Why Do I have Bad Breath In The Morning?

It’s Monday morning. You wake up and do your morning rituals as usual. Everything is appears to be fine, except that you notice that people keep a little extra distance from you in the early hours.

If you’re used to it, you probably don’t even notice. However, when the people around you smell your foul breath, they notice. But why is it that the problem always seems more prominent in the morning? Is it something that happens when the body is asleep?

According to Howard Bennett’s recent article in the Washington Post, bacteria are to blame. Since your mouth has just the right temperature for bacteria to thrive, this is a place where you’ll find a lot of them. Don’t worry; it’s not the type that makes you sick. Not unlike other living organisms, these bacteria produce waste. Foul smelling waste!

You may have bad breath throughout the day as well, but the problem is especially bad at night. This is mainly because they are allowed to live in your mouth all night long and keep producing their smelly waste.

However, when you eat, drink and brush your teeth in the morning, most of these bacteria are washed away or swallowed and killed by the acids in the stomach.

This is why it’s important to brush your teeth properly in the morning as well. And remember to gently brush your tongue as well, as a lot of the bacteria are located there.