Since I have had my lap band I have had some really bad breath. I'm thinking it's e low carb aspect of my diet. Although I do eat crackers and yogurt that do have carbs so I know my body isn't in ketosis.

I've become very self conscious about this. I have scraped my tongue and used anti bacterial breath spray to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've heard someone say clorophyl capsules might work.

You might up your carbs enough to come out of ketosis. You can buy urine strips at your pharmacy to check levels.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2078480_treat-ketosis-breath.html

http://www.carbohydrate-counter.org/bad-breath/

http://breath.ygoy.com/2010/07/01/bad-breath-ketosis-how-to-reduce-bad-breath/

I too am dealing with this yuck. I make sure a brush floss brush again an always carry listerine strips with me

What's ketosis? Never heard of it? Great!! I'm a little worried now!

an elevated level of ketone in the blood. Ketone is formed by ketogenesis when the liver glycogen stores are depleted and a process called lipolysis starts.

Non medical terms = your body begins to use fat for energy and ketones are formed. Look up ketosis in google for some great in depth article. One way your body gets rid of ketones is through your lungs. It's like the alcohol smell, you can't get rid of it you just have to cover it up. Anyone who is loosing wt is making some and one way to test for them is the urin strips discussed above.

Don't be worried its a good sign. It will go away when your wt stabilizes. My wife does not like the smell so I end up chewing a lot of gum.

I have had this problem for a year. It is really bad when i drink my protein shakes. I just carry Frisk mints everywhere.

Lol good to know there are others I thought it was just me

Yeah if u are having k breath, u r doing great on ur diet and fat is burning like crisco in a hot skillet!!

I've had it since even before I started loosing! The docs have tested me too and given me an H. Pylori test to see if it was something inside that was causing it but its not. So maybe this is what I have too? God I hate it so much. It must be common in big people.

I've only ever had it when on a low carb diet. I don't have it now of course my carb count is not that low