NHS doctor has explained a simple way to check if you have the "smelly armpit gene" by looking at your earwax. Bowel surgeon Dr Karan Rajan, who previously revealed you can breathe out farts and that a sore throat is sometimes a symptom of chlamydia, says 98% of people on the planet have sweat that stinks – but the remaining 2% don't whiff at all.In a video he shared on his Instagram page, he says: "You probably have the smelly armpit gene, here is why."If you have a gene mutation in the ABCC11 gene, your body won't produce a certain type of protein found in armpit sweat that bacteria feed on that cause underarm odour."Less than 2% of people have this gene mutation, but almost all Koreans are protected against stinky armpits and have this.
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