Get Rid Bad Breath

Xylitol: Our Sweet Salvation? by Sherill Sellman From: The SPECTRUM Vol. 4 No. 8; February 2003, p.23 — www.thespectrumnews.org Editor’s note: Considering the quantity of sugar we all consume in one way or another each day, sometimes not by choice, the following is perhaps the most important health article to come along in quite some [...]

ScienceDaily (Nov. 20, 2007) — “Sweet magnolia” does more than describe the fragrant blossoms of a popular evergreen tree. It also applies to magnolia bark’s effects on human breath. Scientists in Illinois are reporting that breath mints made with magnolia bark extract kill most oral bacteria that cause bad breath and tooth decay within 30 [...]

We usually associate bad breath, or halitosis, with adult breath, but bad breath in children certainly does occur. Perhaps it is less common because some of the conditions that favor the growth of anaerobic bacteria – the bacteria that produce foul smelling volatile sulfur compounds (VSC) – are uncommon in children. These bacteria can be [...]