Keto breath is an unpleasant side effect that a person can develop when they begin following a ketogenic diet. A person can try to reduce keto breath by drinking more water or slightly increasing the number of carbohydrates they eat. Below are some tips you need to know.

• Drinking more water: Drinking more water may help reduce a person’s keto breath. It may also help flush out bacteria in a person’s mouth that could be causing bad breath.

• Increasing carbohydrate intake: Eating more carbohydrates should mean a person produces fewer ketones. As a result, they should breathe fewer ketones out and have less keto breath.

• Using mints: People may use mints to mask keto breath. Sucking mints or chewing mint gum may be enough to hide the smell of keto breath. 

• Frequently brushing teeth: Not only does the minty odor of toothpaste help mask the smell of keto breath, but brushing the teeth will help dislodge pieces of food in the mouth and teeth that can smell as they break down in a person’s mouth.

Keto breath should usually go away as a person’s body burns more ketones for energy which leaves less ketones in the breath.