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Peroxide and Then What?Question by Matt (Spring Hill, FL) on 11/30/2006
Replied by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand)
Taking baking soda on empty stomach, such as 1/4 teaspoon maybe three times day would really help by raising the the body's alkalinity. Thus, reducing the bad breath.
Taking zinc supplements will help, but only zinc acetate, zinc chloride, or zinc citrate at 25 mg/day. Of course, getting those are not easy either, so just eat plenty of pumpkin seeds like a handful a day twice a day, preferably unsalted, as it has more zinc content. Taking some sunflower seeds, preferably unsalted is high on magnesium and is helpful too.
Most of the bad breath should noticeably be reduced within a week, depending on how much pumpkin seeds and baking soda you take. In this case hydrogen peroxide at lower concentration can be used and the smell should not return as quickly either. You need to resolve some constipation it reduces bad breath fairly quickly, if you have it.
I found from experience that quite often, bad breath is initiated by sleeping late hours and lack of sleep. It causes your body to have low levels of bicarbonates initiating a bad breath reaction. So if you sleep more, your bad breath will noticeably be reduced. Drink plenty of water, and perhaps some sea salt added at 1/4 teaspoon to one glass to drink internally, one dose on empty stomach 1 hour or more after eating or 1 or more hours before meals also were quite helpful.
Replied by Lakshmi on 05/19/2012
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