Looking to fight the bacteria that causes bad breath? OK, is your spouse or significant other or cube-mate looking to you to fight the bacteria that causes bad breath? Well, for starters, you might want to have a cup of coffee. A study out of Israel found that coffee has some ingredient that slows to growth of bacteria that causes bad breath.
Prof. Mel Rosenberg from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University has invested many years studying halitosis. Recently, he found that certain elements found in coffee effectively block the activity of bacteria that cause this unpleasant phenomenon and even succeed in preventing oral malodor all together. In the future, these active ingredients could be made into salves for treating bad breath.
