BE SURE YOUR BREATH IS ALWAYS FRESH!
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I don’t like mean people. They bring out the nasty avenger in me, so I try to avoid them. Many times I have witnessed these cruel ones use the accusation of “bad breath” just to hurt someone’s feelings. Even when it’s not true! There is actually a medical term for people who were teased or bullied or otherwise made to believe they have persistent bad breath, when in fact they do not. It’s called Halitophobia, or Delusion Halitosis. So don’t believe just anyone who tells you this. Believe it only if it comes from a reliable source, like a good friend, immediate family member, or health care provider.
But what if it’s true? What if you have good reason to believe that your breath is even slightly offensive day to day? If so, it can be a real confidence killer. Can cause you to withdraw from social situations, surrender your poise, and be less successful than you can be—because of that lingering doubt. The good news is that supplements and good dental habits can eliminate and control this problem.
Oral health care providers believe that nearly 85 to 90 percent of ordinary, occasional bad breath originates in the mouth due to consuming certain foods. But Halitosis is not the same as the smell of garlic on your breath from last night’s pasta e fagioli, or the onions you had on your salad for lunch. Or the occasional dry mouth day when your breath could be fresher, but can’t be said to smell bad. Halitosis is persistent, there all the time, and can get as bad as the smell of rotten eggs.
| Tip: Eat All The Onion You Want: Your breath won’t smell it if you eat a fist-full of curly parsley afterward. Chew it well and slowly so the chlorophyll has time to do its magic in your mouth. Some people say this works on garlic too, but I have not found that to be the case. Nothing seems to disguise having eaten fresh garlic. |
According to dentists and hygienists, there are many things that go wrong in the mouth that can contribute to persistent bad breath. The most common causes are a poorly cleaned tongue, which accounts for the largest percentage of mouth related bad breath, and the mouth itself, where the failure to brush properly and floss regularly permit microscopic bits of rotting food to accumulate between teeth, and in the niches between teeth and gums.
Over 600 kinds of bacteria live in the average human mouth, though not all of them cause bad breath, and some are even necessary for good dental health. But to ensure fresh breath you have to reduce the level of bacteria in the mouth by properly cleaning your teeth and tongue.
BRUSHING YOUR TEETH PROPERLY
Dentists recommend brushing a minimum of two minutes. Most people try hard to do this for the whole two minutes. My electric toothbrush has a timer that beeps when two minutes are up, indicating that I have passed my recommended brushing time.
This is crazy. If you want to ensure fresh breath you have to brush a lot longer than two measly minutes. Adults have approximately 32 teeth. All of them have two or more surfaces that need to be cleaned. That’s a potential of over 80 separate surfaces. If you follow conventional advice and brush for only two minutes, 120 seconds, you spend only 1.5 seconds per surface, or 3 to 4.5 seconds per tooth. That’s not enough, especially if you’re worried about your breath.
I brush my teeth in the morning with an electric toothbrush for about 15 minutes. It may sound like a lot, but that’s only about 10 seconds per surface, plus 20 seconds to clean and rinse my tongue. In the evening I brush with a manual toothbrush for about 5 minutes. My hygienist never fails to mention how clean my teeth are, and how easy it is for her to do the cleaning. I’m not saying you have to brush 15 minutes with an electric toothbrush. I don’t know, maybe that’s excessive. But try to brush at least 5 minutes, regardless of the toothbrush; that’s around 10 seconds per tooth.
While brushing your teeth is important for fresh breath, more mouth odor starts on the tongue than on the teeth.
CLEANING YOUR TONGUE
When you finish brushing your teeth, your work isn’t over. You still have to clean your tongue where 80 percent of malodorous mouth smells originate. Without proper cleaning, the tongue becomes coated with microscopic bits of food that you ate. You wake up each day with morning breath and a white coating on your tongue, due to your body using the mouth as a way to excrete toxins and wastes. Make no mistake. That white coating on your tongue is waste matter and needs to be removed. Preferably before you eat breakfast, so you don’t swallow the waste along with your food, and reintroduce the toxins to your system.
