You have diabetes and you are trying to take care of your feet. You have heard about what happens if you don’t take care of your feet and you don’t want that to happen to you. You are already making a good decision!

But what is the difference between buying a diabetic shoe and one from a discount shoe store? What makes a diabetic shoe preferential over any store-bought style of footwear?

Foot Fetish

While foot odor is rarely discussed around the water cooler, it is an embarrassing problem that affects millions of people. Your feet harbor millions of organisms and bacteria. Our feet can produce over a cup of moisture per day, and the heat and moisture build up in our shoes to create an active source for these organisms to develop and grow.

Foot odor occurs when various bacteria, primarily corynebacteria and micrococci, break down..