🍎 Today’s Health Question ~ Is Morning Breath a Sign You’re Dehydrated?

True or False: Bad breath is a possible sign of dehydration?

Answer

TRUE: Saliva has antibacterial properties, but dehydration can prevent your body from making enough saliva. “If you’re not producing enough saliva, you can get bacterial overgrowth in the mouth, and one of the side effects of that is bad breath,” says John Higgins, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of Texas in Houston and the chief of cardiology at Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital in Houston.

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