mafisch Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Just curious if anyone has had trouble with Bad Breathe while on the Whole30 Program? I'm on day 21 and my husband has said it's pretty bad the last couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcbn Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Any other symptoms @mafisch? What do your meals look like? Are you including at least a fist sized serving of starchy veg each day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafisch Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 No real bad symptoms I was constipated, but picked up the water and that helped. And I eat veggies every day. At least 2 meals. Zucchini, peppers, broccoli, asparagus, green beans, etc. Breakfast, generally eggs, salsa (sometimes), bacon and some fruit Lunch........leftovers from dinner the night before. Dinner........meat, veggies and generally a salad as well. Sometimes fruit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafisch Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 It could have just been a fluke. It lasted 2-3 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcbn Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 You don't mention any starchy veg... Is the fruit a daily thing? Has the bad breath gone now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafisch Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Oh gosh......I have potatoes some. An occasional sweet potato. Not daily though. Should I be having one of those daily? And yes, today, the bad breathe is gone, but I have not had a potato or sweet potato for 4-5 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcbn Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Yep, try to have a fist sized serving of starchy veg each day. The general cause for bad breath is having gone too low carb - the starches prevent this, although if you've been having fruit daily then it's unlikely to be from a low carb perspective, and may just have been a lack of hydration. The recommendation for water is a half an ounce per pound of body weight, daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafisch Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Are there any other starchy veggies besides potatoes and sweet potatoes? I'll try that. And drink more water. That has helped a lot with the constipation issue I was dealing with earlier. So maybe now that I'm drinking more water, the breath is getting better as well. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcbn Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 1 minute ago, mafisch said: Are there any other starchy veggies besides potatoes and sweet potatoes? Pretty much any root veg will provide starch - turnip, parsnip, plantains, rutabaga, yams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafisch Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Thank you for your help. I will give all of this a try. Very happy with how I feel so far, and I don't want to get discouraged now since I'm only 9 days to completion. I'm so excited to try adding things in slowly and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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