What Causes Bad Breath Anyway?

Written by Thuvarakan Tharmalingam


We have all suffered from an occasional case of bad breath. It's estimated that 50 to 65 percent ofrepparttar population suffer from bad breath. A few unfortunate people suffer from chronic bad breath, seeming never to get rid ofrepparttar 115086 foul odor that escapes every time they open their mouth. But what isrepparttar 115087 main cause of bad breath?

Like all living organisms, we have a variety of other organisms that live in or on us in a constant balance of life. In case of bad breath,repparttar 115088 main cause isrepparttar 115089 bacteria that normally occur within your mouth; or more specificallyrepparttar 115090 waste products these bacteria produce from their normal biological life.

Life of Bacteria in Your Mouth

Your body is a host to billions of bacteria, andrepparttar 115091 majority of them are beneficial to you; there are bacteria in your stomach which aid food digestion, there are helpful bacteria on your skin which protect you against other harmful bacteria, and there are bacteria that just loverepparttar 115092 environment of your mouth. The last type is called anaerobic bacteria.

Anaerobic bacteria live best in conditions where there is no oxygen. There are plenty of places for anaerobic bacteria to live in your mouth; underrepparttar 115093 gum line, onrepparttar 115094 back of your tongue, betweenrepparttar 115095 teeth, and just about any place in your mouth that may be covered by a thin film. It isrepparttar 115096 waste products ofrepparttar 115097 anaerobic bacteria that cause bad breath.

Again, a person's mouth is home to hundreds of different species of bacteria. There is a constant battle going on in your mouth at all times. A battle for living space between that cause bad breath and those that don't. The precise balance between these types of bacteria, determinesrepparttar 115098 freshness of your breath.

Weighing the Options

Written by ChaChanna Simpson


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The first step in getting healthy is eating healthy. You can exercise all you want, but if you are still shoveling donuts, fast food and every kind of dessert you can think of in your mouth, it kind of defeatsrepparttar 115089 purpose. So, to help me on my quest for healthy eating, I enlistedrepparttar 115090 help of The Diet Center, in Darien, CT.

The first thing people do when they are planning to lose weight is go on a diet. Just to clarify, diet is, “the manner in which people eat. It teaches people how to eat and make healthy choices," according Melissa Arnold, Director of Fitness atrepparttar 115091 Diet Center. It is not depriving yourself of carbohydrates or some other important nutrient your body needs. When you cut them out "the body tries to get that nutrient from something else. If you change or stop eating something you will lose weight but you are setting your body off balance and that is not healthy," says Arnold. Your body needs all of its nutrients. Unless you are going to swear off a particular food or food group forrepparttar 115092 rest of your life, as soon as you eat it again you will most likely gainrepparttar 115093 weight right back. Then you are right back to square one, plus more weight and you are all depressed about it.

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