If you don’t clean your tongue every time you brush your teeth, more and more organic detritus piles up every time you eat. It festers and the bacteria happily feed on it. Remember that great Thai meal you had last week? Well, if you don’t clean your tongue each time you brush, some of it is still hanging around in there. This supply of rotting matter supports myriad populations of bacteria on the tongue, and the combination can ruin your dreams of fresh breath.
You don’t need a special instrument to clean your tongue, though many people prefer to use one. You can use a junior size, soft bristle manual toothbrush reserved for this purpose only. [Do not use an electric toothbrush for this, as it is too harsh for the tongue.]
Do not use the old toothpaste left from brushing your teeth to clean your tongue. After you brush your teeth, rinse your mouth as usual. Add a dab of fresh toothpaste on your special brush. Run warm water over it. Get it foamy by brushing your front teeth for two seconds. Then brush your tongue for 15 seconds, with short, gentle but firm strokes, front, middle, and sides, and as far back as you can go without gagging, which is about one half to two-thirds of the way.
Do not try to brush past a point of comfort. After you spit and rinse, hold your toothbrush under cold water. Use the cold water on the brush to scrub the toothpaste and any residual coating off your tongue. Do this cold water rinse a couple times. Compare the way your tongue looks now with the way it looked before you cleaned it. Big difference, right?
Note to singers: some of you come on camera dressed to kill, and singing like some wonder from another planet. But when you open your mouth wide to hit those high notes the camera gets a really good look at your tongue. So maybe you should too, before you sing.
FLOSSING IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO FRESH BREATH
Besides brushing well and cleaning your tongue, you have to floss as well. If you don’t you will lose teeth. Above I mentioned that microscopic bits of rotting food accumulate between teeth, and in the niches between teeth and gums if you don’t floss. This causes a continual odor in your mouth. After a while the food forms a hard plaque. The plaque accumulates, opening a pocket, forcing the gum away from the tooth. Eventually, the tooth loosens and falls out, or has to be pulled. This can happen to all your teeth, and the process causes ongoing and persistent bad breath.
By flossing you can clean below the gum line between teeth, as well as the sides of each tooth that you can’t reach otherwise, and prevent this plaque buildup.
You’re supposed to floss daily, but you can cheat here by keeping with you a pack of “The Doctor’s Brushpicks, Interdental Toothpicks.” (Brushpicks.com) One end is shaped like a regular toothpick, but has ridges for scrubbing between teeth; the other end has stiff hair like projections that are perfect for flossing below the gum line between teeth. Use these to clean between your teeth after every meal. And floss for real as often as you can.
Also, try to see a hygienist at least twice a year and have annual checkups at your dentist.
OTHER CAUSES OF BAD BREATH BESIDES MOUTH AND TONGUE
Occasional bad mouth odor and Halitosis can come from causes not directly related to the mouth, tongue or gums. In the nose, an impacted or infected sinus, or post nasal drip can cause unpleasant breath. Putrefaction can develop in tonsils and cause a terrible stink in the mouth. All sorts of hideous things can happen in the esophagus, the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach, to cause bad breath, including a poor fitting cardia valve, or a diverticulum. Other general causes cited are obesity, poor digestion, chronic constipation, smoking cigarettes, or drinking alcohol.
| Definition: Cardia Valve: This is the valve between the stomach and the esophagus, which is supposed to close tightly to keep foul smelling gases from leaving the stomach and returning the wrong way, back up into the esophagus, causing persistent bad odors in the mouth. |
| Definition: Diverticulum: This is a hernia through the muscle wall of a tubular organ, where a small section of the wall balloons out, forming a bubble. In the esophagus, it can result in persistent bad breath due to rotting food bits that get caught in the bubble. |
Halitosis affects one in five people in varying degrees, and besides your tongue and mouth, is also caused by your body’s long term inability to efficiently remove waste matter. It comes from diet, and how well you digest and assimilate food. Therefore, further steps must be taken to clean up Halitosis, in addition to having good dental hygiene.
