Replied by Jill (Dallas, Tx) on 12/27/2010
Assuming you have good dental hygiene, the source of your bad breath is most likely not your mouth. Two thoughts come to mind. First, do you have sinus issues? Frequent sinus colds, allergies, or infections? I have had sinus infections without the very obvious symptoms of sinus pain and severe congestion. Once I made an emergency appointment with a dentist because one of my upper molars was in severe pain. As it turned out, I had a sinus infection and the roots of that tooth happened to be in the way of the inflammation, which pressed on the nerve! If you have any pain on upper teeth, that could be a sign of sinus problems, which might warrant a trip to an ear/nose/throat doctor if it's a chronic problem.
My second thought is regarding digestion issues and/or food allergies. First, if you are not getting enough water and fiber, your intestinal tract will be moving too slowly to keep waste material from building up in your body. Excess waste material = toxins floating around your blood stream, which will cause bad breath. Try psyllium and water daily for awhile to see if that helps. Re-evalute your diet and see what kind of "housecleaning" you might need to do (too much junk/processed foods and not enough whole, healthy, nutritious food).
A related thought is food allergies. If you are eating foods that create an inflammatory reaction in your body, rather than digesting properly, you will have incompletely digested proteins circulating through your body, creating inflammation and lots of excess waste product and toxins. Consider getting tested for allergies. My daughter was diagnosed with several food allergies about a year and a half ago and it has made a huge difference in her skin (severe acne), digestion (tended towards constipation all her life), and definitely her breath (which had been bad for years)!
Replied by Dan (Whites Creek, West Virginia, Usa) on 12/26/2010
I havve not tried this yet, myself, but J. I. Rhodale says magnesium in the form or dolomite limestone rock powders, will correct body odors and stool odors. 1, 500mg dolomite powder, with meals, X 3 times per day.
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http://www.mgwater.com/rodtitle.shtml#contents
MAGNESIUM, THE NUTRIENT THAT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE
J. I. RODALE with HARALD J. TAUB
Copyright © 1968 by J. I. Rodale
Chapter 17. Magnesium's Effect on Body Odors
The foremost pioneer in this field was Pierre Delbet, M. D. , who sent many communications on his experiences with magnesium to the French Academy of Medicine. One of them dealing with body odors was dated June 5, 1928. Here is a translation of a portion of it. A Personal Note by J. I. Rodale
I made myself a guinea pig. Here are some, of my experiences:
Within a few days, exactly as Delbet had said, I noticed that it deodorized my stool. But with the addition of dolomite the process of deodorization was made almost complete--let us say 99.4 percent complete. But when I started to take dolomite tablets, I was not prepared for another change it produced, something that took about six months. This was an almost complete disappearance of underarm odor! Unbelievable, you might say! But perhaps the unbelievable is about to come true. Wouldn't that be something--something as basic as the purification of the inner body, by a simple little tablet?
Delbet in the above quotation says that magnesium's effect on body odor is no doubt due to a modification of the intestinal flora, the beneficial intestinal bacteria that take part in the process of breaking down the food. I came to this conclusion independently owing to several experiences I had with magnesium. Chlorophyllin is defined by the Merck Index as sodium magnesium chlorophyllin. This study left us convinced that chlorophyll is a good natural deodorizer, but only in the magnesium-containing form and only because of the magnesium. In other words, for the deodorizing effect you might as well use the magnesium without the sodium and the green pigment. What we do know is that, for reasons not yet established, magnesium consumed in sufficient quantity to avert any possible deficiency does definitely seem to reduce or altogether eliminate any tendency an otherwise healthy person might have to unpleasant body odors. In my premagnesium era I discovered that, when I walked for two hours a day (at two sessions of one hour each), my foot odor vanished completely. But one hour of this exercise a day did not do it. Today without any walking at all (during the winter), my dolomite tablets keep my feet completely free of odor. How about athlete's foot? I don't know. I haven't had it for many years. I was cured of it about seven or eight years ago by the Prevention system. But perhaps the taking of dolomite might cure it. As I have said, I take nine tablets of dolomite a day. At the beginning, I had a few days of light diarrhea, but soon everything set itself in the proper order. Delbet says the same thing in his communication to the French Academy of Medicine, July 10, 1928: "In persons who have normally active bowels, it brings on a diarrhea in the first days, but it does not last. "
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Notes: 3 pills, with meals, X 3 t/d..... = Powder form: 1, 500mg powder, with meals, X 3 t/d. -------------------------------
--------------------------------------------Replied by Special01 (Indianapolis, In, Usa) on 12/27/2010
Parsley like the kind they serve at good restuarants to make your food look good is a natural remedy for bad breath.
