Tuesday, June 14, 2005

better breath through yogurt

Halitosis, the more sophisticated term for 'bad breath', is embarrassing for the sufferer as well as his environment. The common solution for breath odor is to cover it up with mints--but of course that doesn't really change the condition. Now, a team of researchers from Tsurumi University in Yokohama, Japan, have found a real, all-natural remedy: Yogurt.

During the study, 24 volunteers were being fed 3 ounces of a specially concocted yogurt--sugar free, fermented with living cultures of Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus--twice a day for six weeks. After completion of the study, measured hydrogen sulfide levels had decreased in 80% of volunteers who had bad breath... and as a bonus, plaque and gingivitis were reduced, too.

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