| Should you wear socks with your running shoes, tennis | | | | into the toes of your socks before you put them on |
| shoes or any other workout shoes?The main purpose | | | | will help to keep your feet dry during the day and |
| of socks is to keep your feet and shoes from smelling. | | | | prevent bacteria from growing. Avoid wearing the |
| Foot odor is caused by bacteria or fungi rotting old | | | | same pair of shoes more often than every other day |
| skin. Your skin turns over every 28 days. A new cell | | | | so they can dry out between use. You can also kill the |
| starts on the bottom layer of skin, then another skin | | | | bacteria by applying a common deodorant containing |
| cell forms underneath it. The process continues until | | | | aluminum chlorohydrate to your feet at bedtime and |
| the bottom cell reaches the top and is sloughed off as | | | | sleeping with socks on.Read my Good Food Book |
| dander or dandruff. If you don't wear socks, your old | | | | FREE, with 100 healthful recipes.Dr. Gabe Mirkin has |
| skin deposits in the shoes where it rots and emits an | | | | been a radio talk show host for 25 years and |
| offensive odor. Socks prevent the old skin from getting | | | | practicing physician for more than 40 years; he is |
| into your shoes, and washing your socks gets rid of | | | | board certified in four specialties, including sports |
| the old skin.The bacteria that rot your old skin grow | | | | medicine. Read or listen to hundreds of his fitness and |
| luxuriously when the skin is wet. If you have a problem | | | | health reports at weekly newsletter on fitness, health, |
| with foot odor, try pouring a small amount of powder | | | | and nutrition. |