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The Senate Democrats who voted to advance bill to end historic government shutdown

Eight Senate Democrats broke with their party leaders to vote in favor of a House-passed continuing resolution Sunday night, taking a major step toward ending the government shutdown.

The House bill funds military construction, the Department of Agriculture and the legislative branch through September 30, 2026, and the rest of the government through Jan. 30. The final tally for the Senate vote was 60-40, the minimum threshold for passing such a bill.

Here are the Democrats who allowed it to happen.

Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania

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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has proven to be one of the Democrats most willing to stand against his party since joining the Senate in 2023.

While Fetterman stayed in line with Democratic leadership throughout the shutdown, he had argued for weeks that the party didn’t have the leverage to force Republicans to make changes.

“After 40 days as a consistent voice against shutting our government down, I voted YES for the 15th time to REOPEN. I’m sorry to our military, SNAP recipients, gov workers, and Capitol Police who haven’t been paid in weeks. It should’ve never come to this,” Fetterman said in a statement.

“This was a failure,” he added.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., consistently voted with Republicans to reopen the government throughout the 40-day shutdown.

“I have consistently voted against shutting down the government because I know the pain it is causing working families, from TSA agents to government contractors. We must extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits, but that can’t come at the expense of the millions of Americans across our country impacted by a shutdown,” she wrote in a Sunday statement.

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“With the government open, we can focus on passing a full, bipartisan budget for 2026. That starts with a minibus that will restore funding President Trump cut, deliver millions of dollars in critical funding to Nevada, and block the Administration from future RIFs,” she added.

Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada

Unlike her colleague from Nevada, Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., had opposed Republican efforts to reopen the government throughout the past few weeks.

Rosen now argues that Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s promise to vote on the Affordable Care Act extensions in December is a major concession.

“The concession we’ve been able to extract to get closer to extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits is a vote on a bill drafted and negotiated by Senate Democrats. Let me be clear: I will keep fighting like hell to ensure we force Republicans to get this done,” she said in a Sunday statement.

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Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., serves as the Senate whip for Democrats and was among the most significant defections Sunday night.

Durbin also pointed to concessions Republicans made in the latest version of the bill.

“Today’s bill is not the same one we’ve voted down 14 times. Republicans finally woke up and realized their Groundhog Day needed to end. This bill is not perfect, but it takes important steps to reduce their shutdown’s hurt. Not only would it fully fund SNAP for the year ahead, but it would reverse the mass firings the Trump Administration ordered throughout the shutdown,” he wrote Sunday.

“Now that Democrats secured these wins, it’s time for Leader Thune to keep his promise to schedule a vote on the ACA tax credits in December and we will see to it that he makes good on his word for the millions of Americans worried they won’t be able to afford health care in January,” he added.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., was a key player along with King in negotiating an end to the shutdown, working to assemble Democrats who would accept certain concessions from the GOP.

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She argued that Republicans have proven that they are unwilling to participate in healthcare negotiations as part of a government shutdown, leading to only more pain for Americans if Democrats press the issue.

“With the government reopened, it’s time to move quickly to ensure we keep health care premiums from skyrocketing,” Shaheen said. “President Trump, Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson have all said they are willing to find a way of extending these tax credits. We are ready to negotiate immediately.”

Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire

Hassan also worked closely with her colleague from New Hampshire to secure an end to the shutdown.

“A record-long government shutdown paired with record-high health insurance cost increases is not the kind of history that the American people want Congress to make,” Hassan said in a statement.

“Congress has one month to engage in serious, bipartisan negotiations to extend the Affordable Care Act’s expiring tax cuts for health insurance. My Democratic colleagues and I have been ready to work on this for months. With the government reopening shortly, Senate Republicans must finally come to the table–or, make no mistake, Americans will remember who stood in the way,” she added.

Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., has been hyper-focused on the Trump administration’s firings throughout the shutdown, thanks in large part to him representing hundreds of thousands of federal commuters who live in northern Virginia.

He played a key role in placing language into Sunday’s bill that prevents Trump from pursuing further reductions in force (RIFs) through Jan. 30.

“This legislation will protect federal workers from baseless firings, reinstate those who have been wrongfully terminated during the shutdown, and ensure federal workers receive back pay, as required by a law I got passed in 2019,” he told constituents. “That’s a critical step that will help federal employees and all Americans who rely on government services.”

