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Check out the following tips on how to keep your breath fresh during DATE NIGHT! 

Meal Time:

Choose wisely when placing your order. Personally if it is a first date I tend to choose items off the menu that can be sliced into small pieces and chewed quietly in my mouth. You never get a second chance to make a first impression and the last thing you want is lipstick on your chin and hoovering down chunks of hamburger to ruin the mood. Ha!

Menu Tips:

• Meat eaten in large quantities can cause bad breath, mostly due to the digestion process, which begins in the mouth.
• Carbohydrates cause the strongest odors in the mouth – sugars, starches, and cellulose
• Milk intolerance is also a cause of bad breath. If you are sensitive to dairy products – steer clear of ice cream desserts!

After Your Meal…

• Lick the inside of your wrist. This is the best test to see if your breath is foul.
• Use dental floss. Bad breath can be caused by food caught in your teeth.
• Chew your garnish! Parsley is a well-known home remedy for bad breath.
• Order the fruit dessert. Fresh fruits help cleanse the mouth after a meal and flush away odor-causing bacteria

At the Bar…

• Alcohol dries out the mouth, which reduces saliva production.
• Mojitos contain lots of fresh mint, so order one and ask for an extra mint garnish to chew on after you finish your drink.
• Water will help thwart the dehydration effect of alcohol. Order one glass of water for every drink and you’ll stay sober and sweet!
• Alcohol consumption causes digestive problems which leads to bad breath. In addition, alcohol dries out the mouth, which reduces saliva production.

I hope these tips prove helpful for you on your next dating venture. Lord knows that there is enough to be worried about without worrying if you mouth smells like sewage. Good Luck!

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Ahh, Childlike wonder…I often find myself amused with things that are intended for 5 years olds, like drawing hand turkeys and making snow angels. Apparently craft projects are no exception. This week I decided I would make Shrinky Dink necklaces* for my friends with the faces of their pets (it didn’t seem as creepy when I was doing it).

All you need to make your own is: directions, shrinky dink paper, a inkjet printer, a hole punch and a toaster oven.

*Not responsible for your friends thinking you are a animal loving freak.

(Source: A Fashion and Style Blog from Punky Style)

(I thought this was too cute, and I personally love unique hand crafted gifts always!! - Michelle  )

While in the land of Smarter Beauty Blogs:

• Showering Etiquette 101 -When guests use your Louffah it’s BEYOND personal, it’s bleepin’ GROSS! 
•  Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is the following Beauty Products… 
•  Fish Oil - So Good for your Health, So Bad for your Breath 

The benefits of fish oil have long been circulated and recommended by doctors and friends alike; my question is does anyone know of a brand that doesn’t make you burp up fish breathe?!!

Briefly for those who are wondering why would anyone willingly swallow “fish oil” pills, here are the benefits:

1. Less Pain and Inflammation. Omega 3 fatty acids, particularly EPA, have a very positive effect on your inflammatory response. Through several mechanisms, they regulate your body’s inflammation cycle, which prevents and relieves painful conditions like arthritis, prostatitis, cystitis and anything else ending in “itis.”

2. Cardiovascular Health. Omega 3 fatty acids have also been proven to work wonders for your heart and the miles and miles of arteries and veins that make up your cardiovascular system. They help to lower cholesterol, tryglicerides, LDLs and blood pressure, while at the same time increasing good HDL cholesterol. This adds years to your life expectancy.

3. Protection from Stroke and Heart Attack. When plaque builds up on arterial walls and then breaks loose, it causes what’s known as a thrombosis, which is a fancy way of saying clot. If a clot gets stuck in the brain, it causes a stroke and when it plugs an artery, it causes a heart attack. Research shows omega 3 fatty acids break up clots before they can cause any damage.

4. Better Brain Function and Higher Intelligence. Pregnant and nursing mothers can have a great impact on the intelligence and happiness of their babies by supplementing with fish oil. For adults, omega 3 improves memory, recall, reasoning and focus. You’ll swear you’re getting younger and smarter.

5. Less Depression and Psychosis. Making you smarter is not all omega 3 does for your brain. Psychiatry department researchers at the University of Sheffield, along with many other research studies, found that omega 3 fish oil supplements “alleviate” the symptoms of depression, bipolar and psychosis (Journal of Affective Disorder Vol. 48(2-3);149-55).

6. Lower Incidence of Childhood Disorders. Just to show how fish oil fatty acids leave nobody out, studies show that children (and adults) with ADD and ADHD experience a greatly improved quality of life. And those with dyslexia, dyspraxia and compulsive disorders have gotten a new lease on life thanks to omega 3 oils.

7. Reduction of Breast, Colon and Prostate Cancer. And finally, omega 3 fish oil has been shown to help prevent three of the most common forms of cancer – breast, colon and prostate. Science tells us that omega 3s accomplish this in three ways. They stop the alteration from a normal healthy cell to a cancerous mass, inhibiting unwanted cellular growth and causing apoptosis, or cellular death, of cancer cells.

(Source: 7 Fish Oil Benefits Proven by Research)

Umm, anything that can make you smarter as well as help your heart and reduce the odds of some of the scariest cancers out there is perhaps worth the sea sewage breathe. Like I said I am actually a fan of fish oil supplements. I just figure there has to be a brand out there that doesn’t cause you to burp and literally you can taste the fish emanate from the depths of your throat.

And if I can taste and smell it, lord knows others can too. No one has outright told me I smell like fish, but I figure people are just too polite. That or they assume because I am Asian that it goes hand in hand with my diet or something. That’s my theory at this point.

I digress, my point is - Does anyone know of a fish oil brand that does not cause bad breathe? Please SHARE!