You don’t have to eat onions to have bad breath. And you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to realize that if everyone around you backs away when you talk to them you probably need an oral odor eater! Local infection such as gum disease (also known as gingivitis) harbor bacteria and can give a foul odor to your breath. (See Chapter 12, “G:
Great Remedies,” for more help with gingivitis.) Sinus drainage can be another localized factor. If no localized problem exists, and if you haven’t had onions or garlic lately, bad breath is probably a result of a toxic bowel or sour stomach. When bad breath is due to a sour stomach, food enzymes will help support your digestion and get to the cause of the problem. Enzymes will also help you break down your foods better so that you are eliminating more efficiently. Enzyme tablets are best taken before meals.
Remember our zinc rhyme? If you stink, take zinc. A client told me once about a friend’s son’s feet that smelled terrible all the time. His mother took him to a naturopath, who told him to take zinc. After taking zinc for two days, the smell was gone! Activated charcoal is another absorbing remedy that will absorb toxins and their smells from the body. Charcoal is used for other things as well, such as filtering harmful pollutants from drinking water. Taken internally, charcoal helps neutralize your bad odors, including body odor.
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