A Tasty, Natural Cure for Bad Breath
Does your job require you to talk to clients, customers or vistors? Do you like to spend intimate time with your spouse or significant other? Do you enjoy long, heart-felt conversations with your closest friends?
Just imagine how much damage bad breath could do in all of these situations. Did you realize that you could be suffering from chronic halitosis and have absolutely no idea that there is a problem? Bad breath could be sabotaging your business and personal relationships while you remain blissfully unaware. Even if you think your breath is fine, you should make sure you’re doing all you can to keep halitosis at bay.
Most bad breath has a simple cause. Simple causes are good because they often have simple solutions. Several kinds of bacteria, both good and bad, live in our mouths and on our tongue. Bad breath is most often caused by the excessive growth of anaerobic bacteria in your mouth. Bacteria grow by breaking down protein in your mouth. The bacteria interact with the resultant amino acids to produce volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs). To stop bad breath, you need to stop the growth of bacteria.
A tasty natural cure for bad breath is to eat more citrus fruits. Citrus acts as a stimulant for the flow of saliva. Additional saliva in your mouth serves two important functions. First of all, the extra moisture helps to wash away any remaining food particles that might provide a food source for bacteria. Second, the chemical makeup of the saliva itself can inhibit bacterial production of odor-causing compounds. So in addition to correcting the moisture imbalance in your mouth, the citric acid in fruits like lemons and oranges actually fights bacteria on your behalf.