bad breath

I have been told by my boyfriend that I have a bad odor coming from my breath, not all the time but enough that  it makes me very concientious and  worried it may be medical. I have alot of bloating and gas but most of the time my gas has no smell. i floss alot and brush all the time. I dont drink alot of water and i do drink coffee each day,     what exactly can it be? i am clueless.

[mammo]

Bad breath can be caused by stomach problems, post nasal drip, or a decaying tooth.  If you don't drink much liquid, then chew gum.  Chewing sugarless gum keeps the saliva flowing which keeps your breath fresh.  A dry mouth does have odor.

[lisa726]

Go to the dentist, a bad tooth or gums can cause bad breath. Check if you have some stomach problem. Don't eat heavy foods, like garlic, onion, pastrami, sausages, etc. Use antibacterial mouthwash. You can chew cloves, mint or bad breath products like NuvoraBreath for fresher breath.

[curedsufferer]

**PLEASE READ** I've suffered for almost 2 decades with chronic post nasal drip and bad breath because of it. I'm currently 26 now and the last 2 weeks I went on an anti candida diet where I did not consume sugars/carbohydrates to kill off excess yeast. I ate lots of raw garlic with my foods.

That still didn't help with the post nasal drip or stinky mucus. I read more on this site and someone wrote about grape fruit seed extract mixed in with a saline spray... I don't have grape fruit seed extract but what I used was a nose sprayer with store bought clean/spring water and celtic sea salt mixed in.

I used tap water and table salt long ago and never went on the anti-sugar diet about a year ago and that didn't help so I think  the diet and the clean water and better celtic sea salt helped.  What i did was spray like 15-20 times or more into each nostril until the water ran into my mouth and it also dispelled a chunk of whitish-yellow mucus that assume was the infection but I can't be sure... it made my nose bleed and hurt like hell but for the whole day I didn't have any stink just a very small amount of post nasal drip.

I even binged the night before eating equilvalent to about 5 bowls of ice cream in sugar and still the next day when I tried the celtic sea salt spray into nose I was stink free the whole day.

If anyone is reading this please don't try store bought saline crap, make it yourself with clean water and healthier celtic sea salt... you might have to change your diet too because before this cure everytime I ate sugar/cobohydrates foods i would get massive post nasal drip and it made my stink worse.

Now eating sugary foods after this "cure" I still don't get a lot of post nasal drip. So I hope I may have helped someone because suffering for almost 2 decades was painful but now I feel like a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders and i can finally enjoy life and be with someone wow **PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD IN ALL THREADS**