Does your mouth smell like garlic even when you have not eaten any? If so, it may be a sign of SELENIUM TOXICITY (selenosis). While an important antioxidant, selenium should not be taken in very large doses. In addition to supplements, it is found in nuts (especially Brazil nuts), meat, seafood, and not surprisingly the garlic. But you would be hard presssed to eat so much garlic or any other selenium containing food to cause this problem. Tooth discoloration and decay, skin discoloration, hair loss, nail problems, listlessness, and irritability are other signs of excess selenium. Selenosis can lead to neurological damage and in extreme cases result in lung disease, cirrhosis of the liver, and even death.
Although very rare, garlic breath can be a dead giveaway of arsenic poisoning, especially if the person also complains of a metallic taste. This is a medical emergency.
Approximately 40 million Americans suffer from bad breath.
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