But did you know that there are things that you can eat and drink that can actually help your breath smell better? Modifying your diet is one of the simplest natural cures for bad breath.
Here are a few simple things that you can do to do change your diet and help your breath smell better:
- Cut down on the amount of meat you eat.
- Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. (FYI--avoid vegetables like cauliflower that have a high sulphur content, which can make your breath smell worse).
- Eat plain, suger-free yogurt - it helps to reduce hydrogen sulphide levels in your mouth.
- Drink cranberry juice - it helps kill the odor-causing bacteria that sticks to your tongue teeth, and hard to reach areas of your mouth. The natural, sugar-free juice is best.
- Drink green and black teas - they contain something called polyphenols, which kills both odor-causing oral bacteria and the sulphur compounds produced by oral bacteria as it decays