Ways to Avoid Bad Breath in the Morning

By Jacob Jameson

Morning breath is an interesting trouble, because it is something that virtually the entire populace suffers from, yet it is still viewed as a problem. No one cares for the embarrassing feeling of having bad breath in the morning, so let me plow ahead and let you know what causes bad breath in the morning and how you can help it.

For those of you who have taken long naps or slept during the day, you probably already know this, but "morning breath" actually has a lot less to do with the time of day than it does the fact that you were sleeping.

Sleeping actually triggers several "features" of your body that are meant to protect you. One of these defensive features is the retardation of the mechanism which causes you to salivate. Basically, the production of your spit is greatly reduced while you are sleeping to prevent you from choking on your own saliva. That would be an unpleasant way to die, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, saliva also has a major role in keeping our mouths clean and fresh, so this function triggers morning breath.

You don't need someone to tell you if you have morning breath; you can usually quite literally taste the imbalance in your mouth, and can tell that your breath doesn't smell too good. You may be embarrassed even as you read this, but remember -- morning breath is something that nearly everyone suffers from, so don't beat yourself up over it!

The great news is that by curing your morning breath, you will also rid yourself of its most annoying symptoms, such as that bad taste in your mouth.

Want to know how to finally get rid of your morning breath? Perhaps we should examine once more what happens in your sleep. Oxygen, a friendly gas that I'm sure most humanoids are very familiar with, attacks bad breath by killing the bacteria which cause it. Saliva has high concentrations of oxygen. There is nothing you can do to make yourself salivate more during your sleep, but what you can do is replicate the conditions which saliva naturally create.

One way that you can replicate this effect that saliva has is by using common home ingredients such as hydrogen peroxide to limit the production of the bacteria during the night. Alternatively, there are powerful products that do an even better job of preventing morning breath.

It may be true that most people suffer from morning breath, but the truth is that you can do something about it so why deal with it at all? Best of all, getting rid of morning breath properly only takes a few minutes of your time and is inexpensive. In light of all that, I see absolutely no reason that anyone should continue to have morning breath. - 29879

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