Sen. Angus King of Maine

Sen. Angus King, I-Me., who caucuses with Democrats, supported the party’s efforts to secure extensions for health insurance premiums, but he also warned that the shutdown was giving President Donald Trump too much authority.

“Today I again voted to re-open the government, resume vital services for Maine people, put people back to work, feed the hungry and secure an opportunity to avoid a harmful hike in health care costs,” King said on Sunday.

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“It’s become clear after six weeks of the shutdown that the strategy of shutting down the government and forcing the Republicans to talk about the ACA wasn’t working,” he added in a video to constituents.

“The shutdown wasn’t achieving its goal, and at the same time it was hurting a lot of people,” he continued.

Supreme Court issues decision on appeal to overturn landmark 2015 ruling

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not revisit its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, leaving intact the 2015 protections granted to couples in Obergefell v. Hodges.

Justices rejected an appeal brought by Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who was held in contempt after she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples due to her religious beliefs. 

The Court declined to take up her appeal without explanation and without any noted dissents, which is not uncommon when a court declines to hear a case. 

Still, Davis’ appeal prompted fresh speculation about whether the court’s conservative majority — including three justices who dissented from the majority in Obergefell —might agree to re-hear the case. 

Davis was briefly jailed in 2015 after she refused to issue the marriage licenses, and was ordered by a district court to pay $100,000 in damages to the couple, and to cover the couple’s legal fees.

“If ever a case deserved review,” Davis’s lawyers said in their appeal, “the first individual who was thrown in jail post-Obergefell for seeking accommodation for her religious beliefs should be it.”

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They also hewed closely to language used by Justice Clarence Thomas, who in 2022 used a concurring opinion to urge the court to “reconsider” gay marriage and other constitutional protections after it overturned Roe v. Wade. 

Still, the appeal had been considered to be something of a long shot. It takes four votes to get a case onto the docket — a somewhat heavy lift for the court. The decision also comes at a time when justices have agreed to review a number of politically charged cases in its upcoming term. 

Football fans face backlash for booing Trump during military enlistment ceremony

Washington Commanders fans faced backlash on Sunday as they booed President Donald Trump as he read the names of those enlisting in the U.S. military.

The new members of the military were at Northwest Stadium as part of the NFL’s “Salute to Service” festivities ahead of Veterans Day. Trump was seen at the stadium reading off names on the public address system of the stadium.

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However, boos from Commanders fans were heard. NFL fans who tuned in to watch Trump at halftime of the game took issue with the boos, saying it was disrespectful toward those who were going to protect the U.S. from its enemies.

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown scored a touchdown and performed Trump’s signature dance move in the end zone. The score came before Trump arrived in Landover, Maryland, for the game.

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Trump received a mix of cheers and boos as he got to the stadium from Mar-a-Lago. He spent the morning golfing and demanding that Democrats put an end to the government shutdown.

Before he left Landover, he spent some time in the FOX broadcast booth calling the game with Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma.

The Commanders welcomed Trump to the stadium days before the game.

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“We are honored to welcome President Trump to the game as we celebrate those who have served and continue to serve our country,” Commanders club president Mark Clouse said earlier this week. “The entire Commanders organization is proud to participate in the NFL’s league-wide Salute to Service initiative, recognizing the dedication and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans, active-duty service members, and their families this Sunday.”

Southern state makes tax bans permanent with constitutional amendments

Texas is cementing its reputation as one of the most business-friendly states in America, and now, it’s written into the state’s constitution.

Voters approved three pro-business tax amendments on Election Day, ensuring that the Lone Star State can never impose taxes on capital gains, estates or inheritances, and certain securities transactions.

While Texas doesn’t currently levy these taxes, the new constitutional amendments make that tax certainty permanent, sending a signal to investors and corporations that the state’s low-tax structure is here to stay.

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“These votes make it clear that Texas’ low-tax structure isn’t just policy, it’s now permanent,” Carliss Chatman, a law professor at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law, told FOX Business. “Whereas other states try to lure an Amazon or Facebook with temporary tax breaks or incentives, Texas doesn’t have to because we would never charge those taxes anyway. The incentives here are permanent, and now it’s unconstitutional for the state to start taxing you.”

