Small Ball?

His jersey says #17 (cm) but he should be wearing #11.. (I’ll do the math – 4 1/3 inches)

The New York Knicks Basketball Superstar Jeremy Lin is sometimes big on the court, but unfortunately always small in the bedroom!  It may have been one of the reasons that the Knicks weren’t long for the playoff season!  The Heat were big men on campus in the series and it was sad that Lin couldn’t make it back into the lineup.  Without Bosh who is injured, the Miami Heat may no longer avoid small ball and follow in the tiny footprints of the NY Knicks!  So how can such a big sensation like Lin,  have such a small pen, you ask?

Lin (student) vs. LaBron James (instructor) 2012 NBA Playoffs

Let’s do a Lin-vestigation!

You would think a superstar on the hardwood would be able to make some serious hay in the bedroom, right?  Big hands, big feet right? It may not be the case at all, ladies when it comes to LinMan!  (I did read that there is a big demand for Asian looking gay men in the club scene because of Lin’s popularity – which is for another blog) There is still a lot of love in the Big Apple for the way this guard played when he was in, but he ended the season more like a Big Zero instead of a Big Hero. For a town that never sleeps, Jeremy Lin proved to cause a lot of ZZZ’s verses 3’s this playoff season.  Many unfazed women and male supporters don’t seem to mind if there’s nothing down there -if those rumors about lil Lin are accurate!

Is it in, Lin?

Jason Whitlock wrote it best, “Some lucky lady in NYC is gonna feel a couple inches of pain tonight”, a reference to Lin’s sexual prowess. Jason caught a lot of flack for that stereotypical joke, but it was kinda funny to read.  I know, stereotypical comments can hurt feelings and all, but holy cow, toughen up America!  Stupid jokes are not hate crimes or racism gone amuck, they are just stupid jokes.  Whatever happened to self- esteem and that saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?”  Did that go out in the 70’s? Back from my rant, Well, Jeremy Lin may need more than an injection of some magic potion a little higher up than his knee from what I hear from the street.  Now, as Jason said, it may not be his fault, because his genes what fills his jeans.  You can pick a pocket, pick a nose, but you can’t pick your parents. (Stupid joke epidemic) Maybe Jeremy needs to add some Asian tricks to make up for his shortcomings in the sack and then he can truly be BalLin.

Root Growing Powder – (tongkat ali) Maybe we call it Lintongali?  (NY Knicks Trainer’s Room)

Jeremy, you may already know since you are a Harvard grad, but it is possible to get penile and testicle enlargement from taking pasak bumi (tongkat ali)! The NY Knicks should have put a large dose in their team Gaterade bucket – it may have helped them play some defense! Getting your junk to grow is a direct effect of the root’s testosterone enhancing properties.  I am not sure if it would trigger a positive on your performance enhancing urine test, but perhaps if you start hitting home runs they may want to run one.

Sex Vacations

Jeremy Shu-How Lin’s roots are from Taiwan and China, but all the sex craving women from his old rompin ground load up and head to the seashores of Indonesia!  Women there know that good things don’t always come in small packages and head for greener pastures and bedrooms (www.fourseasons.com/jakarta/)!  So not everything is “made in China” – lovemaking seems to be an export business!  Why would women pack their bags and head south?  Size Matters.

Abstract

Now playing for the NY Knicks – #35 a short and round forward, with huge junk from Jakarta, Dusty “the bone” Warrior!

The reason for this preference by Japanese and Chinese women is not the bone in the guys’ nose, but the bone in the guys’ clothes.  It is true that Indonesian men are the best endowed in all of East and Southeast Asia, which likely is a consequence of the fact that tongkat ali (pasak bumi in Indonesian) is so popular in the country.

Linsanity is certainly a big phenomenon – bigger than life actually.  But now it isn’t all about Tongkat Ali – as there is a Lin -Bud marijuana blend that doesn’t make anything bigger, but your legal fees.  Just like the Knicks championship run – it all went up in a pile of limp Lin smoke!

One way to hide your smallness, is to hang out with even smaller, like Spikey L’ Lee!  Why is it that those with the small in the pants seem to have the biggest glasses and mouths?  Well, there’s always next season for the Lil Knickers who are all lining up in Chinatown looking for a bigger future.

