Diet & Breath Relationship?

[girlie girl]

Ok, started reading "Live Right for your Blood Type" by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo. On page 104 I came across this information...

HALITOSIS (BAD BREATH). If despite your best efforts (cleaning, flossing, etc.) you suffer with persistent bad breath, there is a good chance your polyamine levels are too high. Putrescene and one of the secondary polyamines, cadaverine, are responsible for much of the odor characteristics of halitosis. In addition, high levels of polyamines in the mouth inhibit the migration of white blood cells to areas of infection and inflammation.

I am type O blood type and it tells me to stay away from grains, Type A it says to stay away from animal products, etc.

I recommend that you go to your library and check out this book and read the whole section on "POLYAMINES" or google it to get more info. This may be why some many people here are getting relief from different types of diets...depending on blood type and genetic makeup. Maybe for those of us that don't have tonsils, no serious gastric problems, no wisdom teeth and problem teeth will find our answer through diet.

Just FYI!

[halitosisux]

I just tried putting some of those words into a few google searches - I've never heard of these words before and dont know anything about biology but read this..

"The polyamines, e.g. putrescine, spermidine, and spermine, constitute a group of cell components that are important in the regulation of cell proliferation and cell differentiation. There is also evidence suggesting a role for polyamines in programmed cell death. The figure below summarizes the metabolism and functions of polyamines.
Although their exact functions have not yet been identified, it is clear that the polyamines play important roles in a number of cellular processes such as replication, transcription, and translation. Presumably these roles are exerted by specific interactions that can only be mediated by the cationic polyamines with their characteristic, unique, and flexible charge distributions. See figure below."

I have no clue what it means, but the mention of "the regulation of cell proliferation" and "programmed cell death" are interesting. Maybe there is something in this. If there's more dead cells occuring than normal, this could lead to more breakdown and release of foul gasses/chemicals?