Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

Since peptides and amino acids are metabolised to form the volatile sulphur compounds and volatile fatty acids that cause the majority of the bad breath smell, and dietary protein levels are strongly correlated with salivary peptide levels, assuming peptide levels are, or can, become a limiting factor in odour production, then reducing dietary protein levels to a bare minimum will reduce bad breath. Increasing glucose/sucrose intake could also decrease VSC and VFA production because of preferential carbohydrate metabolism over peptide metabolism. So a low protein diet, (almost certainly vegan) should reduce bad breath levels, has anyone tried this approach yet?

I am in the process of modifying my diet currently but without gas chromatography services it is difficult to monitor VSC or VFA compounds.

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