How to Cure Garlic Breath

Garlic is not only a tasty addition to a meal, but it also has many health benefits. The drawback to eating garlic is that it contains high levels of sulphorous compounds that increase halitosis, or bad breath. These sulphorous compounds literally feed the bacteria in your mouth that cause bad breath; however, there are a few simple ways that you can limit these bacteria and reduce the strength of garlic breath.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Toothpaste, mouthwash and dental floss
• Fresh sprigs of parsley
• Cardamom seeds

1. Combat bacteria in your mouth through good oral hygiene so that the sulphorous compounds found in garlic have less bacteria to feed on. Brush and floss regularly, use mouthwash as well as a tongue scraper in order to kill bacteria and cure bad breath.

2. Eat a sprig of fresh parsley after a meal that contains garlic. Parsley is an herb that naturally kills bacteria in your mouth, protecting your teeth and gums and helping to prevent garlic breath. You can also add parsley to the meal itself, but it is best to chop the parsley and add it close to the end of cooking, so that the herb remains as fresh and potent as possible.

3. Chew fresh cardamom seeds for a severe case of garlic breath. Cardamom is in the ginger family and has a very strong taste and odor; however, most people find the taste and smell to be more pleasant than garlic. Cardamom has been used as a natural remedy for centuries to treat gum, tooth and mouth problems, killing the bacteria that causes bad breath.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are eating raw garlic as part of an herbal remedy, drinking a glass of tomato juice afterwards, or with your garlic, can help soothe the burn, make chewing the cloves easier and help calm the aromatic aftereffects. While tomato juice cannot cure garlic breath, it can calm it slightly, particularly when combined with fresh parsley.

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