Time to say Linbye for now,

Dr. Darrin Frye

SPACE PROBE 2012

The search for life inside the rectal vault of man

The prostate gland is a walnut-sized organ tucked away where the sun don’t shine, and although it often needs medical screening, it doesn’t always get it.

Virtual Robotic Fingers can go where no man has dared to go (outside of west Hollywood anyway)

About 1 in 6 U.S. men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their life. About 6 in 6 men dreaded going to their doctor every year to get their rectum probed. Sad part, in the U.S., about 217,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, and 32,000 die.

Go Deep or Go Home

While most would think that when their annual rectal exam is “normal”  it would be very reassuring, but the DRE (digital rectal exam) is not designed to detect early cancers.  The space probe of the rear-end kind mainly reveals just the size and shape of the prostate gland.  Remember, tumors have to be very advanced before they can be felt, so there is a big push to find better ways to detect and treat prostate cancers and treat them when they are small.

Deliverance

The thought of going for a prostate exam can drive most men to drink.  Dropping their pants and bending over is the last thing most men want to ever do, as it can be embarrassing, and uncomfortable.  Actually, it is a lot like what we see when men come in for blood draws.  They get all worked up ahead of time, and once the blood is taken they say, “wow, that was nothing!”  The reality is that all men must get their prostates checked routinely, and although it is more than nothing, doesn’t cause banjo nightmares throughout the rest of your life.

“Try to get a boner now”

No gain, just pain

So, what is the better way to see if you have prostate cancer?  We have used the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test, which is a blood test to see if there are signs that cells are starting to become malignant.  While it is good www.beacheslab.com, high levels of PSA only sometimes signals prostate cancer.  It can also indicate an infection or an enlarged prostate (BPH), or tiny tumors that may never pose a threat.   Also, if you have had sex in the past 24 – 48 hours that can also raise your levels, so I always warn my guys not to have crazy sex before the blood test day.  Bad thing is, if the PSA is high we often recommend a biopsy, where we cut small pieces out of your prostate and send it to the lab.  Most men who undergo a biopsy for an abnormal PSA test don’t have prostate cancer, so pain, but no gain!

New Test for prostate CA!

Pee PCA3

Science has brought us a new (and expensive) test for prostate cancer (CaP), the urinary PCA3 gene test. Remember, serum PSA levels are not specific for CaP but this new marker has a much greater degree of CaP specificity than PSA testing.  Perhaps we can cut out all that cutting out of prostate biopsies (1 million per year in US). But, the way you have to get the sample…you have to do a Attentive Rectal Exam and then have the patient urinate.  That means you put your finger in as far as possible and you mash down hard on the prostate over and over to get the cells to loosen up to be peed out.

Attentive Rectal Exam = Prostate Milking = Means smashing the ole walnut with the gloved finger!

Rove you Rong Time Sailor

Working girls – should be able to bill Medicare for Happy Rear Endings!

These Asian girls have been doing prostate milking for years, and who knew they could have been screening the Johns for prostate cancer.  Their medical exam (sex massage) begins with a thorough soaping down in a large tub.  After that, there’s a romp on the bed to last about an hour and half and for some they pay for a happy ending which could include prostate massage (milking) with yikes, non-gloved finger(s)!  Some feel that emptying the prostate is therapeutic and reduces the risk of cancer in it’s own right.  The jury is still out on that one.  Price is between 1,000 and 1,600 baht ($32-52.00) plus tips.  Turns out this is the same amount Medicare pays us doctors for doing the DRE!

Aneros Helix Prostate Stimulator $47.38

For those who have to do it outside the doctors office..The prostate dildo,  referred to as the Rain Maker,  can be used to stimulate the prostate gland in men.  Some say the prostate gland could be the ‘male G-spot’ and is stimulated for either medical or sexual purpose, or I guess both.  Some have renamed the sensitive area the “P-spot.”  So, if you wanted, you could do the attentive Aneros Helix, then pee in a cup, and send it to my lab, www.beacheslab.com, and we can find out what it says.  And for those who want to be tested every week – buy a banjo and move to West Virginia.

On a serious note – Prostate Cancer is horrible and can be deadly.

Earl Woods

Tiger Woods’ father was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1998 and successfully treated with radiation, but the cancer returned more aggressively in 2004. Mr. Woods died on May 3, 2006 at the age of 74.  Even though Tiger is doing well of late with work, and perhaps with Elin, each day without his papa has got to be a sad one.  Unfortunately, black men have a much higher rate of prostate cancer, so it is important to get routine physicals and labwork, especially if you are undergoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with testosterones or human growth hormone.  For one of the best centers you may consider www.pbpmed.com. I am a big fan of Tiger’s and hope nothing but the best for him and his family.