Here’s what the three measures mean:

• Capital gains tax ban: Prevents Texas from ever taxing profits from the sale of investments, real estate, or other capital assets, a move meant to reassure investors and entrepreneurs.
• Securities transaction tax ban: Bars the state from imposing taxes on financial trades or payroll transactions, effectively ruling out a “Wall Street tax” on buying or selling stocks.
• Estate and inheritance tax ban: Prohibits any future taxation on wealth transfers after death, a safeguard for business owners and families looking to pass assets to heirs.

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That’s the message Texas is sending not only to the more than 200 companies that have moved their headquarters to the state since the COVID-19 pandemic, including Caterpillar, CBRE, Chevron, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, KFC and Oracle, but also to potential newcomers weighing relocation.

Critics argue that locking in these bans could hamstring future legislatures from raising revenue during economic downturns or to fund essential state services. It also forces the state to rely more heavily on property and sales taxes, which tend to hit middle- and lower-income residents harder.

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Supporters counter that Texas’ growing economy – now the eighth-largest in the world – generates more than enough revenue without such taxes, pointing to the state’s budget surplus and rapid job growth as evidence that low taxes can fuel prosperity rather than constrain it.

The timing is also strategic. The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), which recently secured SEC approval, is slated to open in Dallas in 2026, positioning itself as a direct challenger to the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq.

TXSE executives say the goal is to revitalize competition and attract more companies to go public by offering a more affordable and business-friendly listing environment. Over the past 25 years, the number of publicly traded companies in the U.S. has dropped by nearly 45%, according to the exchange, a decline it hopes to reverse.

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Meanwhile, on both coasts, Democrats are taking the opposite approach. In California, a proposed ballot measure would impose a 5% wealth tax on high-net-worth residents to help fund the state’s Medicaid program — underscoring a growing divide in how states approach taxing success.

With these constitutional bans now enshrined, Texas has sent a clear message to Wall Street and Main Street alike: Y’all Street is open for business – permanently.

Roman warriors found stacked in ancient well suffered ‘humiliating’ fate after battle

Researchers recently identified the bodies of Roman warriors found stacked in an ancient water well in Croatia, a new study reveals.

The bodies were uncovered outside the city walls of Mursa, now modern-day Osijek, in 2011. 

In a study published in October in PLOS One, researchers connected the corpses to the Battle of Mursa in 260 AD. The conflict was won by Emperor Gallienus, who defeated rebel commander Ingenuus.

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The battle was part of Rome’s Crisis of the Third Century, when the empire nearly faced ruin due to civil wars and invasions.

Using radiocarbon dating and isotopic analysis, researchers determined that the men were between 18 and 50 years old when they died. The soldiers suffered from various sword cuts, punctures and broken bones.

The specialists also learned about the men’s lifestyles. They had grain-based diets and showed signs of heavy physical labor.

Genetic testing also showed the soldiers came from a mix of Northern European, Eastern European and Eastern Mediterranean backgrounds.

Mario Novak, an associate professor at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Zagreb, who was involved in the study, spoke to Fox News Digital about the findings.

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Some of the injuries found on the skeletons were sustained long before the men’s deaths, and Novak said those injuries were “nicely healed.”

“The main intention was to humiliate them even in death by dumping them unceremoniously in a used well without proper care and any rites.”

“However, these injuries also tell us that they led violent lives, as most of these can be associated with violence, especially blunt-force injuries to the skull,” he added. “[They] went through multiple episodes of violence.”

Researchers were also able to differentiate those who died in battle — with injuries to the front of their skeletons — and those who were executed afterward. 

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They also found a coin in the well that was likely dropped by chance, Novak said, as the bodies would have been stripped of valuables.

Novak said he believes the deceased were “soldiers of the losing side.”

“The main intention was to humiliate them, even in death, by dumping them unceremoniously in a used well without proper care and any rites,” said Novak.

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“If these were soldiers belonging to the winning side, our reasoning is that they would be buried in formal graves with full ceremony and not like this.”

The professor said he saw a similar grave with 25 adult males, with a dumped cow carcass on top — which also suggests deliberate humiliation.

After the bodies were thrown in, the well was filled and never used again, Novak said.

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“We can deduce that from the position of the skeletons, as they are located one above each other and completely articulated, and not commingled,” he said. 

“If the well was used some time after they were dropped in, the skeletons would be at the bottom and completely mixed due to disintegration of bodies.”

Novak added that it’s “quite unusual” to find similar graves within the borders of the Roman Empire.

