The thought that we have bad breath is terrible. What can we do to make sure we do not suffer this terrible fate? Use a metal tongue scraper of course. These are cool oral hygiene tools that we can use to clean our tongues. The reason that this is important is that the vast majority of bacteria that is responsible for bad breath and halitosis actually lives on our tongues. So to get rid of it, all we have to do is scrape it off.
Many people brush their tongues. This is a good start but is not really enough. A tongue cleaner is actually cheap to buy so it is a really good investment. You can get both plastic and metal ones. However it is the metal ones that are recommended. Plastic is actually more abrasive on your tongue and it is easy to make it bleed. Also over time, plastic tongue scrapers begin to smell. That could well be the bacteria from your tongue taking up residence on your tongue cleaner. The metal ones on the other hand are resistant to this bacterial build up.
One thing that you can do if you do not have a tongue cleaner is to do the DIY method. Simply take a spoon from the kitchen and use that to scrape off the white stuff that is at the back of your tongue. Be careful when you try to do the far back, it is very easy to cause the gag reflex. But from scraping your tongue with a spoon you can see that it manages to pull off some white gunk. This is where the bacteria lives. If you do this for about a week or so, you should see that the color of your tongue begins to improve. If you like the results you may feel it is worth investing in a metal tongue cleaner.
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Mon, Jul 26, 2010
Health & Fitness