Time to Re Glove,

Dr. Darrin Frye

Chunky Monkey War

Don’t play Chicken with this girl – you may lose a finger or two!

Fat, Dumb, and Gassy

Jessica Simpson was less than 3 Twinkies away from looking like this - I hear her daisy duke shorts exploded last year!  Now, rumor is that she has been signed with a weight loss company to lose her fat for $4 Million dollars.  That is about $40,000/lb or so, not bad.   I think it is sad when someone is 7 months pregnant and people weren’t sure she was carrying a child, or mountains of bon bons.

It’s not the Meat

Jessica recently said, “My belly is officially bigger than my boobs..well kinda…ha,”  You have to admit, the one thing she might be good at is breast feeding.  She seems anatomically gifted in that regard, even though after the breast feeding she may need a crane to get them back above her beltline!  She certainly won’t know how to spell milc but she will most like make a lot of it.

What happened to cute Jessica?!

Simpson wrote that she thinks she farts 225 times a day now, so I guess we have to send condolences to her fiance, Eric Johnson (sex with lights out) who most likely thinks Jessica’s new perfume line is called oeuf  pourri (rotten eggs).

Hormonal Haze

The prominence of progesterone in a pregnant woman’s body  plays a major role in excessive gas. Progesterone slows the digestive process, causing bloat and subsequent gas. Likewise, the weight of the growing baby presses onto the digestive tract, further slowing things down. This spells gassy hell in the old Simpson household.

Not everyone gets paid for being fat

When it comes to the salaries of men and women in the workplace, an employee’s body weight often determines the size of his or her paycheck!    The study  reported that women who weigh significantly less than the group norm earn about $16,000 more a year on average than women who are overweight.  It pays to be skinny!

Glass Ceiling

Self Esteem and Sexism

A  study  showed female managers are more than three times as likely as their male counterparts to underrate their bosses’ opinions of their job performance. The discrepancy increases with women older than 50, the study states.“Women have imposed their own glass ceiling, and if they are fat it can be even more dramatic!

He thinks he is hot!

However, studies find the opposite to be true for men, with skinny men not reaping the benefits that their female counterparts do when it comes to their earning potential. Average-weight men, and even those who are on the overweight side, earn about $8,000 more than their skinny male co-workers, the study found. Over the course of a 25-year career, these figures account for skinny women earning $389,300 more than average-weight women, while skinny men earn $210,925 less than the average male.

This sign should read, Please don’t feed the Fat Women!  (It is ok to feed the fat men)

When it comes to maintaining a healthy weight for a lifetime, the bottom line is – calories count!  Weight management is all about balance – balancing the number of calories you consume with the number of calories your body uses or “burns off.”  It ain’t as easy burning calories as it is eating them!

The perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter.  One mini Reeses Cup is 44 calories.

Weight Bench

At 450 pounds,  sitting on this bench for 8 hours burns 28 calories or 1/2 of that Mini Reeses Peanut Butter cup!  That is 3.6 calories burned per hour.  With 3500 calories/ week = 1 lb loss - for her to lose 100 lbs she needs to sit here for 97,222 hours, or until the year 2023 without eating anything.  Fat chance.  I think Code Pink might ought to be thinking about obesity rather than protesting our military efforts!  Maybe peace does takes brains, protesting doesn’t.   When your stomach sits on two levels of bleachers,  I call this Code Disgusting and perhaps the time to reconsider your health plan.

Time to get that image out of my mind before dinner,

Dr. Frye

Where the rubber hits the road

Nowadays, condoms come in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and flavors, and there are even male and female styles now.  There are small ones, huge ones, skinny ones, grape, green, glowing, or peppermint candy ones; from latex to lamb skin – you name it, and there’s one probably out there.  Most women appreciate great sex, and the sperm stopping power of condoms, but scoff at the ribbing, bumps, bulges, and gadgets that men have designed into the rubber as ineffective.   Birth control pills while doing the best to prevent toddlers in the house, do nothing to stop sexually transmitted diseases, and they have negative consequences for women when it comes to lowering testosterone and increasing risks of stroke.  Wouldn’t it be great if we could find a birth control pill for men?  Well, there soon could be, and it is a natural approach!