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“There are several known mass burials, but most of these are associated with epidemics of infectious diseases such as Justinian’s Plague,” he said. 

“Mass graves associated with wars [and] battles are quite rare.”

Olympic officials to ban trans athletes from women’s sports after new findings

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will enact a new policy that will prohibit transgender female athletes from competing against biological women, according to multiple reports. The policy is reportedly set to cover those with differences of sex development (DSD).

The IOC’s current policy leaves it up to each individual sport’s governing body to make policies governing transgender athletes. But as the IOC changed its leadership, The Times of London reported on Monday that its policies are set to change as well.

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IOC President Kirsty Coventry called for “protecting” the women’s category in June and there was “overwhelming support” from IOC members to do the same.

“We understand that there’ll be differences depending on the sport … but it was very clear from the members that we have to protect the female category, first and foremost to ensure fairness,” Coventry said at the time.

“But we need to do that with a scientific approach and the inclusion of the international federations who have already done a lot of work in this area.”

The upcoming policy switch is likely to be announced at the IOC session in February before the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy and comes after a presentation from Dr. Jane Thornton, the IOC’s medical and scientific director, last week, according to The Times.

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Thornton’s presentation reportedly showed there were physical advantages in males, including those who took treatments to reduce testosterone levels. A source told the paper that the presentation was “very scientific” and unemotional.

“An update was given by the IOC’s Director of Health, Medicine and Science to the IOC Members last week during the IOC commission meetings,” an IOC spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “The working group is continuing its discussions on this topic and no decisions have been taken yet. Further information will be provided in due course.”

Athletes with DSD – those who were raised female but born with male traits – are set to be covered under the new policy, according to The Times. Olympic boxing had two major controversies over athletes who previously failed gender tests.

Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting won gold medals in their respective weight classes in the women’s division despite major uproar. Khelif has insisted that they were female. Lin has not commented on the controversy since the Olympics were finished.

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World Boxing has since implemented mandatory sex testing for its competitors and Khelif will not be able to compete unless the test is completed.

Tony Romo’s interesting comment creates social media storm during NFL game

Tony Romo can’t seem to stop going viral for awkward NFL broadcast moments.

One week after the former NFL quarterback was criticized by fans for making odd noises while analyzing a play, the CBS color commentator again caught attention during the New England Patriots–Tampa Bay Buccaneers game.

Romo was describing the Patriots, now 8-2 under Mike Vrabel after a 28-23 win over the Buccaneers, when he used a phrase that some viewers took out of context.

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“This team is DTF, Jim,” Romo said to his broadcast partner, Jim Nantz. “Details, toughness and they finish.”

Nantz replied, “That’s very close to what Vrabel tells ’em, too,” before adding that his “T” in Romo’s acronym would stand for “technique.”

However, many on social media interpreted the acronym differently, referencing the NSFW phrase popularized by the MTV reality show “Jersey Shore NFL insider Albert Breer noted the connection in a post on X.

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“Tony Romo just said the Patriots are DTF… Guess he hasn’t seen [MTV’s] Jersey Shore?” Breer wrote.

On “Jersey Shore cast members used “DTF” to refer to a sexual encounter, leading to confusion — and laughs — among fans watching the broadcast.

To Romo’s point, though, the Patriots did embody his version of “DTF” as they extended their winning streak to seven in Vrabel’s first season as head coach. Quarterback Drake Maye, an early MVP candidate, went 16-for-31 for 270 yards with touchdown passes to Kyle Williams and Stefon Diggs. Rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson also had a breakout performance, rushing for 147 yards on 14 carries with two touchdowns.

Last week, Romo and Nantz were on the call for the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs game, when Romo drew attention for making awkward noises while describing a holding penalty on the Bills.

“Tony Romo is once again making some highly suspect sounds,” one X user wrote.

Romo has faced plenty of scrutiny since transitioning from the playing field to the broadcast booth. Before Super Bowl LVIII, he addressed some of the criticism.

“It’s a normal arc of someone’s career,” he said at the time. “Honestly, I think a lot of people were rooting against Mahomes because he’s been there. They want to see people new.

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“It’s just part of an arc when you do something at a very high level. I think that’s normal. Same thing happens in football. You become dominant at things, and then all of a sudden people are like, ‘OK.’ Then at the end, Tiger Woods comes back and everyone roots for you. It’s just a normal arc of a career. It’s not abnormal. It’s absolutely what’s supposed to happen.”

