How To Deliver The ‘Knockout Punch’ That Will Eliminate Your Bad Breath

Well, the best way to eliminate bad breath (the only way, in fact) is to change the environment in your mouth from one that supports the growth of the VSC-producing bacteria to one that will not.

To do that, start with some basics…
Begin with the general lifestyle changes mentioned above:
1. drink more water, particularly when taking medications (if your
doctor approves it),
2. cut your intake of high-protein/highly-processed foods,
3. stop smoking, and drinking alcohol and coffee, and
4. stop using all alcohol-based oral hygiene products.

These points alone make up a very effective strategy that has been shown time-and-time again, in my own and others’ experience, to cut the severity of a bad breath problem by as much as 50%, or more.
Then, once you have established these points as a routine part of your lifestyle, you can start to employ a superb tactic that has been shown by the University of Toronto, Canada to “reduce sulfur gases and offensive odor by 75%… 50% percent more than just brushing.”
And it only takes about 8 seconds.
Think about that: you might have already halved your problem by
following the 4-point strategy mentioned above and then, with this simple 8-second tactic, you could reduce it by a further 75% – bringing your bad breath down to about 13½% of its original intensity before you’ve even begun to tackle it.

So, what is this wonder tactic?

Tongue Cleansing
You might have heard of this before. It’s an ancient oral hygiene practice from the Far East. It’s still in widespread use there and is only now starting to catch on here in the West.
There are a number of methods you can use for cleansing your tongue:
You could simply brush it with your toothbrush while doing your teeth and gums. If you do this, make sure you only brush in one direction (from back to front) and use plenty of (very warm) water to ensure the mucus and debris that you remove is washed away.

However, a much more thorough and efficient method is to use something called a tongue scraper. These are small metallic or plastic implements that you use to literally scrape the surface of your tongue. They’re very cheap; you’ll find them for about $3 or $4 in most drug-stores and supermarkets. Or, if you can’t find one locally, use the keywords “tongue scraper” on Google and you’ll find lots of companies selling them by mail-order. (But beware: many suppliers will tell you that tongue scrapers alone will cure your bad breath, but they won’t! I’ll tell you what they actually do in just a minute.)If all else fails, you could even use an upturned spoon as a makeshift tongue scraper; it won’t be as thorough as a real tongue scraper but it seems to do a reasonably good job. However, scrape even more gently, as spoons are much sharper than purpose-made scrapers. I only recommend them as a shortterm measure until you can get a real scraper. Whatever kind of tongue scraper you plan to use, wet it with warm water, and then gently, but firmly, scrape mucus, and other material, from the surface of your tongue in a back-to-front motion. About a dozen scrapes should be sufficient (but rinse it off after every 2 or 3 scrapes). Any gag-reflex should diminish fairly quickly after repeated use.