If you opened the door to a closet or a refrigerator, or pulled out a drawer in your kitchen, or removed a sock from your foot, or lifted the lid from a garbage can, and a hideous stench wafted up your nostrils, you would immediately conclude that something needed cleaning. Same with the human body. If you have bad breath you have to cleanse your whole body, and take steps to ensure that it remains clean. Then you won’t have to worry about your breath ever again, except for the occasional pasta e fagioli.
Chlorophyll Concentrate, Activated Charcoal, Aloe Vera Gel Liquid and the one day fasts are recommended to actually clean out various areas of your body, and prevent odors that are expelled through your mouth. Betaine Hydrochloride, which is a supplemental form of stomach acid, is recommended for better digestion, ensuring that your food will be adequately digested before it leaves your stomach. You don’t want any big chunks hanging around too long in your intestines, stinking up the place. (For that same reason, remember to chew your food well in order to properly prepare it for digestion, before it hits your stomach.) L-Cysteine, Lecithin, and C Complex assist with after-cleanse waste removal.
| FRESH BREATH Quick Glance Chart | ||||
| Supplement | Breakfast | Dinner | Brand | Strength |
| Chlorophyll Concentrate (softgels only) | 2 softgels | 2 softgels | Puritan’s Pride #3461 | NA |
| Activated Charcoal (capsules only) | 1-2 capsules | 1-2 capsules | Puritan’s Pride #3680 | 260 mg |
| Aloe Vera Gel (softgels only) | 2 softgels | 2 softgels | Puritan’s Pride 2682 | 200:1 extract (equivalant to 1 teaspoon) |
| Betaine Hydrochloride | 2 tablets (or more) | 2 tablets (or more) | Puritan’s Pride #3850 | 400 mg |
| L-Cysteine (capsules only) | 2 capsules | 2 capsules | Puritan’s Pride #100 | 500 mg |
| Vitamin C Complex | 2 tablets | 2 tablets | Puritan’s Pride #3140 | 1000 mg |
| Lecithin (softgels only) | 4 softgels | 4 softgels | Puritan’s Pride #303 | 1200 mg |
| LIQUID FASTS will help cleanse your entire system of the toxins that cause bad breath. For the first month, fast one day a week. After the first month you can cut back to one fast per month for the next six months.► This is an entire 24-hour-plus period. You wake up on fast day, consume only liquids for the whole day, go to sleep, then wake up and break your fast. If you fast Saturday, you will eat nothing from Friday night until Sunday morning. Go easy on your stomach for your first meal.► Alternate drinking 8 ozs of carrot juice with your juice(s) of choice. Drink the 8 ozs every hour, at the same time each hour, for 10 hours. For instance, if you drink 8 ozs of carrot juice at 8:30 a.m., at 9:30 you might have a tomato juice, then 10:30 carrot juice again. 11:30 maybe pineapple, 12:30 carrot, and so forth. You will continue every hour like this, with your last drink at 5:30 p.m. You may continue until a later cut off time if you wish.► You may use heated vegetable or chicken broth in place of any alternate juice, but not the carrot. Sip the juice or broth. Don’t gulp it down. In addition to the juices and broths, you may drink as much water as you like.► It is not a good idea to fast on a work day. After several hours of drinking juice you may start to feel really tired, exhausted even. If you are able, don’t fight it. Go to bed. Many people experience a long and restful sleep after a fast day, and wake up feeling exhilarated.► If you drink on time exactly, like you’re supposed to, your hunger will decrease and disappear after a few hours. If you miss your feeding, your appetite will rage. If hunger becomes unbearable at any time, you may munch on a handful of almonds (salted or unsalted, and not the whole bag, please). But eat no other food on your fast day. Your goal is to have nothing but liquids for a whole day.► Under NO circumstances should you fast without drinking liquids other than water. Fasting doesn’t mean you provide no nutrition to your body.► Take no supplements while you are fasting, but continue with the supplements once you are eating again. | ||||
| OTHER FOOD CONSIDERATIONS► Eat a green-leaf salad at least once a day. It must contain a good amount of parsley, but no meat. Cheese is okay, but not croutons. Dress the salad only with vinaigrette and your choice of spices. Add any additional raw vegetables you wish—carrot, tomato, cucumber, etc. Add nothing to the salad that has been cooked. “Pasta salads,” or “bean salads” do not qualify.► Eat one small, raw apple daily. | ||||
| Definition: Vitamin C Complex: It contains Vitamin C (as Rosehips and/or Ascorbic Acid) plus Rutin, Citrus Bioflavonoids, Hesperidin Complex, and Acerola. Puritan’s Pride also adds Alfalfa and Barley Grass to its C Complex. (If you can’t find C Complex, use straight C.) |
NOTES
► You can take Betaine Hydrochloride even if you have acid reflux. In fact, Betaine Hydrochloride is what I recommend for that condition, which is actually caused by not enough acid present in the stomach, not too much.