Are you on the pill?

If you were designing the perfect contraceptive, it would be amazing if you could find one men could take.  Something natural, and easy to use, that doesn’t cause a lack of sensation on the private parts, won’t slip off, or break, and normal fertility can be restored soon after drug administration is terminated.  Is this a pipe dream or possible? Read on – you may be surprised!

Nutcracker – great ballet, poor birth control choice

Old school birth control aka getting “racked”.  The testicles are quite the manufacturing plant – making not only testosterone hormone, but also sperm.  We do know that trauma can have a negative impact on the production of both hormones, and any boy can easily recall a time when they had a significant pain in the shorts after some kind of accident.  Vitamins and minerals have a huge impact on the quality and quantity of male hormone production, but who knew that by blocking them you could literally castrate a man!  I guess scientists have know this for over a century but I must have missed that memo!

Do you have your A game?

As I mentioned, scientists have known for almost 100 years that depriving an animal of dietary vitamin A causes male sterility. Only recently has technology afforded us the ability to block a single nutrient from being able to get inside the cell to do it’s job. The brain of the cell – the nucleus, requires a code to allow entrance inside.  If we jam the lock which is RAR alpha (a nuclear receptor) Vitamin A cannot get in, and that results in male infertility.  Vitamin A is one of four fat soluble vitamins and one of 13 essential vitamins your body needs for health. It is an important nutrient and in third world countries, children that don’t get enough vitamin A get a condition called xerophthalmia that causes permanent blindness  - see  www.isightproject.org for more information on that tragedy.  You can donate to help that cause if you would like.

Tied up in nuts (knots)

For those who don’t want to block their vitamin or slap on a condom – vasectomies seem like a good idea, right?  Well, sperm stoppage is a war that rages on, and while it seems to be possible to create a temporary or permanent block of the fluid of life, many would love to find a natural way to block sperm without causing loss of the feeling of the sex act, or having a portion of their body cut in two.  If we could target men rather than women, and make it convenient and reversible – that would be something.  I am convinced by my medical practice experience, that men who get vasectomies, seem to encounter significant problems with low testosterone (low-T) a few years after the operation, despite the pre-surgical information that states it will not affect anything but sperm blocking.

May have to chew your arm off in the morning

I wonder what is going to happen if we block vitamin A to get birth control, and then the lack of vitamin A causes vision problems.   Gees, guys might get even worse cases of Beer Googles.  This could be very dangerous!  At least no love babies will be made from having thirteen too many beers, and three Tequila shots- that could be a plus!

Time to go take my vitamins,

Dr. Darrin Frye

KICK ZIPPY TO THE CURB AND FORGET HIM

Prescription for Peace and Quiet

Can you imagine that one day you could just take a little pill and forget all about someone who has done you wrong?  Like taking a Tylenol after one too many drinks – poof!  and all is well?  The real morning after pill!  Grudges and revenge be damned – amnesia is the new answer!  That is what might be on the horizon as researchers are working on a drug called PKM.

So far, researchers haven’t figured out exactly how the brain works, especially the female brain.  The diagram above shows a summary of what they have found so far. Apparently phone skill center is enlarging (thanks iphone 4s), encroaching on the commitment need center so more women are committed to their cell phone than a man.  I have heard women say, “heck, it vibrates” why do I need a man?  I don’t think this brain diagram is right actually, because women’s memory center has to be huge – they never forget when men do something wrong, and I don’t see memory center listed anywhere.  Where is memory stored anyway?  We know the pathways that the brain uses to store and retrieve memories, but which cells contain the thought?  We lose cells every day, yet we retain our long term memory….hmm?

You can forget the walk of shame!

New Option!  Stay overnight, maybe even have crazy (safe) sex, then walk home the next morning in the clothes you wore out the night before, and then take a pill and forget it ever happened!  The walk of shame will be no more!  We don’t know it all about memory storage, but neuroscientists reports that injecting a drug that blocks an enzyme called protein kinase Mzeta (PKMzeta) into the cerebral cortex of rats makes the animals forget a meal that made them sick weeks earlier. I think some restaurants may want to put this pill on their dessert menus.  I have eaten some forgettable meals – that’s for sure, and if you have ever gotten food poisoning – it is hard to ever eat that food again…escargot – never again for  me. And for those who wonder about the rat/human thing, remember many men are very similar to rats and so the data can be extrapolated with confidence.

