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Breath mints no more -- yogurt is better

Posted on Jan 24th 2008 9:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
A daily dose of yogurt isn't just good for your waistline. It's also good for your breath.

A new study suggests that eating six ounces of yogurt each day may keep your breath free of offensive odors. Credit goes to the active cultures found in yogurt and while further studies are in order for confirming these results, researchers say adding yogurt to your diet may be a safe and effective way to minimize bad breath.

There's a bonus too: In addition to decreasing odor-causing compounds in the mouth by 80 percent, yogurt seems to decrease the risk of plaque build-up as and the gum disease gingivitis.

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