Bad Breath From a Low Carb Diet

One of the most common causes of bad breath is from a low carb diet. This is because when you're dieting hard and actually losing weight, the body starts expelling toxins through your tongue and breath. So your breath smells really foul, your tongue gets furry as your body excretes all kinds of unwanted junk through the pores.

The same thing happens with your skin. It sweats out many of the toxins that got into your body from your everyday food and drink, and even from some of the medicines and prescribed medications you have taken over the years.

That's why health specialists talk about having a cleansing detox while you are fasting or on are on a weight loss regimen such as a low carb diet.

Rapid weight loss from a low carb diet induces a state of ketosis, where your body thinks it is being starved and so it starts to burn off fat and even muscle sometimes, just to keep you alive. It's a natural survival mechanism, just as it is natural for anyone in ketosis to have headaches, feel lethargic and have awful-smelling breath and body odor.

The good news is that this cleansing detox period will eventually pass, and if you follow the instructions of your dietician or other health professional, you will end up feeling better and looking much trimmer in a few weeks time. 

So, having bad breath from a low carb diet is a temporary problem, and not a serious one. It only occurs while you are on your low carbohydrate diet, and only during the most stringent weight-loss phase. You can cover up your bad breath by using breath spray or eating peppermints; and you can use body deodorant to mask the natural odors while you detox.

As long as your low carb weight loss diet is a reasonable one and you are generally healthy, then there shouldn't be any health issues you need to worry about. Just check with your family doctor, to be absolutely sure.

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