One of the easiest and fastest ways to commit social suicide is from poor hygiene, and bad breath is one of the most serious crimes you can commit, which will make other people avoid you like the plague.
We don't like to discuss these issues, because many people feel that they've had bad breath at some point or another, or at least feel that we may be emitting halitosis.
Yet they are completely clueless about it because we're unable to smell it ourselves.
It's a bit of a catch 22 situation, it's very easy to find out if you have bad breath by asking you partner to smell you breath.
However, most people who are concerned about bad breath tend to be quite young and single, and since bad breath is a complete passion killer it can set you back from ever getting close to someone.
It's not just romantic relationships that are affected by bad breath, it can affect
This will take care of 95% of all halitosis cases.
However there are other causes of bad breath which can emanate from the tonsils, deep from the back of the mouth and from cavities as well as poor reaction to certain foods.
Cavities can still be formed when brushed your teeth regularly, for instance, it's possible to get cavities in-between teeth where flossing was in able to remove all the bacteria.
Many people may suffer from halitosis due to certain foods which contain volatile sulphur compounds or VSCs for short.
These VSCs are potent in onions and garlic and evolutionarily they were designed to ward off animals from eating it.
In the animal kingdom skunks have a similar system comprised of VSCs like skatoles which are designed to ward off attackers by creating a pungent smell that can take weeks to eliminate.
While the VSCs in garlic are quite low comparatively, the real problem with indigestible VSCs is that with bacteria the smell becomes worse to the point that it's unbearable.
It even emits smells when absorbed into the bloodstream leading to garlic smelling body odours, sweat, urine etc.
There are many easy and quick fix remedies for dealing with VSCs which cause bad breath.
One uncommon but easy way to reduce garlic breath is simply to sip a glass of milk with you meals contains high amounts of VSCs such as garlic bread.
Milk has an effect of neutralising bad breath causing VSCs and is also very good for you.
The other option is obviously to reduce the consumption of these smelly inducing foods, however since garlic is such a positive health benefit this should be attempted with caution, as a complete abstinence from these foods may be bad for your health.
We don't like to discuss these issues, because many people feel that they've had bad breath at some point or another, or at least feel that we may be emitting halitosis.
Yet they are completely clueless about it because we're unable to smell it ourselves.
It's a bit of a catch 22 situation, it's very easy to find out if you have bad breath by asking you partner to smell you breath.
However, most people who are concerned about bad breath tend to be quite young and single, and since bad breath is a complete passion killer it can set you back from ever getting close to someone.
It's not just romantic relationships that are affected by bad breath, it can affect
- Business relationships where you are entertaining clients and manage to get close to them
- Casual friendships can be impinged by people talking behind your back about your breath
- If you have a customer facing role, bad breath can create a bad impression on your company and lower your sales.
This will take care of 95% of all halitosis cases.
However there are other causes of bad breath which can emanate from the tonsils, deep from the back of the mouth and from cavities as well as poor reaction to certain foods.
Cavities can still be formed when brushed your teeth regularly, for instance, it's possible to get cavities in-between teeth where flossing was in able to remove all the bacteria.
Many people may suffer from halitosis due to certain foods which contain volatile sulphur compounds or VSCs for short.
These VSCs are potent in onions and garlic and evolutionarily they were designed to ward off animals from eating it.
In the animal kingdom skunks have a similar system comprised of VSCs like skatoles which are designed to ward off attackers by creating a pungent smell that can take weeks to eliminate.
While the VSCs in garlic are quite low comparatively, the real problem with indigestible VSCs is that with bacteria the smell becomes worse to the point that it's unbearable.
It even emits smells when absorbed into the bloodstream leading to garlic smelling body odours, sweat, urine etc.
There are many easy and quick fix remedies for dealing with VSCs which cause bad breath.
One uncommon but easy way to reduce garlic breath is simply to sip a glass of milk with you meals contains high amounts of VSCs such as garlic bread.
Milk has an effect of neutralising bad breath causing VSCs and is also very good for you.
The other option is obviously to reduce the consumption of these smelly inducing foods, however since garlic is such a positive health benefit this should be attempted with caution, as a complete abstinence from these foods may be bad for your health.