I don't buy into this TMAU thing for a couple reasons.vilenin89 wrote:Harry:
You might consider a TMAU test maybe. Maybe there is a correlation between you taking those Cod Liver oil caps and the odor getting worse. It's worth looking into. Good luck!
1) If someone tests positive for TMAU, he has body odor. I remember some people here, i believe it was Larc, who said that it's possible to have TMAU and only suffer from BB. So i emailed a physician from some tmau website and asked him if that was possible: he was very clear that b.o is THE symptom, if you don't have b.o, you don't have tmau.
2) This is all open to interpretation but if you've taken the time to read TMAU support groups, you'll find that their stories don't match ours at all. It was very obvious to me that b.b and b.o are very different, both in symptoms and consequences.
3) I've never heard of a BB sufferer who improved on a low-choline diet. It's very easy to test, eat low-choline food for couple days, then switch to a high-choline diet. Or vice versa.
That being said, there's no downsides to getting tested for TMAU but i wouldn't make it a priority if you don't have b.o.