There are many type of bacteries on human skin, but body odor seems to be caused by E. Coli[1]. I found at least one study showing that coconut oil _extract_ h

There are many type of bacteries on human skin, but body odor seems to be caused by E. Coli[1]. I found at least one study showing that coconut oil _extract_ has negative effect on E. Coli growth[2]. Of course, this is not same as using virgin coconut oil. There's also a study[3] showing that Coconut Oil may boost the growth for some other bacteria. Anyway, personally I've found it to work, whatever the mechanism is. [1] http://www.medicaldaily.com/what-causes-body-odor-small-amount-thioalcohols-bacteria-species-armpits-makes-you-327918 http://www.medicaldaily.com/what-causes-body-odor-small-amou... [2] http://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijpps/article/view/4872 http://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijpps/article... [3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24328700 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24328700