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Dear Ms. Lynn Capehart,
Thank you very much for your wonderful blog and your advice.
I have been suffering for chronic bad breath along with GERD for more than 4 years now. I decided to follow your prescription and for 5 days now, I have been taking the drugs. It may sounds weird but since then, I have not felt any change. Thus, I would like to know how long such a treatment can last in order to definitely get rid of Halitosis.
Thank you very much for your reply.
Hi there Mamadou,
I think that your halitosis is coming from your GERD. The lower esophageal sphincter (LES), that ring of muscle between the esophagus and stomach isn’t working properly and is permitting food smells from improperly digested food to leak back up into your mouth. You also probably suffer from acid reflux, a burning in your chest after you eat.
You need to take Betaine Hydrochloride, which is essentially stomach acid in a tablet. It will ensure that your food is properly digested, and once that happens your halitosis should disappear.
If you buy it in 400 mg, or 600 mg or 1000 mg, you can take as much as you need to feel better. Remember that it will provide the missing stomach acid. Take 2-4 tablets right before you eat each meal. If you find that you feel better but there is still a problem, just take more of the BH. Like if you take it before a meal but still fell a burning after, take more. The burning comes from the food not being digested fast enough and leaving your stomach on time.
Hope this helps. Thanks for writing. Lynn
What a perfect blog article. I will try your tips listed above, kind of scared of fasting but I will have a go. Kind regards
Hi Christian,
Glad you liked the post. It has helped a lot of people. Keep reading and please tell your friends about my blog.
Thanks, for writing, Lynn
Good Day, I have had the same problem as many people who responded on this blog for almost 20 years. I have been to every type doctor and dentist, did some things and have spent all my last pennies on trying to solve my problem. These vitamins are very expensive and I have done so many detox programs before and nothing has helped. Can anyone tell me if they had success with this regimen before I spend more money on pills?
The blog seems really useful and I’m hoping this will be an answer and put an end to my problem.
Hi Tenille,
Hopefully, you’ll hear back from some of my readers re your question. I assume you’ve read the whole blog on halitosis? So there are a few things you can think about. You say you’ve tried detox programs. I’d like to hear more about them, because I think your problem may still be in your colon. How often do you move your bowels each day? What is the consistency of the waste product?
Thanks for writing, Lynn
Hi Lynn, thank you for replying it means alot 🙂
I couldnt afford all the vitamins so bought the ones I thought were the most important. Betaine hydrochloride, L-Cysteine, Chlorella and an Aloe Vera Drink. I have also done the 1 day fast but only lasted 27 hours :(.
I am fasting again today and hoping I can go the full round. I can definitely feel an improvement. Amazingly I cannot smell anything, which before I could when I tested my breath. However I can still see people touching and rubbing there noses when I am close, and I still have a bad taste in my mouth. I have suffered from bad breath so long I don’t know what my mouth is meant to taste like.
To answer your questions, I have tried and done the following to help my problem
-Sinus operation
-Full dentistry check up
-Yeast allergy testing
-Bad Breath Treatments/products that promise 100% cures (Therabreath)
-several GP visits (treatment for Gerd)
– 2 x colon scopes (1st time they gave me antibiotics and the 2nd time the Dr said I was crazy and I should never come back!) I didn’t eat before I went to him so this is probably why he couldn’t pick up a smell.
I have asked him about the CardiO Valve and Diverticulum and he advised that I was absolutely fine.