Pretty Pedal Power

Have you heard the expression, “it’s just like riding a bike” implying that even if you kind of forgot how to do something, it will come right back?  Well, researchers have  identified a key nerve cell in the brain that controls the formation of memories for motor skills such as riding a bicycle, skiing or eating with chop sticks.  They found these molecular layer interneurons that transform the electrical signals into a language that can be laid down as a memory in other parts of the brain.  I wonder if PKM will make people forget how to do things?  That might not be good.

Freak Warning – Another Date Rape Drug?

Could be dangerous!

Can you imagine how the date rape drug perverts might use a drug that erases memory permanently like PKM?  It is horrifying to hear stories of the drug called Rohypnol (Roofie) which causes 8 – 12 hours of total amnesia, and women and men waking up not knowing what happened to them. It is really important not to accept drinks from others, or leave your drink unattended for even a second, for there are predators out there looking to take advantage.  Also, girls stick together and don’t let a stranger who offers to take one of your friends home who is way too drunk for how much they consumed, leave with them.  This pill is 10 times stronger than valium, so 20 minutes after they take it they are really woozy.  It combines with the alchohol and really causes loss of coordination, and ability to know what is happening.

Time for Selective Forgetting,

Dr. Darrin Frye, MD

TimeMasterMD

Eating Shrooms May Shrink your Prostate Men!

A good piece of tail has always been a man favorite.

Not that kind of tail!  I am talking about the turkey tail Asian mushroom that has been found to be 100 per cent effective in shrinking a tumor of the prostate in an Aussie mouse.  This is really exciting news,  if it works on those animals without a tail!  So eating mushrooms may just be what keeps you having sex in the future, and could save your behind!

Polysaccharopeptide (PSP) from the ‘turkey tail’ mushroom targets prostate cancer stem cells and suppresses tumor formation.  Eat yourself to life, instead of eating yourself to death!  These mushrooms may save a man’s life, at the minimum a very nasty surgery!  If you want to see the status of your prostate it is a good idea to get a Prostate Exam and a lab test called the Prostate Specific Antigen or PSA.  This number will give us an idea of whether some of the cells of the prostate are enlarging ( BPH or benign prostate hypertrophy) , or turning into cancerous ones.  Go to www.beacheslab.com if you want to get tested or know more information.

Turkey Tails are beautiful fungus, and can have a huge impact on the quality of sex lives of millions of men.  I wonder how they taste in gravy, covering a salisbury steak?  Studies say it may be hard to eat enough mushrooms to get the amount of PSP you need to fight tumors.  Well, I say, let’s get a fork and get to it!

What is new to us isn’t news to the Asian Doctors!  I read that it costs about 40 cents to see a Chinese doctor in China and that seems rather cheap until I heard that they pay them a salary of 8 cents an hour!   Maybe we need to teach them marketing, and they teach us natural medicine?

These medicinal mushrooms have been used for over 6000 years, and is an important part of many of their traditional treatments for all kinds of ailments.  Maybe we need to stop trying to reinvent the mushroom and start worshipping the turkey fungus!

Time to eat myself healthy,

Dr. Frye

Men, You’re on the Penis Clock

Women say, “the actual vaginal penetration should last for 7 to 20 minutes” but that is after 20 minutes to an hour of foreplay!  Normal men last around 7 minutes, and when asked about foreplay said, “we can just skip that really.”

Minute Man

While women do like intercourse to last longer than most men do, it depends on whether the sex is enjoyable or painful.  Some men however suffer their own mental pain, and those are the guys who worry about climaxing too fast.  According to the International Society for Sexual Medicine premature ejaculation is characterized by:  Ejaculation that always or nearly always occurs within one minute or less of vaginal penetration or immediate ejaculation upon entering the vagina!

Caveman Sex – When did this idea of premature ejaculation come from?

From an evolutionary point of view, it’s probable that males who climaxed quickly were more likely to have children. In other words, if you were a caveman who came very fast, you’d stand more chance of impregnating your woman and enlarging your tribe.

Penis Marathon Training Aids – Don’t be a sprinter!

