Low-carb diets may be good for your waistline, but you might not be able to say the same for your breath.
These lifestyle junkies are more likely to suffer from a seldom discussed side effect of such diets – that killer breath. And since more than 25 million people say they have tried various low-carb eating plans, bad breath may very well be an epidemic!
Bad breath in the carb diet is often caused by certain chemicals that are released in the breath as the body burns fat. They are called ketones, and entering into a fat-burning state of ketosis is the hallmark of the Atkins diet. So the good news is that if your breath stinks, you’re probably doing a good job of sticking to that low-carb diet.