Romo joined CBS Sports in 2017 as the network’s lead NFL analyst after a 14-year career as the Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback.

The foods that make you smell more — and less — attractive, according to science

It’s no secret that certain foods give off certain scents, but the way they interact with the gut, skin and other parts of the body can also change people’s body odor.

Developing research from Europe has found that the human aroma carries biological information about health, age and genetic compatibility — and can also signal attraction to others.

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In a BBC report, Lina Begdache, an assistant professor of health and wellness studies at the State University of New York at Binghamton, revealed how food impacts body odor on a biological level.

As foods are digested, the interaction between their chemicals and bacteria in the gut releases gases that can result in bad breath, also known as halitosis.

As the chemical components of food are metabolized, some are perspired through the skin, interacting with bacteria and creating a different smell, according to the expert. 

Foods that are the “most pungent” contain sulfur as a common ingredient.

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Cruciferous veggies like broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower are all “heavily packed with sulfurous compounds,” U.K. nutritional therapist Kerry Beeson told BBC.

Foods in the Allium family, like garlic and onions, can also impact the scent of one’s breath and sweat.

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While garlic may cause breath to smell bad, some research in the last decade suggests that it could make sweat smell more attractive.

Since garlic has antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, this may make the scent in men more “pleasant” to women, study researcher Jan Havlíček, of Charles University in the Czech Republic, told BBC.

Other vegetables, like asparagus, are known to cause smelly sweat and urine due to a compound called asparagusic acid, as well as sulfur, BBC reported.

The volatility of sulfur compounds promotes more dispersion into the air, leading to a stench that can last more than five hours, according to research from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

But a study published in the journal Chemical Senses suggested that not everyone can smell the asparagus odor in urine, depending on genetics.

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Australian research from 2017 found that, generally, men who eat more fruits and vegetables are “significantly associated” with a more pleasant-smelling sweat of floral, fruity, sweet and medicinal quality, according to female testers.

Self-reported dietary data also revealed that fat, meat, egg and tofu consumption led to more pleasant-smelling sweat, while a higher intake of carbs produces less pleasant sweat.

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Meat and fish can produce a “distinct” body odor because animal proteins can interact with skin bacteria when broken down and excreted, Beeson told BBC.

Fish and beans contain a strong-smelling compound called trimethylamine, which can lead to a rare syndrome called trimethylaminuria, or “fish odor syndrome.”

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More of Havlíček’s research from 2006 studied men who ate meat for two weeks compared to those who did not eat meat. Their scent was then rated by women.

The men on meat-free diets were rated more attractive on average, as well as more pleasant and less intense.

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“To our surprise, those who were eating meat smelled slightly worse than when they were not eating meat,” Havlíček told BBC. “It’s something that was not common during our evolution, to eat meat every day.”

According to Begdache, consuming large amounts of alcohol can cause sweat and the gastrointestinal tract to smell, due to a liver-released compound called acetaldehyde.

Alcohol also dehydrates and reduces saliva flow, leading to more bacteria festering in the mouth and increased risk of bad breath.

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For coffee and tea drinkers, Beeson noted that caffeine can stimulate the apocrine glands, which produces sweat in the armpits and groin, potentially resulting in stronger body odor.

Diet, hydration and the path to a fresher scent

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Los Angeles-based registered dietitian nutritionist Ilana Muhlstein noted that specific diets, such as keto, can yield “smelly and metallic” breath.

This can occur when someone follows a high-fat, moderate-protein, low- to no-carb diet.

“When your body breaks down fat for energy in a state of ketosis, it naturally produces different chemicals, including acetone, also known as nail polish remover,” she said, which is how many people describe the smell when following a strict keto diet.

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Muhlstein reiterated that bad breath is usually caused by odorous bacteria, so indulging in probiotic-rich foods that improve the microbiome of the mouth and body, like yogurt and kefir, can potentially help. 

“To our surprise, those who were eating meat smelled slightly worse than when they were not eating meat.”

Staying hydrated is also key to suppressing unpleasant smells, according to the expert.

“Odorous breath and body odor could be a sign of dehydration because the bacteria in your body is more concentrated, and therefore more smelly, so drinking more water and staying hydrated with electrolytes may help,” she said.

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“Adding things like mint leaves or ginger to your water can have additional benefits, because they can add more antimicrobial elements and provide a fresh scent.”