Garlic breath1

[sanden]

Not sure if this is the correct section, but can anyone suggest what you can do to eliminate garlic breath. After I have eaten something with garlic, even after brushing my teeth a few times and using mouthwash, I still feel the smell is very strong and feel aware of it when near other people. Maybe I am being over-sensitive!

[gelda]

Never tried it but I've heard that if you eat a sprig of parsley it takes the smell and taste away.

[ethandron]

this garlic breath thing is interesting. i love garlic, the more the better, but my husband really hates it or anything with the slightest hint of it. i don't consider 'garlic breath' to be bad breath, to me it just shows that the person has been eating garlic. but my husband likens 'garlic breath' to the worst bad breath a person could ever have and finds it totally repulsive, not just on me but anyone he notices it on.
there is no 'cure' for garlic breath, chewing on a large bit of parsley or a cardamon pod are said to help, but the only real way not to have 'garlic breath' is not to eat any garlic.

[sanden]

Thank you both for the replies - it seems parsley is the answer (yuk).
I agree that 'garlic breath' is not offensive, but am very aware that some people do consider it bad breath.

[butterflies]

Chewing on a coffee bean is said to work but never tried it myself.

[mr_spencer]

Not a lot of help to 'ethandron' but if two of you eat garlic you can't smell it on each other's breath. My wife and i both love lots of garlic in things and it's never a problem.
Which also leads me to ask the second poster if 'gelda' is your real name as it's my wife's name and I've seldom come across it before.

[ladyalex]

Chewing fennel seeds helps

[shivvy]

Please believe me when I say that (as a non-garlic eater)garlic breath is truely and deeply repulsive!
I think you are right and polite to be aware of your breath sanden. Sitting in a concert/show in front of someone who has been eating garlic is a miserable experience.
Also, does garlic make people burp more? It seems to be that way - although of course I prob wouldn't notice them burping if it didn't stink.
Beginning to feel a bit queasy!

[Donquixote]

Pickled pink ginger, the type you often see served with sushi, is excellent for removing odours from the tongue.
You can find it in a lot of supermarkets nowadays.

[Brooksy]

I recall a French chef saying that if you removed the central part of a clove (the bit that is often green) then you wo`nt have garlic breath.

[nix-j-c]

theres this programm called mythusters and 1 episode they used vodka 2 get rid of smells and stains and i think they did it on garlic breathe but i mite b wrong

yh im sure they did well it was some sort of bad breathe