FACT: Just about EVERYONE has morning breath to one

degree or another.

STATISTICS ON MORNING BREATH, WHERE DO YOU FIT?

Approximately 35% of the world's population has a

chronic, noticeable breath condition which usually leads

them to seek help from a professional. This group of

people have bad breath concerns 24 hours a day,

including food odors, taste disorders, dry mouth, and of

course morning breath.

Another 35% are considered "borderline" meaning that

their breath seems fresh throughout the day, but they

can easily reach "chronic" levels if they eat certain foods

(dairy, alcohol, sugars), after taking medication

(antihistamines, antidepressants, high blood pressure

medication), and always when they wake up, in other

words, morning breath.

The remaining 30% rarely worry about bad breath. The

only exceptions are when they eat garlic and onions, or

upon wakening (morning breath)....

WHAT CAUSES MORNING BREATH?

An environment that contributes to morning breath is one

that is dry. As we sleep throughout the night, our salivary

glands slow down (or for some older people, they shut

down completely) because our brain knows we are not

eating. This lack of saliva combined with the constant

flow of air (for those of us who snore or are mouth

breathers) over our palate makes for a very DRY

environment on the tongue, within the oral cavity, and in

the throat. These dry areas are the breeding grounds of

the anaerobic (without oxygen) sulfur producing bacteria

that cause bad breath and taste disorders, and thus,

when we awake we have morning breath. Saliva is

nature's way of protecting us from bad breath because

healthy saliva contains high concentrations of oxygen,

the natural enemy of anaerobic bacteria.

What most people don't know is that morning breath is

NOT something you have to live with!

The key to stopping morning breath is to find a way to

stop the production of those volatile sulfur compounds

(VSC's) during the night as you are asleep. One way

would be to increase the production of saliva within the

back of your throat and mouth during the course of the

night. This however is very difficult to do, after all you're

asleep! Those of us who are mouth breathers are drying

out the back of our throats with each breath we take

throughout the night.

A better, and easier way, is to stop the production of bad

breath sulfur compounds by the bacteria that create

morning breath. How do you do this? I recommend using

what are called "AktivOxigen tablets"

(http://therabreath.com/products.asp?CAT=2). These

tablets are small, highly concentrated morning breath

eliminators. When dropped into water, they create a

POWERFUL, unflavored oral rinse that will destroy the

morning breath bacteria on contact. This rinse is also

effective because it is a rinse that you can swallow which

allows the solution to coat the back of your throat and

tonsils. Using the rinse prior to bedtime, allowing the

solution to work for the entire night, virtually eliminates

morning breath.