Now that you’ve reduced your bad breath to about 13.5% of its original intensity, you can use the key feature of the VSC-producing bacteria (i.e. that they are anaerobic, meaning they thrive in a low-oxygen environment) against them to drive your bad breath problem to as close to 0% as possible.
The core strategy for the elimination of bad breath has already been mentioned above: “… change the environment in your mouth from one that supports the growth of the VSC-producing bacteria to one that will not.”
By changing your mouth from a low-oxygen environment to a highoxygen environment, you will create the exact conditions that will NOT support the growth of these bacteria. So, after scrapping away any protective layers of mucus and debris from the tongue, you can now help create an even-higheroxygen-level environment using a virtual miracle-in-a-bottle… something you probably already have in some cupboard:
Hydrogen Peroxide
The hydrogen peroxide molecule (H2O2) is composed of two hydrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms. It looks just like water (H2O), but has an extra oxygen molecule and is one of the most powerful known oxidizing agents. When it is released against germs… poof! They’re goners!
Your own white blood cells make hydrogen peroxide in abundance; they use it to kill germs. It is the first and, by far, the best line-of-defense that your body has against any infection. It also has a long history of medical use:
Physicians used it to successfully treat a pneumonia epidemic in India in the 1920s. In the 1960s, researchers at Baylor University proved it to be safe and effective against a whole range of diseases – including arteriosclerosis, and even some cases of cancer. It has also been extensively tested at other medical schools and institutions such as Yale, Harvard, and UCLA, and, in fact, has been used by main-stream medicine for many years in other countries, including the U.K., France, Germany, China, Japan, Russia, and even Cuba.
It comes in many different concentrations ranging from 3% right up to 99.6%. Most drug-stores sell it in solutions of 3% or 6% for topical or oral use (and it’s extremely cheap; you can pick up a small bottle for about 65 cents in some stores).
You should only use a 3% solution (or, if you are limited to a 6% solution, increase the level of dilution mentioned below from 1 part water:1 part hydrogen peroxide to at least 2 parts water:1 part hydrogen peroxide). Never use anything higher that 6%.
Here’s how to use it to help eliminate bad breath: Mix a solution of 50% hydrogen peroxide and 50% water and then, after scraping your tongue, just swish it around your mouth (and gargle a bit) for one full minute. Then spit it out and rinse with plain water.
It’s as simple as that.
Hydrogen peroxide is not tasteless. Some people really dislike it. If you find you’re one of them, you can easily add any flavor of your choice by using essential oils, which are concentrated plant extracts. You can purchase essential oil of peppermint, spearmint, vanilla, etc. from most health stores, or online at Drugstore.com. You only need to add a small amount – just a drop or two will be
more than enough. Before you do so, however, test a couple drops on your skin, overnight, to ensure you’re not allergic to the particular type you’ve chosen. (We don’t recommend using essential oil of cinnamon though… it’s extremely strong, and it may burn your mouth!) |