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Garlic Breath

Posted in Cooking Skills, Food | Sunday, January 20th, 2008 | Trackback

FROM THE KITCHEN

Garlic Breath

By Marilyn vos Savant

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QUESTION:  Why does garlic smell so bad on a person’s breath?

ANSWER:  After you chew and swallow garlic, sulfur-containing gases pass through your gut, then circulate throughout your body. Meanwhile, the compounds in garlic are morphing into an even nastier form.

With time, the gases are excreted by your lungs. And they increase acetone in the breath, making it downright pungent.

So, when you have “garlic breath,” you’re exhaling the smelly stuff from your lungs, not your mouth. No amount of brushing, gargling or chewing red-hot chili peppers will stop it.

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Marilyn vos Savant is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records Hall of Fame for “Highest IQ.”

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