bad breath relief : The Cause of Temporary Bad Breath

We have all probably experienced bad breath caused by eating certain foods. We eat a meal and then suffer with embarrassing bad breath later. The culprits are sulfur compounds found in certain foods like garlic and cabbage. These sulfur compounds cause breathe to smell bad.

When we eat, sulfur compounds from foods are absorbed by our digestive systems. Contrary to popular belief, sulfur compounds do not cause bad breath as a result of working their way back up into the mouth from the stomach.

Rather, the sulfur compounds move from the digestive system into the bloodstream where they are carried to the lungs. Here the lungs expel the sulfur compounds from the body by way of the air that we exhale ! Amazingly, many of these sulfur compounds are also excreted in sweat from the skin and in urine for hours to even days after the food containing them is eaten.

How can you get rid of this type of bad breath ? One option is to avoid the foods that cause bad breath such as cabbage and onions. Alternatively, you can use one of several new products on the market which attack and neutralize the sulfur compounds while they are in the digestive system or in the bloodstream.

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