Let’s say you take great care of your mouth and have amazing oral health. So why do you still get morning breath and how can you lessen it? Surprisingly there is one simple answer to easily fix morning breath that you are likely NOT doing.
Time is needed to develop many things: meat to marinate, bread to rise, wine to age, and mouth bacteria to propagate.
Tip to Minimize Morning Breath
If you have done these suggestions below and still get morning breath then read on:
Avoid up to 72 hours: onion, garlic, coffee, canned tuna, dairy, coffee, black tea, and spicy foods
Use a waterpik daily
Use mouthwash (in particular Peridex or ACT brands)
Regular dental cleanings
Chew gum during the day
Prevent snoring or sleep with your mouth closed
Sleep with an extra pillow behind your neck
Avoid smoking and caffeine. Both are diuretics
Sleep, Fasting, and No Breakfast
Sleeping, fasting, and skipping breakfast drastically slow saliva production. This allows stagnant bacteria to fester without getting washed away. This principle holds true with a stagnant pond versus a flowing river. Saliva, eating and drinking, and swallowing all help rid the bacteria that lead to morning breath. Note that those who skip breakfast or fast are twice as likely to have foul breath during the day.
How Morning Breath Develops
Most people naturally wake up with morning breath. The earth’s population is equivalent to how much bacteria live, feast, reproduce, and die in your mouth at a given time. This mouth bacteria doubles every five hours especially when sleeping. It has all night to grow!
The One Secret To Mitigating Morning Breath
If you are amazing at caring for your teeth, sipping water throughout the day is one of the best ways to controlling morning breath surprisingly enough. You swallow millions of bacteria drinking water and refresh the bacterial count environment so it does not stay stagnant.
Men should drink 1.5 cups every two hours (about 13 cups/day). Women should drink about 1 cup every 2 hours (9 cups per day). Drinking water throughout the day allows enough balanced fluids to combat morning breath especially during the night. Do not supplement water with a different drink.
Using mouthwash morning and night is an acute Band-Aid that can mask morning breath, but to better treat this chronic challenge, constantly drinking water is best.
Conclusion
Saliva production and drinking water throughout the day are crucial in relieving morning breath on top of regular hygiene. They wash away debris and bacteria, and produce enough bodily fluids to help mitigate morning breath especially while sleeping, fasting, or skipping breakfast.
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