Zinc kills the Stink!!! That's what my boyfriend's mom says. She says it's good for killing foot odor, don't know about body odor. I will be completely honest in disclosing that I cannot be around Indian people, Pakistani people, people of Middle Eastern Decent, and pretty much anyone heavy into that kind of food for any amount of time because of their smell. You know what I'm talking about. That curry/pungent/spicy odor that seems to linger from their very pores. I had a bunch of Indian friends in high school and I kid you not you can smell them approaching from a distance. And it's not just their clothes from cooking or anything. They just plain smell like curry and something really sickening.