Does Cinnamon-Flavored Gum Really Clean Your Breath?

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Cinnamon-flavored gum, particularly due to its active compound cinnamic aldehyde, effectively reduces oral bacteria linked to bad breath. Research conducted by Min Zhu and her team at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry demonstrated that this gum killed 50% of oral bacteria and 40% of bacteria associated with halitosis, including species such as Porphyromonas gingivalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum. In contrast, unflavored gum showed no impact on bacterial levels.

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Go get some cinnamon flavored gum! :biggrin: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040522/food.asp"

Min Zhu and her coworkers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry had been looking in mints and other common plants for essential oils that kill oral germs. Although many extracts showed promise, few proved as potent as oily cinnamic aldehyde, the principle flavor compound in cinnamon.

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The unflavored gum didn't affect bacterial numbers at all. By contrast, the fully flavored cinnamon gum killed half of all oral bacteria and 40 percent of the types linked to bad breath. Among those were such species as Porphyromonas gingivalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Prevotella intermedia, and Peptostreptococcus micros.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040522/food.asp"
 
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Lol ... is that a hint? :D
 
No, that's an urgent advice :eek: :biggrin:
 
My teeth r fine thank you: :biggrin: if you want to have a closer look : :surprise: "AHhhhh ... " :approve: :wink: