KissMeGoodnight
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My Breath Stinks:
How to Get Rid of Bad Breath...NOW!
( 15 pages )
Bad
Breath and Your Diet
We
live in a world where food dominates. We are on sensory overload
because everywhere we turn there is another delectable delight
to tantalize the taste buds. Sadly, the majority of the foods
that we are seduced by on a daily basis do serious damage
to our teeth. In our discussion that also applies to bad
breath.
It
is important to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet. Unfortunately
all day snacks and binging have replaced the concept of “three
square meals a day.”
When
indiscriminate snacking takes place oral hygiene goes out
the window. If doubt that, begin a diary and document every
single instance throughout the day when you place food or
beverages in your mouth. Weight loss programs teach their
users to do this and it can be an eye-opening experience.
Some of our habits are so ingrained that we don’t even realize
what we are doing.
Someone
brings a home made coffee cake to the office and it’s very
easy to unconsciously grab “just a little sliver” back to
your desk along with your. . .what?. . third or fourth cup
of java of course.
You
may be sitting in the grandstands at a little league ballgame
when your partner waves the bag of popcorn under your nose.
Well, it’s just a few kernels of popcorn, right?
Now,
do you immediately run to the ladies room at the office and
brush your teeth? Do you leap off the bleachers and sprint
to the “facilities” and floss? Of course not, that would
be ridiculous, right? If we all did that, there wouldn’t
be a problem with dental disease or bad breath.
All
the snacking that we do throughout the day not only contributes
to bad breath but snack food is usually very high in carbohydrates
and produces excessive amounts of sugar that cause tooth
decay and promote bad breath. Harmful acids contained in
soda pop attack the enamel on the teeth, yet we sip on sodas
all day long.
And,
if you thought that just sodas are the culprit, think again.
A recent study claims that all those popular sports drinks
we buy may not be such a good idea after all. They may re-hydrate
the body, but they can cause irreversible damage to the dental
enamel.
The
study reports that fitness water, sports drinks, energy drinks
and other non-cola beverages increase the risk of damage
by anywhere from 3 to 11 times!
It
should be mentioned that the findings are indicative of long
term use. However, it appears that these drinks may not necessarily
beneficial as a substitute for plain old-fashioned fresh
water!
 
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