Does Coffee Reduce Bad breath?
July 31, 2009
Well coffee is no more “ just a coffee”! There is much more in the sip. Coffee is long believed to be one of the causal agents behind a bad breath. Now, coffee is proved to take the least share in the history of halitosis. Dr. Rosenberg from Tel Aviv University has made some intriguing discovery that there are certain components in the coffee that are capable of fighting bad breath. Now no embarrassing moments due to bad breath, coffee is coming into the rescue arena.
Coffee has become an inevitable ingredient to handle a tightly packed work schedule. While morning coffee helps you to kick start your day it is also believed to produce bad breath. The bad breath condition due to coffee is almost true because coffee, with its acidic properties enhances the dehydrating effect in the mouth, which becomes more more strong along with milk to result in the fermentation process. These substances after fermentation are converted into foetid substances.
The previous theory has been the popular belief as well as the fact until recently Prof. Rosenberg offered some fascinating facts about the positive impact of coffee upon breath. He reported that his findings during his study of coffee’s impact on saliva revealed that there are certain components in the coffee that played an important role in restricting the fermentation process and thereby inhibiting the production of bad breath.
His research was based on studying the role of coffee in the production of bacterial odour of the saliva. This study was done on abroad basis and three distinct types of coffee were involved in it. The coffee varieties that were used for the study include The Taster’s choice, Landwer Turkish coffee and Israeli Elite coffee. In Vitro assay of saliva was done in his laboratory and he expected to prove the stinky odour-causing effect of coffee upon saliva. But the results were just the reverse of what was expected. The results showed that coffee possessed certain ingredients that fought bad breath.
The entire research crew and Prof. Rosenberg said that they were simply astonished by the results as Prof. Rosenberg had expected coffee to play the vital role in causing bad breath and therefore there must be something magical present in the coffee to produce such an opposite effect. Prof. Rosenberg also mentions that the research must continue to find out the the specific component of coffee that fights bad breath- causing bacteria so that it can be used for medicinal uses. This extract can be used in the manufacture of breath mint that stops the formation of odour causing bacteria at the initial stages rather than destroying them after the production. No wonder this is a creditable discovery that gets added to Prof. Rosenberg’s wad of inventions that include a mouth wash, anti-odour chewing gum, bad breath detector.
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