subject: Cures For Bad Breath From Hardest To Easiest [print this page] Cures For Bad Breath From Hardest To Easiest
Does your breath stink? Nobody wants to be in an interview, or talking to that guy or girl you want to go out with, and then notice that the other person keeps putting their hands near their nose, as though they're warding off a bad smell. Are you looking for cures for bad breath? Below are ways to get rid of the stink and be back to smelling like roses.
Mouthwash and toothpaste may cure the problem for most people, but we're not addressing those folks. We're talking about the people who live with the shame of long-lasting smelly breath that never seems to go away.
Bad breath hits everyone - especially from the hours of 6AM to 8AM. Or whenever you get up. We mean people with a continous issue of smelly breath that they haven't been able to fix with regular mouth hygiene.
Get rid of it today.
1) Check out your tonsils. Tonsils help guard against disease, but their crevices are magnets for some nasty stuff that can cause your breath to smell. Ever felt like something was lodged in the back of your throat? Ever coughed up a small, whitish/yellowish thing that looked like a 2 millimeter stone that smelled horrible?
They are tonsilloliths, or tonsil stones. They're usually made out of food that got trapped, or masses of white blood vessels that gathered to fight bacteria and then got packed together. The smell? Horrifying.
Check the holes and crevices in your tonsils (and behind them) for any small white bits of matter. Probe the ridges behind the tonsils, too - but only if you can do it without gagging. (But wash your finger and do NOT use a foreign object. You don't want to puncture something and go to the hospital.) If you find some of these whitish-yellow 'stones,' you might want to go to a nose/throat doctor to have the area professionally cleaned out.
2) Get your colon working. Smelly breath can be impacted by not having regular bowel movements. The mouth is just the beginning point of the digestive system. If the end of the line is having problems, don't you think that might impact the entire system?
Days or weeks between bowel movements can unbalance the ratio of good and bad bacteria in your digestive system.
When your body can't properly detoxify through regular bowel movements, those toxins stay in your system - and guess what? Breathing and sweating are two places that bad-smelling toxins can come out of your body when they can't get out the regular way.
3) Eat better, and your breath will follow. Add fiber to your diet until you become regular. If you're already regular, more fiber can't hurt, especially if it's from healthy sources. Lots of fruits and vegetables - the fresher, the better. Eat less meat, dairy, and especially processed foods (anything that had to be created in a factory, like potato chips, cookies, candy, etc.).
If you won't do that, then get some powdered fiber like Metamucil and drink a glass or two a day. You can get some nice, citrus-tasting varieties. It will work quickly and efficiently.
Also look at other parts of your diet. Garlic, especially when eaten fresh, doesn't just affect your breath for a couple of hours. It can take days for the odor of garlic to pass out of your system, especially if you ate a lot.
Garlic's chemical compounds stay in your body for a couple of days and come out gradually through sweat and breath. Other chemicals we ingest do the same, although thankfully few of them smell as pungent as garlic. Want to smell better? Luckily, the same effect also applies to things that can freshen your breath, like mint leaves and parsely. If you want to smell better, eat this instead of garlic or processed foods. It's always better to have minty breath (or even parsely-ish breath) than garlicky.
