I mainly use Johnson's Head-To-Toe Baby wash.

The following list the pH of some of the more popular cleansers/soaps.

AHAVA Soaps 5.5
Alpha Hydrox Foaming Face Wash 6.1-6.5
Alpha Hydrox Optimum Series Moisturizing Cleanser 6.3-6.5
Beauty Without Cruelty Vitamin C Cleanser 6.0-6.5
Burt’s Bees Tomato, Carrot, and Lettuce soaps 10
Camay Soap 9.5
Camocare Gold Light Foaming Cleanser 6.5-7.0
Cellex-C Betaplex Cleanser 5.0-5.5
Cetaphil cleanser 6.7
Dermalogica Exfoliants: 3.4-3.9
Dermalogica The Bar 5.5
Dermalogica Dermal Clay Cleanser 6.2
Dial Soap (liquid and bar) 9.5
Dove Bar, Baby Dove Bar 7
Dr. Bonner Liquid Soaps 8
Earth Science Clarifying Facial Wash 5.0-5.5
Earth Science ADE Creamy Cleanser 5
Earth Science Apricot Facial Scrub Cream 5
Earth Science Aloe-Gel Cleanser Liquid 5
Ecco Bella Normal/Oily Cleanser 6.5-7.0
GlyTone Mild Cream Wash 3.4%GA, 3.5
GlyTone Mild Gel Wash 4.7% GA, 3.8
GlyTone Wipe Away Cleanser 7.8% GA, 3.8
Irish Spring Soap 9.5
Ivory Soap 9.5
Jevelle Magick Clear Gentle Apricot Scrub 5
Johnson & Johnson Head to Toe Baby Wash 6.5-7.0
Johnson & Johnson 5.5 5.5
Lever 2000 9
MD Forte Cleansers pH 3.8
MD Forte Facial Cleanser II 15%GA 3.8
MD Formulations Sensitive Skin Cleanser 4.4
MD Formulations Basic Facial Cleanser 5.5
MD Formulations Oily/Problem Cleanser 3.8
Neutrogena Deep Clean Facial Cleanser 3.8-4.6
Neutrogena Deep Clean Cream Cleanser 2.8-3.8
Neutrogena Deep Clean Cleansing Cloths N/A
Neutrogena Extra Gentle Cleanser 5.6-6.2
Neutrogena Extra Gentle Cleansing Bar 6.0-7.5
Neutrogena Facial Cleansing Bar Original Formula 8.7-9.2
Neutrogena Fresh Foaming Cleanser 6.2-6.9
Liquid Neutrogena 8.7-9.1
Neutrogena Pore Refining Cleanser 3.7-4.2
Neutrogena Cleansing Bar for Acne-Prone Skin 8.7-9.2
Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash 3.6-4.4
Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash Cream Cleanser 3.6-4.4
Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash Foam Cleanser 3.5-4.2
Nutribiotic Non-soap skin cleansers 5.3-5.7
Olay Foaming Face Wash - 6.85-7.36
Olay Foaming Face Wash - Sensitive Skin 6.6 - 7.35
Olay Emollient Cleansing Lotion 6.0 - 7.2
Olay ADS Daily Renewal Cleanser 2.9 - 3.25
Olay ProVital Revitalizing Cleanser 2.9 - 3.25
Olay Daily Facials Normal/Dry 6.9 (when wet)
Olay Daily Facials Normal/Oily 7.6 (when wet)
Palmolive soap 10
Paula’s Choice (all formulations) 5.5
Physician's Choice pHaze1: Facial Wash 5%AHA 6
Physician's Choice pHaze1: Facial Wash oily/problem 7%AHA 5
Purpose Facial Cleanser 6.5-7.0


During the winter months my skin gets very dry so I've also been using Aveeno Baby Soothing Relief Creamy Wash and Kiss My Face Rough Seas Sudz™ Organic Bar Soap. I'm not sure about the pH on these but I can smell my odor and all 3 soaps don't make it worse.

Cynthia

FeelingBlue

Try rye bread without yeast. Taste best when the slice of it is divided and sprinkled into the salad. It is really tasty and healthy.

Hi again,

Well, I'm not sure how much I can help. You definitely do sound like you have TMAU, but there are other odor conditions I know very little about; so here is what I know about TMAU in the hopes that it can help!

OK, well firstly I don't live in the US, and I only know one TMAU doctor in your whole country. However, I'm sure he can help. His name is doctor Preti, and his website is here:
http://www.monell.org/tmau_h.htm


Basically, you pay about $300 (not bad for what I remember of American medical fees) and he sends you a urine kit in the post that you have to fill up and send back. I don't know if it comes with instructions, but my advice would be to eat loads of high choline food in the 24 hour period before you do the test, and especially about an hour or so before. Eat chocolate, nuts, soy, fish, broccoli, etc - think of it as an excuse to put back on the weight you've lost - and don't take any charcoal or other gut absorbers when you do it.

I'm sure that if you get a positive test back his office will be able to advise you if there are any specialists or dieticians in your area who can help you get a more nutritionally balanced diet, because it sounds like you could become malnourished if you carry on eating the way you are.

In the meantime, off the top of my head:-

"Bad" vegetables are:-
broccoli
yellow corn
green beans and pulses (e.g. lentils, chick peas etc)
yellow squash
peas
cabbage (SERIOUSLY - don't eat that!!)
high quantities of potato, although you can eat a little sweet potato
asparagus
kale

"Good" vegetables are:
cucumber
zucchini
bell peppers
carrots
lettuce - as far as I know all lettuce is fine, but I think iceburg and romaine are the best. Not sure, but you might find the answer here: http://homepage2.nifty.com/hiroshi_yamazaki/choline1.pdf
-there is a more up-do-date version published circa 2008, but I can't find it at the mo. Don't put too much faith in that, incidentally, as it doesn't show the lecithin, tma or torula yeast content of foods.

I also avoid onion and garlic because of the sulphur content.

Bad fruits are:
melon
banana
avocado

Good fruits are:
tomatoes (tinned and fresh)
apples
berries (e.g. blueberries, raspberries, strawberries etc)
mangoes
...most things, actually. And you can also cook with low fat coconut milk provided it doesn't have any additives.

The general advice is to eat fresh foods you have prepared yourself, and not rely on foods from tins and jars.

At the end of the day, even if you do have TMAU, not everybody benefits from the diet. The most important thing is to stay healthy, and I would definitely include different kinds of rice, cornflakes with rice milk (check ingredients!) and turkey to give you all of your carbs and proteins. I would also try multivitamins such as Centrum. Incidentally, you may want to try the charcoal and chlorophyllin again - I find they only help when I do the diet properly.

Some people find that rotating probiotics and Antibiotics also helps, but again I would DEFINITELY wait for a medical diagnosis before you do anything as radical as that! I'm going to try a series of colonics once I'm well enough to go back to work and earn money...

Please don't feel ashamed because of this - it's not your fault, and anybody who says otherwise is just being narrow-minded! Please do persevere with trying to get a diagnosis, even if it turns out not to be TMAU.

Best of luck!

TM