# Sweat smells different **URL:** \ **Category:** Experiences\ **Created:** [December 9, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872 "2015-12-09T13:55:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sanovine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sanovine](https://discuss.huel.com/u/sanovine)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/1 "2015-12-09T13:55:31Z")
I’m on my fourth week of eating 100% huel (with some chocolate and crisps on occasion). I notice that my sweat smells strange and different, vaguely like ammonia cleaning products or something, I can’t quite place it but its a distinctive odour and has been smelling that way for the last two weeks. Any idea what this is? ---
**Author:** ![Marcus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/marcus/32/11457_2.png) [@Marcus](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Marcus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/2 "2015-12-09T19:16:54Z")
I never noticed my sweat smelling differently, but I did notice my urine smelling like popcorn. However, this has decreased a bit since the milder flavour was introduced. ---
**Author:** ![sanovine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sanovine](https://discuss.huel.com/u/sanovine)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/3 "2015-12-22T18:23:55Z")
I think I solved this one, my wife changed our laundry detergent (from one unperfumed brand to another) without me knowing and I think this one smells slightly when I get warm 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BrummieSteve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@BrummieSteve](https://discuss.huel.com/u/BrummieSteve)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/4 "2016-01-05T19:19:39Z")
No, I’m also witnessing this after only 5 days on 100% Huel. It smells the same as the urine, other people describe it as ‘popcorn’ ---
**Author:** ![leebanana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba9def/32.png) [@leebanana](https://discuss.huel.com/u/leebanana)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/5 "2016-01-06T18:35:59Z")
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will show up, but this sounds like what I found when I was eating less and cycling - insufficient carbs were causing protein to be used as fuel which makes your sweat smell ammonia-ish. > **[What Is That Ammonia Smell When I Sweat? | Bodybuilding.com](https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/what-is-that-ammonia-smell-when-i-sweat.html)** > > A reader asked me to address the issue of ammonia smell when working out. Many of us have experienced this - especially during prolonged cardiovascular exercise. Your sweat has an acrid, ammonia-like smell. Learn what it is and how to prevent it! ---
**Author:** ![mr\_high\_kick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/mr_high_kick/32/632_2.png) [@mr\_high\_kick](https://discuss.huel.com/u/mr_high_kick)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/6 "2016-01-07T04:32:10Z")
I have been on 100% Huel since the end of November. I exercise 7 days a week. Never been a difference to the smell of my sweat or urine. ---
**Author:** ![matthewsylvester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@matthewsylvester](https://discuss.huel.com/u/matthewsylvester)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/7 "2017-07-12T19:08:47Z")
I’m on my 3rd(ish) week of Huel twice a day. Family are complaining of a sweet smell around me (I have the vanilla mixed with a bit of cocoa). I’d just double-checked and they don’t smell the amonia side of things. Baffled as to what it is, and now feel incredibly self-conscious as I"m worried that my colleagues think I smell too. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![geraldc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/geraldc/32/2114_2.png) [@geraldc](https://discuss.huel.com/u/geraldc)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/8 "2017-07-13T06:36:16Z")
That sounds like ketosis ---
**Author:** ![HanAlm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@HanAlm](https://discuss.huel.com/u/HanAlm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/9 "2018-10-03T16:15:02Z")
I have started Huel yesterday and today I noticed my body starting smelling funny. My daughter says i smell like urine, even though I have had two showers today 😩 I was wondering if original poster noticed if drinking more got rid of this? I have had 1.5 litres today. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![hunzas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/hunzas/32/8275_2.png) [@hunzas](https://discuss.huel.com/u/hunzas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/10 "2018-10-03T16:20:01Z")
Makes a change from popcorn smelling urine. ---
**Author:** ![Dln1965](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/dln1965/32/5531_2.png) [@Dln1965](https://discuss.huel.com/u/Dln1965)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/11 "2018-10-03T18:52:01Z")
OR urine smelling popcorn 😱 ---
**Author:** ![hunzas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.huel.com/hunzas/32/8275_2.png) [@hunzas](https://discuss.huel.com/u/hunzas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/12 "2018-10-03T18:56:34Z")
Traces of urine on peanuts in bars makes for grim reading… ---
**Author:** ![HanAlm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@HanAlm](https://discuss.huel.com/u/HanAlm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.huel.com/t/sweat-smells-different/872/13 "2018-10-03T19:52:01Z")
🤣 think I’d rather my urine smelt like popcorn!