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Diet trends come and go, with most proving to be disappointing. Diets over the last generation have a little bit more scientific justification then the older trends, and seem to give at least some positive results. Undoubtedly though at least a few will probably be discarded as the years go by.
Many recent diet trends have concentrated on little or no carbohydrates. This seem like sound advice as carbs mostly appear in processed food that our ancestors could never consume. These diets appear to be effective, though the long term health benefits are still under scrutiny. But many do have one short term problem – they tend to give the dieters bad breath.
Low Carb diets like Atkins work by pushing us into Ketosis. This causes us to burn more fat, and hence, lose weight. But this burning of fat/production of Keytones will cause bad breath, at least for a few weeks.
While some forms of bad breath comes from our mouth and throat the bad breath from diets will come from our whole digestive system. This makes it a little tricky to remove. Brushing our teeth and dental hygiene will only partially help the problem. we need to take more drastic methods if we are to remove bad diet breath.
We can help reduce the bad breath by:
- Drinking more water.
- Decreasing protein and increasing good fats, at least for the first few weeks of the diet.
- Add a small amount of healthy carbs, like rice or oats, for the first few weeks of the diet, and reduce gradually.
- Use mouthwash several timer per day.
- Chew sugar free gum. Gum with Xylitol (which fight tooth decay) is the best option. Avoid Nutrasweet (951) which is a common allergy.
- Chew parsley
- Green Tea reduces bad breath
- Brush and floss diligently every day.
The low carbohydrate diets also mean low sugar, which will help reduce tooth decay considerably.
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Our teeth and mouth are part of and linked to our total body health. Many things that affect our body will have some impact on our mouth, and vice-versa. If we look after our dental hygiene we greatly reduce the chances of serious problems later on like heart disease and Alzheimer’s.
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