General Health Information

What causes bad breath in the first place? Many of us tend to assume
that the cause of bad breath is either food or poor oral hygiene. Food
may cause short term halitosis and can be indirectly linked with
chronic problems. Once the food passes from our system, however, the bad breath problem
should disappear. Indirectly, food can cause breath by increasing the
amount of food available to anaerobic bacteria and thus increase their
population and the levels of toxins they produce. Believe it or not,
bacteria feces are ultimately the causes of bad breath in nearly 9 out
of 10 cases!

While diabetes and other ailments may ultimately be the source of a chronic bad breath problem,
the most common culprits are gram negative anaerobic bacteria. Poor
oral hygiene will lead to an increase in the anaerobic population
levels when plaque is not removed. Plaque is formed by bacteria and
they reproduce rapidly behind this thin protective layer because it
creates an environment that is low in oxygen. Anaerobic literally means
“without oxygen” and this is particularly the kind of environment that
these harmful microorganisms breed fastest.

Much like you are any other living creature, bacteria must feed and
excrete waste in order to survive. Bacteria actually feed upon dead
skin cells and the food particles leftover from our meals. These food
particles typically tend to collect at the back of the tongue and get
stuck in that semi-permanent layer of plaque that forms here. The more
food the bacteria consume, the more waste they produce-and the more
severe the bad breath
problem! That is the foremost reason why dentist do suggest that we
need to brush and floss out teeth every after meal to be able to get
rid of the food debris that usually get stuck on teeth. So that
bacteria will not be able to feed on anything.

Much like you are any other living creature, bacteria must feed and
excrete waste in order to survive. Bacteria actually feed upon dead
skin cells and the food particles leftover from our meals. These food
particles typically tend to collect at the back of the tongue and get
stuck in that semi-permanent layer of plaque that forms here. The more
food the bacteria consume, the more waste they produce-and the more
severe the bad breath problem!

Unfortunately, a bad breath problem
can be caused by an even bigger medical issue. In fact, bad breath is
often seen as a warning symptom in a large number of medical problems,
including: diabetes, upper respiratory infections, chronic sinus
infection, acid reflux, bronchitis and pneumonia. The foremost step
that you have to make is to first determine the primary cause of your
bad breath and get the appropriate treatment for it.

VSC’s are really just fancy names for the waste products excreted by
the bacteria. These waste products quickly turn into gases and produce
the rotten-egg smell often associated with a bad breath
problem. The three most common compounds causing bad breath include:
Hydrogen Sulfide, Methyl Mercaptan and Dimethyl Sulfide. Essentially,
you must limit the population of the bacteria in order to prevent bad
breath. Unless the bad breath problem is being caused by gum disease,
the majority of the bacteria will collect at the back of the tongue in
plaque-that sticky white stuff that is hard to eliminate when brushing.

Because bacteria breed faster in low-oxygen environments, they tend to
hide in plaque-a thin layer that forms on teeth and soft tissue in the
oral cavity. Brushing and flossing is all that you have to do in order
to remove the plaque and bacteria. However, if you skip your morning
oral hygiene, the bad breath problem
will worsen as the bacteria population grows larger. In time, the layer
of plaque will ossify and become tartar-and then you will need to see a
dentist in order to treat your bad breath problem!

Bacteria is the cause of: most chronic bad breath issues, post nasal
drip bad breath issues, diabetes bad breath and many other forms of bad breath problems.
In short, it is the bacteria in our mouths that create the offensive
odors. This occurs when those bacteria meet up with outside substances,
such as the sugar we put into our mouth, and by-products are later
released. Any halitosis treatment regime that hopes to work effectively
must address these source issues first. Otherwise, it is only masking
the problem.

In our day and age, communicating with others is not a luxury. For the
most part, we have to talk to people and we have to interact with
people in other ways that often require being close to them. But this
kind of up close interaction can be uncomfortable for those of us with
a bad breath problem. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could find a natural bad breath cure that really worked?