Really? That works? Im interested in learning more. Mind sharing?

Coconut oil will most likely feed the bacteria than kill it

That's what I thought too, but my empirical testing shows it more effective to reduce smell of sweat than commercial deodorants (e.g. AXE) or no deodorant at all. Haven't found any scientifical studies on the exact subject.

My guess would be that feeding them with something different probably makes its byproducts smell different as well

(Or they actually die because they don't like it, but bacteria is famous for processing whatever it can get)

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-amou...

[2] http://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijpps/article...

[3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24328700

Nice! Thanks for the sources