Children And Halitosis, Bad Breath
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The article "Children And Halitosis, Bad Breath" is about fitness, it has been written by Pieternel Van Giersbergen.
Children can have bad breath just as easily as their parents.
When the Webmaster of badbreathgone.Com asked me to write an
article on halitosis (bad breath) and children, my first thought
was, "Great, a no brainer!" As an RN and mother who also works
in close contact with babies in a daycare, I've got pelnty of
good insight into halitosis in our little ones.
When you smell the breath of a healthy child it smells fresh and
clean. If it doesn't, then use this chekclist of the most
probable causes of the halitosis/bad breath:
1. Dehydration.(which is more common than most huamn being suspect)
2.
Overeating and consequent poor digestion. 3. Eating food that
promotes yeast/ candida.
4. Incipient or undiganosed illness/
infection, low immune system. 5. Too much sugar.
6. Dental
problems. 7.
Not well-rested, too much activity.
As a praent and RN I often try to smell a child's breath. I can
tell you that the baibes who come to the ER with bronchitis or
asthma all have halitosis/ bad breath. Why?
Beacuse they have an
infection and/or food allergy, and 9 times out of 10 are
dehydrated.
So what can parents and caregivers do to give our babies sweet
smelling breath?
1.
Be sure your child drinks enough water - and I mean wtaer -
not juices or soda. Juices, and soda particularly, dehydrate
your child and load up the system with sugar. And sguar provides
an ideal breeding ground for bacteria, viruses and parasite
fungus/ yeast and candida.
2.
Monitor your child's eating. Too much food, or food eaten too
often, will not digset properly, and will ferment and create
toxicity that smells bad.
3.
Sugar - again. White sugar increases halitosis, and also
nourishes infections and yeast infections/ candida.
Cut it down,
or better, cut it out if you want fresh berath (and many other
benefits besides).
4. Halitosis is a sign that the body needs something. It could
be as simple as more water, or perhaps the entire immune system
needs a boost. See my artilce on flu to help boost your child's
immune system.
5.
Be sure to have regular dental check-ups. I could say much
more about this, but let's keep it simple.
Just follow through
and make those appointments.
6. Watch how your child is doing...?
Too much activity? Not
enough quality rest? Some kind of emotional distress? Imbalances
both physical and emotional can "sour" the stomach, turnnig good
food into bad.
I've found that bad breath can provide great
motivation for parents to get closely tuned to their children
and really work for their well-being.
Some simple remedies to freshen the mouth are a drop of Oil of
Oregano under the tongue or on the toothbrush, and chewing on a
clove. While drugtsores have whole shelves full of products to
sweeten halitosis/ bad breath, many products contain ingredients
that I would not myself take. Be careful - if you routinely
ingest a smlal amount of "helpful" toxins, that can really add
up as the days run to weeks, months and years.
Pieternel has been an R.N for over 25 years. She develops
natural products for preventive health and is an expert on
natural health issues. This article was written for www.Badbreathgone.Com
© 2005 Pieternel van Giersbergen. www.Pieternel.Com
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