-Regarding the detox programs I did, it was was basically eating very healthy i.e vegetarian diet. I’ve also tried Chlorophyll on its own as well, and Activated Charcoal, Herbal teas, vitamins, probiotics, etc.
Before taking the vitamins you recommended my bowl movement has been very consistent. Once a day every day.However now that I am taking the vitamins I am constipated.
My breath is always better when I don’t eat anything. Once I eat, about 15-20 minutes later there is a smell. It differs from day to day though.
Just before i tried the vitamins I tried Betaine Hydrochloride which helped a bit.
I read one of your previous replies, and you mentioned something about a lazy intestine, maybe this could be my problem that doctors could not pick up on with scopes?
I am grateful for your blog, I have done research for many years and your blog has definitely seemed to be the one that is the most honest and promising.
I look forward to your further response. Thanks again for taking the time to help.
Tenille
Hi Tenille,
Glad to be of help. 🙂 Has anyone ever told you that you have bad breath? Is there someone who you trust to ask when you think you do have bad breath, to make sure? Someone who will be honest with you? I have seen cases before where a person thought they had bad breath, but no one else could smell it. I hope you are not relying only on the fact that people touch their noses when you are talking near to them. Does everyone do that or just some people? Do these people have anything against you? Sometimes a bad taste comes from medicines being taken. Are you taking drugs that have bad breath as a side effect?
The L-cysteine is a strong natural detoxifier, but it won’t work well without the Vitamin C. Do you have indigestion when you eat? If your digestive system is slow and food is hanging around, that could cause a bad odor. Betaine Hydrochloride is very helpful in this instance, because it helps to break down the food so that it moves faster through your system.
I don’t know why the vitamins would cause constipation, but if possible can you add Chelated Cal/Mag? The last thing you want with bad breath is constipation. Plus, moving your bowels only once a day is still constipation. A healthy intestine will let you move from 2-5 times a day.
Let me know the answers to these questions, so we can work this out.
Thanks for writing, Lynn
Hi Lynn
I wish it was all in my head. I’ve been suffering since the age of 13, and ever since then I have been teased in high school. My mom gave me a book about bad breath and constantly bought me gum. At work one of my co-workers gave me mints and told me to keep it for safe keeping. When I visited my GP he did pick up there was a smell. My 3 year old daughter has also called it out in company (bless her soul) I really wish it was all in me head. Almost everyone I speak to rubs their noses, not just some of them.
My breath is the worst when Im highly stressed at work and when my diet is poor.
The only time I suffered from indigestion is when I was pregnant. I’ve never suffered from constipation either.
Betaine Hydrochloride for some weird reason does seem to give me constipation. It happened the last time I used it as well. I am going to the toilet every 2-3 days and I’m struggling. But it definitely makes my breath feel better
I will get a C Complex and combine it with the other tablets Im taking, is Chlorella okay or must it be Chlorophyll?
The tablets I’m taking are definitely making my breath better, even if other people are still smelling it I can’t, which makes me less paranoid and more confident.
I don’t ask anyone about my breath because I’m too embarrassed. I will however build up the courage and ask someone close if it’s getting better.
Is there anything I should be doing next? Or should I continue with the tablets I am taking for the next few months?
Look forward to your response
Tenille
Hi Tenille,
Don’t worry Sweetie, things will get better. I would like you to use both chlorophyll and chlorella; they are related but different. Both will help your breath.
Betaine Hydrochloride is helping your breath because it is doing a better job of breaking down the food you eat and move it through your system quickly. Continue to take it, but add Chelated Calcium/Magnesium for the constipation. 500/250 strength…buy it from Puritan’s. It must be the chelated one. Product #4082. Take 3 -4 twice daily.
Have you tried the weekly juice fasts to clean out your colon? Juices should be carrot, tomato, other greens, etc. No orange or apple juice. You only have to go one 24 hour period per week. Drink 8 ounces every hour for 8-10 hours. It will make you sleepy; don’t fight it, go to sleep. You will eat dinner say Friday night. When you wake up Saturday, begin your juice fast. Continue with just the juice until you go to bed. When you wake up Sunday you can eat. Eat a small breakfast to get your stomach used to food again. You can drink as much water as you want during the fast, but make sure you are getting your juice on the hour, every hour.
