A natural bad breath remedy that works in harmony with your body.
Does that sound too good to be true? Well it isn't.
Streptococcus salivarius K12 is a probiotic bacteria that fights bad breath.
And if the prospect of adding bacteria to your mouth fills you with horror - relax.
There are already a zillion and one bacteria inside your mouth anyway! Our mouths are supposed to contain a complex mix of bacteria but unfortunately some of them cause bad breath and it is those ones that we wish to get rid of.
S salivarius K12 does just that.
It was originally isolated from within the mouths of healthy children and actually protects them against things like "Strep throat".
At the time the scientists didn't care that it also cured bad breath.
Of course, once they fully understood just how good it was at sweetening breath, they wasted no time on marketing it for that.
There are many different bacteria that produce the unpleasant smell of bad breath but it is the hydrogen sulphide-producing bacteria that are the worst offenders.
These volatile sulphur compounds that are produced by the bad bacteria are significantly increased in people with tooth infections and gum disease.
And it has been found that people with halitosis (that's bad breath) do have some species of bacteria on the back of their tongue that are quite different from the bacteria found on the tongues of people who don't have bad breath.
By introducing Streptococcus salivarius K12 into the mouth you can alter the balance of the good and bad bacteria.