Halitosis is the medical term for bad breath. Aside from brushing and flossing there are a variety of other surprising causes of halitosis, one of which is skipping breakfast. Eating breakfast stimulates the secretion of saliva which helps to rid the mouth of odor-causing bacteria. Other interesting causes of halitosis include medications that dry out the mouth, snoring, alcohol use and h. pylori, the bacteria responsible for stomach ulcers.
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Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
December 4th, 2008 at 7:48 am
This is good to know. I try to eat breakfast every day. Thanks so much for the information.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
in ramadan the month of fasting in islamic religion it is well known from before that fasting makes the odour of the mouth bad (halitosis) and as the period of fasting increases the more bad the odour; what we always want to knows much more about the helico bacter pylori,the sourse of bacteria…the mode of transmission…if itis infective or not …..if it is anormal cmmenses of the gastro intestinal tract…..why it recures again inspite of treatment……we want to knows more and more about this bacteria……….
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