Keep taking all the other supplements listed in the halitosis blog. You can beat this and you will. I promise.
Take care and stay positive. Re asking someone close who you trust, like your mom, wait a while on that. Let’s work on the problem so the answer will be no smell detected.
Also if you can afford it I would like you to make a donation to my non profit Lynn Capehart Wellness Foundation through paypal, or otherwise. It helps me to help people like you.
Thanks for writing, Lynn
Hi Lynn, I also stumbled upon your blogs, after trying to figure out a solution to this over 30 years, and very pleased I did. I’ve been trying all sorts of combinations with supplements and had varying degrees of success but nothing 100%. MSM in higher doses seemed to work but made me really kind of dizzy so was unable to function at work. I also had a bit of success with Chlorella – would this work as well as the chlorophyll in your opinion ? I’ve also in recent years also developed some mild IBS type symptoms so wanted to check that there was nothing else I should do in addition to the protocol you have listed ?
Thanks
Jaimie
Hi Jamie,
I suggest that you read Blog 33 Crohn’s Disease as it discusses Inflammatory Bowel Disorders in detail. No, you cannot substitute Chlorella, an algae, for Chloraphyll, the substance that makes plants green and permits them to absorb sunlight. It is a great cleanser inside your body. The protocol I have listed should work, but the odor may be coming up to your lungs from your colon, so be sure and read that blog.
Thanks for writing, Lynn.
Hi Lynn,
Thanks for the wonderful blog! I’ve been taking all of the supplements, but it’s a lot of pills to take at 2 meals. Can I split up the pills and take some with other meals such as lunch? Thanks!
Joy
Hi Joy,
Glad you liked the blog and found it helpful. Yes, of course you can split up the supplements any way that makes it easy for you. If you find you’re getting overwhelmed by the dosages you can cut back, especially if you have been taking them for a while. Just reduce each dosage slightly. Maybe you only need a maintenance dose. I take probably more supplements than anyone because I have to control so many disorders. Usually once a week, I’ll sleep away most of the day and on that day I take very few supplements. It gives my body a break but doesn’t put me in any danger. It’s what you do regularly that counts, so a day off once in a while as a break won’t hurt you.
Thanks for writing, Lynn.
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Hi Delicia,
What a great name! Thanks for the input. I’ll try your suggestion. Hopefully, you’ll help out by telling people about the blog.
Lynn
Hey, Lis here. I’ve had my dentals checked. Did a routine cleaning. Did an endoscopy and colonoscopy. They found nothing, yet my tongue is white no matter how much I scrub. I brush morning and night before bed. The only thing my GI doctor said was that I have a lazy intestine. The bad thing about my halitosis problem is that I breath it through my nose. So when I’m near people I have to hold my breath. I gave up looking. I’ve bought so many things over the counter I’m just isolated now. I don’t have a social life. 😦
Hi Lis,
Don’t be down. You can fix this, we just have to keep trying. Your doctor’s comment that you have a “lazy intestine” tells me a lot. Lazy would translate as slow moving. And your intestine and colon are places where you want things to move quickly. It is the body’s garbage can after all. The posted treatment calls for 4 lecithin softgels twice daily. I want you to up that to 6 softgels three times daily. They are easy on the stomach and that amount shouldn’t give you any trouble. They will get things moving through your intestines faster. I also want you to add Puritan’s Pride Chelated Calcium Magnesium. Take 4 twice daily; they will ramp up your bowel movements. You will evacuate more, more often. They might make your feces a little runny at times. If that happens and it bothers you, then drop back to 3 twice daily. If your digestive system is working properly, food should move through you so fast that you can still smell what you ate. Not just a poopy smell either. You can actually smell the food itself as well. Try this and keep me apprised.
Lynn
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Hello there, I have been a sufferer for for 20+. I will follow your regiments with the pills. Do I need to do the fast? Thanks for all you do.
