The True Cause of Chronic Bad Breath is Bacteria—With Some Help

It is not always typical for chronic bad breath and bacteria to be linked together.  Instead, we tend to think of things such as smoking or eating as the causes of our never-ending bad breath.  However, you will never eliminate bad breath by focusing on such issues because you are only looking at factors—not causes—of the condition.  Some of the most frequent “accessories” in cases of chronic bad breath include:

• Alcohol-- including mouthwash
• Frequent Speaking
• Caffeine
• Tobacco

In all of the behaviors and substances listed above, the true danger where bad breath is concerned is dehydration and its potential to increase bacteria growth.  Far too often, we fail to find a chronic bad breath cure because the actual cause of the condition is invisible microbes living in the oral cavity.

Aside from bacteria, the only other true source of chronic bad breath is an altered blood chemistry due to dietary changes.  It is common to have bad breath on a low carb diet such as the Atkins or South Beach plans.  However, most cases of chronic bad breath (halitosis is typically temporary on low carb diets) are due to bacteria.

Even after brushing or drinking a gallon of mouth wash, our mouths are filled with both beneficial and harmful microbes.  Destructive anaerobic bacteria can cause a number of health related problems and do not thrive in well-oxygenated systems.  The best defense you and your body have against a bad breath problem and the anaerobic bacteria that cause it—is your very own saliva. 

Saliva is loaded with oxygen and enzymes that help fight the bad bacteria responsible for chronic bad breath.  Mouthwashes made with alcohol will indeed reduce the levels of bacteria in your oral cavity for a little while.  This is why your breath improves for a few minutes after use but the problem returns with a vengeance in short order when the bacteria begin breeding faster thanks to less saliva in your mouth. 

The actual odor that we all know and hate when thinking about chronic bad breath is due to sulfur compounds produced by the bacteria.  These compounds are secreted by the bacteria as they combine and consume food particles in your mouth.  Saliva not only washes away food particles so that the bacteria have less “raw materials” to make sulfur compounds with—but it also reduces the total bacteria population as well.  Thus, when your mouth has plenty of saliva in it, bad breath problems are almost never an issue.

Far too often, we look at contributing factors such as smoking or drinking alcohol as the first place to start when trying to treat or prevent bad breath.  For this reason, we may be overlooking possible signs of infection and other serious medical problems that a chronic case of bad breath may be indicating.

However, advanced periodontal disease, for instance, is actually an infection in the gum tissue caused by bacteria and bad breath is a common symptom of the affliction.  The bad breath tends to worsen as the infection grows.  This is why it is very important to understand that the true source of the chronic bad breath is bacteria instead of becoming distracted by the contributing factors. 

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