[ShellESQ]

Happy Thursday!

This is very embarrassing. My husband told me last night that my breath smells like....dog waste.

I floss every day and have healthy teeth. I brush my teeth obsessively (I spent $5000 on Invisalign after law school to get my teeth straight and pretty and now I am totally obsessed with them). I gargle with mouthwash. I am the antithesis of someone who should have bad breath.

I read that low carb diets can cause this...is there any cure? I went and bought gum and Listerine freshstrips...I'm so embarrassed I don't want to talk to anyone. Does anyone have this problem?

I am on this diet to become more attractive and self confident...now, as a result, I am repulsing my husband and don't want to talk to anyone! How's that for irony?

Your mute diet buddy-
Michele

[Yogini]

Weight loss can make a mouth smell very bad! Ketosis in particular causes bad breath. Sounds like you are well-equipped with maouthwash and breath strips! Invest in a "tongue scraper" which really helps eliminate odor. Be sure to drink plenty of water!

[Barb0522]

Ketosis should never occur on South Beach. Are you eating legumes? Drinking milk and eating yogurt? You should be getting plenty of healthy carbs even in phase 1.

[Ruthxxx]

Ketosis is not part of this plan. Check your healthy carbs.

[want2wearbikini]

just thought I'd add that sometimes the alcohol in mouthwash can make bad breath worse because it dries out the mouth even more. Make sure you're really downing the water.