Hi there,
If you’ve had the problem for over 20 years, I think you need the fast, and to follow all the other recommendations the blog gives you. When something smells bad, the first thing we think of is “decay.” Decay leads to inflammation and other disorders like cancer. Your breath is only one way the body tries to get rid of toxins. The fasts will help your body clean out all the toxins causing the continual mouth odor, no matter where they are inside.
Lynn
I need help with my breath..I experience chronic bad breath morning,afternoon and night.
Hi there,
Why don’t you read the blog? It tells you everything you need to know to prevent bad breath all day.
Thanks for writing. Lynn
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but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over
again. Regardless, just wanted to say excellent blog!
Hi Tyson,
Sorry about that comment problem. Like most organizations, as the wordpress population grows, so do the glitches. I’ve been begging them for months to fix it, but since I’m on a free blog, they refuse to go in and fix it. On my view, none of my blogs has the comment box, so most people are prohibited from leaving any comment. You’re lucky to have found the comment button. WordPress keeps sending me messages on how to “unhide” the comment box, but when I follow the instructions, the system simply ignores me and doesn’t change anything. There is something inherently wrong therefore, I assume, that only wordpress can go in and fix, but they won’t. Would you mind sending your complaint directly to wordpress…if that is even possible as they are so difficult to contact.
When I can afford it I will switch to their paying plan. I don’t want to be cynical, but can’t help thinking that this is just a mean trick wordpress is playing to force more people to pay for their blogs. I don’t know what else to think. Why else would they refuse my requests to actually take a look at my blog and fix the problem? All I get is the
same set of instructions, like I’m stupid and can’t follow along, that do not work when I try to implement them.
Sorry for the rant, but I’m pretty frustrated by this problem, and there’s nothing I can do right now. I’m at WordPress’ mercy and they don’t seem to care anymore. But I am glad that you like my blog. Please share the link with others.
Lynn
What can I do about chronic bad breath in dogs?
FRESHENING YOUR DOG’S BREATH
Many dogs exist on a diet of canned food eaten once or twice daily, and a doggy treat here and there. They get no or not enough roughage in their diets to clean their teeth, and most owners won’t take the time or don’t know how to brush their dog’s teeth. You wouldn’t dare go a week without brushing your teeth. Dogs go forever without doing it. If I took away your toothbrush and locked you in a room for a week, providing the same diet that most of you feed to your dogs, I promise you that when you emerged from the room your breath would empty concert halls.
Add to the junk stuck between its teeth the undigested material stuck in the poor devil’s colon due to the lack of roughage, which odors can and do make their way to its mouth and your nose. The low quality diet found in many popular dog foods is deficient in vitamins and minerals essential to good dog health and therefore breath. These deficiencies will also permit low grade inflammation to exist in your dog’s system. Inflammation comes from decay; decay stinks, and it too can lead to doggy bad breath.
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?
I’m sure you love your animal and are giving it the best nutrition you can afford. But if you are cutting corners with its food and you actually can afford a better brand, trade up for the sake of your companion’s health, and breath. You can also follow the suggestions in the following chart. I have given all of these and more supplements to dogs. They are perfectly safe. Chlorophyll will clean up the whole system and freshen breath; Lecithin as granules or softgels will emulsify and help remove stored toxins and other putrefactions causing breath odors; Beta Carotene will heal inflammation which also contributes to bad breath.
Freshening Up Your Dog’s Breath QUICK GLANCE CHART
Supplement Morning Evening Brand Strength
Chlorophyll
Concentrate 1 softgel 1 softgel Puritan’s Pride #3461 NA
Lecithin Granules 1 teaspoon 1 teaspoon Puritan’s Pride #1064 NA
Lecithin Softgels 1-2 softgels 1-2 softgels Puritan’s Pride #300 1200 mg
Beta Carotene
(softgels only) 2 softgels 2 softgels Puritan’s Pride #1220 25,000 IU
(equivalent to 15 mg)
• Wrap the softgels in cream cheese, plain or flavored. Just enough to cover and disguise the softgel. Then stick it into the body of the food in the bowl. • For lecithin granules, mix them into the food before you add the supplements. • Once a day give your dog a “treat” product specifically designed to scrub its teeth. • Chop a small amount of fresh raw vegetables into your dog’s food. Not enough to notice and take a dislike, but enough to help scrub its teeth and add roughage to the meal. Raw carrots are a good choice. • You could even take the time to brush its teeth with a toothbrush and toothpaste designed specfically for canines. Along with taking the recommended supplements, brushing its teeth at least twice a week on a regular basis will go a long way in improving doggy breath.
