The Sweetest Breath

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He’s moving in and all you can think is, does my breath smell ok? Can he smell that garlic bread I had at lunch? Is this gum going to work? Since feeling good about yourself is a vital part of confidence and being beautiful, and your breath can be your first impression, I started taking on practices that give me good breath. Here’s what you might not know about having sweet breath:

The first step to having sweet breath is to brush your tongue. This may sound strange, but most people don’t realize that most bad breath germs live on your tongue. You can do this with your regular toothpaste or with tongue gel with zinc. The zinc effectively kills the germs on your tongue thereby neutralizes bad breath. I find the tongue gel to be the most effective; it’s also really refreshing.

Bad breath can also show up as a side effect of digestion problems. What’s the best way to treat this? Focus on your digestion and you will probably see your bad breath disappear. Peppermint is great for digestion, peppermint pills or peppermint tea. Fennel and rosemary are also wonderful for both breath and digestion, chewing on a fennel leaf works wonders for a digestion aid and will make your breath sweet. There is also a great product that combines all of these into an herbal pill, Breath Assure. You can find this or similar products at health food stores. I found these pills to be the most effective at giving me consistent good breath.

Another natural product for good breath is adding seaweed or a green algae supplement to your daily routine. Green algae contains chlorophyll which not only helps with breath but also eliminates body odors and seaweed has a cleansing effect which balances your digestion. If you are an “O” blood type try bladderwrack, you will see a difference not only in your breath but also in your skin and general well being. Bladderwrack has not been noted to have an effect on blood types other than “O”, so if you are any other blood type try Spirulina, high in chlorophyll and very cleansing.

The next time you are out on a date and worried for the rest of your dinner about the garlic bread you had as an appetizer, I have the answer for you! The best-kept secret about breath is that dark chocolate will actually neutralize garlic breath! It works, I swear. Also, beware that while natural peppermint will aid your digestion, candy peppermints will make your breath worse after the initial effect wears off.

Finally, if you have no dark chocolate and a fennel plant is nowhere to be seen, Listerine citrus breath strips are great. They kill germs and it won’t leave you with the Listerine mint smell either.


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  1. Laurie Wood on March 16, 2007 5:53 pm

    Great article! It’s always good to have sweet smelling breath because you never know who you might meet when you are least expecting it!

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