full year without using any deodorant any antiperspirant? The answer is
no. I would still use a natural deodorant whenever I was traveling, whenever I’m going
to be getting up on stage. Any time I think I’m going to be sweating, I’m going to
be putting in a 16-hour day and I’m going to be around other people. In that case, yes,
I would use deodorant. But, I realized the big thing was overcoming
the mindset early on because I was so used to always putting on deodorant. I usually
put on quite a bit and then, I realized, you know what? I don’t need this stuff.
So, what if you sweat a lot? What if you have body odor what are your natural options? So,
first up, the obvious one, how many times a day are you showering? I found that I was
showering twice a day. Why? Well, in the morning, I’d like to wake
up with a shower, but I would work out, again, in the afternoons. And because I was breaking
up the time period in which bacteria can grow on my body, I was basically preventing that
BO from ever even appearing. So, what am I talking about? If you don’t
know basically when you sweat as man, there were lipids and proteins, things in your sweat
that bacteria latches onto, eats, and then it emits basically that foul odor. So, by
showering and using soap once every 24 hours, you naturally break up that bacteria growth
cycle. Now, what about clothing? Gentlemen, I’ve
been an advocate for years of undershirts. Undershirts when worn under your dress shirt,
they are going to do a great job of being that barrier that catches the sweat, protects.
And guess what? Twice a day if need be, you can actually change out that undershirt. And,
remember, never wear an undershirt two days in a row.
And, let’s not forget your diet. Have you ever had asparagus and then go to the bathroom
15 minutes later? What do you notice? Your urine smells. There are things that you can
eat that can actually give off a really just bad odor.
Common culprits that can make your skin smell bad. Guys, we’re talking things like red
meat, fish, curry, onions, garlic. All of these have been shown to cause actually body
odor. Again, it depends on the person. Some people, it won’t even bother, but other
ones, this can really give off a bad smell. And, like I said, gents, most days I’m not
wearing a deodorant, but I know a lot of you guys, every single day, you’ve got to go
into the factory. Every single day, you’re around a lot of other people and you want
to smell good because smelling good gives you confidence.
At the same time, you don’t want to basically use any aluminum, anything on your armpits
which is going to go in and block the pores. So, guys, look for a natural deodorant. Vitaman,
here we’ve got you covered. And I am linking to us down in the description with the best
deal you’re going to find out on the web. And if deodorant is not enough, I’ve also
got my natural clean package in which we’re going to recommend a soap that you can use
every single day and it’s not going to irritate the skin. We’ve got a body scrub which is
amazing and will make you feel refreshed. So, guys, if you’re dealing with odor, if
you want to smell great and you want to do all these naturally, go check out Vitaman.
I’m linking to us down in the description. This is my company. I stand behind what we
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Now, gents, another option to reduce the smell of your armpits is to shave your armpits.
Me, I didn’t go that far, but I cover in this video why you should consider shaving
your armpits or maybe not. Go check it out this video right here, guys, and you’ll
see the pros and cons to shaving your pits. [0:08:49] End of audio