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Hi Taylor,
Can you try to think of the 15 supplements a day as nutrition and not “pills,” which has a medicinal connotation. Do you have to take them all? That depends on how bad the halitosis problem is. Chlorophyll Concentrate is an inner cleanser. Activated Charcoal does what charcoal does anywhere, strain out toxins and bacteria causing bad smells. Aloe Vera Gel is meant to help the problem if it’s coming from impacted feces stuck in your colon, which causes a terrific odor and can end up as a cancerous situation.
Betainie Hydrochloride is stomach acid in pill form, and is only recommended if the bad breath is coming from improperly digested food that festers too long in the colon. BH will just aid digestion so that the food is properly prepared before it hits your intestinal tract, and thereby help it move through faster. If you don’t have any digestion problems you don’t have to take this.
L-Cysteine, Vitamin C, and Lecithin, are recommended because sometimes the body will flush toxins into the blood stream and other areas in an effort to get rid of them. These three assist in that area, because failure to remove toxins that hang around in your body from food or illness or otherwise, can all possibly cause bad breath.
If you’re someone who has no real reason to believe that they have bad breath, and just wants to take extra precautions to ensure that you breath is always fresh, take only Chlorophyll and Aloe Vera Gel. But if you have reason to think you have truly offensive breath, you need them all, at least for 6 weeks.
The fast is just another way, a bit more drastic, that helps the body get rid of toxins that may cause bad breath. The fast has no connection to any of the recommended supplements.
Hope this helps. Thanks for writing.
Lynn
Are the 1st four supplements in the chart for use everyday… and the other ones are only necessary if you are doing the fast? I don’t want to have to take 15 pills a day! Which supplements are the most mandatory? Thanks.
Thanks for writing, Stacey.
I think it would be a good idea for you to try the fast. I also think you should take Betaine Hydrochloride every time you eat. It is pill form for stomach acid, and it sounds like you are not digesting your food properly. Bad digestion is one of the main reasons for halitosis that is not coming directly from an unclean mouth. Also, make sure you chew your food well before swallowing. Believe it or not, some bad breath originates in the upper intestines, so digestion is very important. I also think you should take all the supplements I recommend, including, Charcoal, Aloe Vera Gel, L-Cysteine, Vitamin C, and Lecithin. All of them have a different function within your body, designed to clean it out from head to toe, and completely eliminate bad breath.
Lynn.
Dear Ms. Lynn Capehart,
I would like to introduce myself to you as Stacy Smith. After reading your good information my heart became glad.
Thank you, thank you for your wisdom in this area. I have had this problem myself for 20 years. I have searched the Intenet for many years without success, then all of the sudden I come across your information as well. I have been to ear, nose, thoat specialist and no one could really help me.
Sometime the good lord would come by and touch me at times, but after reading your article I will try the liguid fast and see what happens. I have noticed that when i don’t eat as much, like fast a few days, it helps, but comes back when I eat a lot more.
I will start this weekend, Friday.May 30,2011. Also i had looked into a complex cleamser (Colon). Is this safe as well. Will it work the same?
I have suffer halitosis since 6 year old. Can you help me which category of medicide can help me sweept away this smell? My brother had this as well, the feeling is so horible when have 2 halitosis man in a house. I do not want this bad breath symptom. I want to find out a way to prevent this worse odor.
Hi Lam,
Thanks for your interest. I want to help you. Please read the Halitosis blog carefully. If there’s something specific that you don’t understand, I’d be glad to explain it more clearly. But I don’t think I can add anything generally, besides what I’ve put in the post. The therapy takes about two weeks of daily use, but you can be sure that it will work, if you follow the directions. You may need to continue it indefinitely to avoid the problem coming back. But you will get rid of your halitosis.
Thanks for following my posts. Lynn.