Why does not eating breakfast cause bad breath?

Skipping breakfast will cause bacteria in the mouth to cause unpleasant odors, leading to bad breath. These bacteria often concentrate on the tongue, an area that many people often miss when cleaning their teeth.

Skipping breakfast is one of the causes of bad breath.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for your breath. Skipping breakfast or having a poor breakfast will cause bad breath. This is because the odor-causing bacteria in your mouth have not been completely cleaned, Daily Mail quoted Dr. Mervyn Druian at the London Cosmetic Dentistry Center (UK).

“Skipping breakfast is one of the worst habits that can cause bad breath. When you don’t eat breakfast, your mouth dries out, which is the perfect environment for odor-causing bacteria,” says Dr. Druian.

To treat bad breath in this situation, eating fresh fruit and drinking a glass of water are the best ways to clean out the bacteria, he added.

Bad breath is often caused by volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) in the mouth. This odor is especially common when we first wake up in the morning.

A long night of sleep causes our mouths to produce less saliva and become dry. Saliva has the ability to remove bacteria that cause bad breath. Less saliva causes dry mouth and is the ideal condition for bacteria to create sulfur gas emissions. Bacteria often gather on the tongue, an area that many people often miss when cleaning their teeth.

To avoid bad breath in the morning, people can eat fruit and drink a glass of water. Dentists also recommend brushing teeth twice a day, using mouthwash after every meal and drinking at least 2 liters of water a day to avoid dry mouth, according to Daily Mail.

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