9 Great Tips on
How to Combat Bad Breath
By Sue Jan
Millions
of people all over the world suffer from bad breath or halitosis. Bad breath
can badly affect your social life, your career prospects and even your
self-esteem.
The main cause usually stems from poor dental hygiene, and also from
bacteria that comes from left over food particles in the mouth. Strong
smelling foods or items such as garlic and onion, alcohol and smoking, also
contribute to bad breath.
Conventional remedies for halitosis include:
* Brush and floss your teeth at least twice a day. Make sure to also brush
the gums, the tongue, roof of the mouth, and inside of the cheeks.
* After you eat, make sure to rinse out left over food particles in your
mouth.
* Avoid strong smelling items such as coffee, alcohol or smoking.
Other than these common remedies, natural remedies such as a well balanced
diet also helps, as a healthy digestive system reduces the level of
odor-causing bacteria in your body:
* Gum disease causes bad breath. Taking vitamin C helps protect and heal
your gums from damage and disease. Vitamin C is plentiful in strawberry,
cabbage, orange, red pepper and kiwi fruit.
* Eating food rich in acidophilus such as yogurt helps to balance the
bacteria in the intestine to a healthy level and thus reduce halitosis.
* Eating food that fights plague build-up also helps fight foul breath, such
as cheese, peanut, celery and carrot.
* Eating less meat and more fiber such as vegetables and fruits help
temporarily mask bad breath. Snack on fresh raw vegetables and fruits such
as parsley, celery, carrot apple and pear. Parsley is effective because it
contains chlorophyll, a chemical found in plants that is considered to be a
natural breath freshener.
* Eat food rich in fiber to fight
constipation. Your body absorbs a large amount of bacteria from a meat-laden
diet. Fiber helps promote regular bowel movements that remove these toxins
from your body that cause bad smelling breath. Food rich in fiber include
pea, dried bean, brown rice, prune, fig, and wheat product. |
Tips For Healthy Living...
1. Eat Healthy balanced meals with a variety
of vegetables, fruits, legumes, cereals and dairy product.
2. Try and eliminate fat from your foods...
eat more baked, boiled or grilled foods. Drink low fat or no fat milk and
other dairy products. Minimize fats as much as you can. If you do use
fats... use the good ones like Olive oil in miniscule quantities.
3. Get active. Start walking or exercising
regularly.
4. Drink 8-10 glasses of clean, clear water
daily.
5. Cut out on alcohol, caffeine, nicotine or
other drugs.
6. Get adequate sleep of 6-8 hours daily.
7. Keep Your mind stimulated by doing
crossword puzzles, playing chess, doing mental calculations etc.
8. Have a healthy social life. But make sure
to have more positive influences in your life.
9. Eliminate stress from your life. ... you could use some tapes and cd's to help you eliminate anxiety
and stress.
10. Try deep breathing or some form of
meditation each day to help you relax.
11. The combination of healthy eating,
regular exercise, stress relief and relaxation is going to drastically
improve your life style and life expectancy.
12. Recommended Tapes and CD's :
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