Dr. Oz: Use Coffee Grounds to Get Rid of Odors
Dr. Oz talked about several new uses for coffee grounds out there. Most people toss these out after making coffee, but others use it in more innovative ways. It turns out coffee grounds are great for getting rid of odors.

Dr. Oz talked about some new and different uses for coffee grounds, including removing odors, clearing away cellulite, and scrubbing pots and pans. (BLACKDAY / Shutterstock.com)
Dawn came by to talk about how she uses coffee grounds to get rid of odors on her hands. For instance, say you just chopped a bunch of garlic or onions. Your hands will be smelly and sometimes, soap isn’t enough. Dawn takes a handful of coffee grounds and uses them like soap. She just rubs them all over her hands under the water. As the coffee grounds get carried away, so do the odors.
Four people in the audience smelled Dawn’s hands after she chopped garlic and used the coffee grounds to clean them. All of them agreed it smelled good. Dr. Oz was worried it would smell like garlic in some coffee, but it turns out it really worked.
Dr. Oz: Coffee Grounds for Scrubbing Pans
Dana’s mother taught her to use leftover coffee grounds to scrub hard-to-clean pots and pans. She dumps the grounds on the pan, takes a soft cloth and wets it, and uses the soft cloth to rub the grounds into the pan. It’s not abrasive and it’s very natural. Dana said it’s also good because the coffee grounds act as an exfoliant of the hands. And as we’ve already established, they take away odors from your hands as well.
Dr. Oz: Coffee Grounds Cellulite Home Remedy
Another woman, Kate, said that coffee grounds can take away cellulite. She showed some pictures of herself with cellulite before using coffee grounds and after using them. The difference was incredible.
Ingredients
- Used Coffee Grounds
- Fresh Coffee Grounds
- Fresh Brewed Coffee
- A Few Drops of Peppermint Oil
Directions
- Stir ingredients together to make a paste.
- Once you have the paste, just rub it right onto the cellulite area and wrap the skin with plastic wrap.
- Leave it on for a couple of hours and the skin will become moisturized and the cellulite will go away.
Dr. Oz: Groundhog Day & Shadows
Dr. Oz wished everyone a Happy Groundhog Day, but he warned the groundhog is rarely accurate. He did tell us that if our shadows are shorter than we are, we’re more likely to get a sunburn.
tracy says
who was the kate talking about the cellulite and coffee grounds. I know her from some show.
Kat says
It was driving me insane too, the girl Kate with the coffee grounds on Dr. Oz is the breaking Amish girl who went into modeling in New York!!
tracy says
I was going crazy too, I knew I knew her from somewhere…thanks so so much…lol
Janet says
Thank goodness, you asked yesterday who the girl was on Dr. Oz in the coffee grounds segment. It was Kate from Breaking Amish. It was driving me crazy because I recognized her from tv but couldn’t place her. I hate when that happens and I can’t place where I know someone from!