You might well think that bad breath is mainly caused by the foods that you eat. After all, as anyone who’s ever enoyed a nice spicy curry will testify, your mouth hardly smells of roses afterwards!

Or perhaps you think that most bad breath is the result of some kind of medical condition, for example problems with your stomach or intestines. Or maybe you just simply think it’s the result of not brushing your teeth properly every day.

Well, you may be surprised to hear that in actual fact the #1 cause of bad breath is bacteria that we all have – and need – in our mouths.

Indeed, research studies estimate that these bacteria are responsible for over 90% of all bad breath cases. So while there are a small percentage that are the result of a serious medical condition, most cases of halitosis are caused by these common oral bacteria.

In regular amounts, these bacteria plays a very important role in our bodies’ digestive processes by breaking down the proteins in the foods we eat. They are also responsible for helping us to digest diseased oral tissue and dead cells in our mouths.

When these bacteria come into contact with certain amino acids in foods, certain sulphur compounds (known as Volatile Sulphur Compounds) are given off. Normally the smell from these sulphur compounds is relatively unnoticeable, but when the bacteria are present in unusually large amounts, the smell can quickly turn rancid and rotten leading to halitosis.

However, the good news is that there are certain things that you can easily do to regulate these bacteria and avoid them multiplying out of control, which in turn should get rid of your bad breath problem.

One particular report we’ve found online which looks at these simple steps is The Bad Breath Cure Revealed. It also offers advice on cheap and easy home remedies which can help banish bad breath once and for all.