Premature ejaculation has been linked to magnesium deficiency.  Magnesium is really that good.  It’s an essential mineral, and there’s up to an 80% chance you’re not getting enough of it. Magnesium supplements can therefore help treat premature ejaculation, and maybe even combats Erectile Dysfunction (ED), and low libido too.  For those who want the best vitamins try www.ivitaminscience.com’s Evolution Product!

Numb Penis

There are metered topical anesthetic sprays containing Lidocaine as its active ingredient. Applying a small amount to the head and shaft of the penis 10-20 minutes before intercourse can make a significant qualitative difference in your life.  You can’t feel anything, but you last for a long time!

Antidepressants and PE

It is rather common to attribute Premature Ejaculation to depression and anxiety, but most likely the PE exacerbates these conditions rather than being the root cause.  Anyway, a lot of my patients find that taking an antidepressant medication really does help if they suffer from severe premature ejaculation.

Time to go for the big 20,

Dr. Frye

Sperm can be quite surprising sometimes!

Men produce 1500 sperm every second, and depending on the environment surrounding them, they can be fast or slow.  (This is quite independent of how fast or slow a guy gets to orgasm!) We have always known that nutrition is important to health, but we underestimated how important vitamins and minerals are to the speed of sperm and enhancing reproductive success.

In sperm and sex, most men start out pretty fast but peeter out quickly.  Sperm ejaculated in the vagina may last a week, but outside the body survives only a few hours.  Average time to ejaculation during intercourse – 2 -3 minutes!  All in all, this is a sprint race to say the least!

Cameron, what’s good for making babies may not be that good for making beautiful locks.

Semen Hair Nourishment?  Named the “Viagra for Hair” this treatment works because semen is packed with protein, so the damaged hair is repaired- and also stand at attention.  $110 a shot.  Is it just me, or does Justin Bieber now look like he is using this product to look more masculine?  (It might work better if he was making it instead of buying it.)

Vitamin D Power (the New Blue pill is Clear!)

Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that the Vitamin D receptor was located predominantly on the head/nucleus of the sperm and mid-piece.  This means that sperm needs vitamin D, and we already knew that Zinc and  Biotin also have a part in how well a sperm travels.  Bottom line -nutrients matter!  Check out www.ivitaminscience.com for the best in nutrient science.

Results show then, that stimulation of human spermatooza in the laboratory with activated vitamin D can increase their forward movement!  This is Big D news!

Besides the mood enhancing tactile suggestion, oysters are also packed with zinc, which promotes healthy sperm and testosterone production. But that’s not even the best part. In 2005, scientist released evidence that oysters contain rare — and effective — amino acids that amp up the release of sex hormones in both men and women.  Viagra on the half shell!

The request follows Jodie Marsh’s 32GG breast sized model’s  decision to quit men and embark on a lesbian love affair.  I think she is already using the hair product?  Gov. Arnold may be available to help her out?  My feeling that she may need more than just vitamins and minerals.

Kali-forn-ia Sperm on Steroids

Do you have a Potty Mouth?

Boys with the baddest breath may have the biggest erections!

Giving your guy some mouthwash might make for a really good kiss, but later in the bedroom, it’s his erection you may miss!

Why?  Well, bacteria in the mouth convert nitrates into nitrites, and when we swallow them, gastric acids convert nitrites into the essential metabolic chemical nitric oxide (N.O.). Nitric oxide can act as an antioxidant, but also the body uses it to keep arteries properly dilated. This is how Viagra works  - by raising nitric oxide levels and thereby easing blood flow to the penis.  So killing these important bacteria can have some significant side effects.

Maybe we don’t kill the germs, we just mask the smell?

Maybe a little gum might freshen the breath?  No.  After about 2 hours, mouth bacteria starts making hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan (sewer gas smell)out of the gum itself.  Toothpaste absorbs a little  hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan  but only for 2 hours.Drinking green tea is a significant deodorant (it removes half of these bad breath chemicals for up to 2 hours. Clorets (shown in picture), a very popular parsley oil product does not absorb any of these stinky chemicals at any time.

Let’s talk about germ killing

Alcohol kills bacteria at a concentration of just 7%. Listerine indeed kills the bacteria that cause bad breath, but it also kills the tissues that keep your teeth in place.  Listerine dries out your mouth, it creates millions of microscopic cracks and crevices for bacteria to take root. The genius of Listerine is that you have to keep using it, because it keeps creating places for bad breath bacteria to flourish.

In the human mouth,certain mouthwashes release a nasty chemical known as dioxin, which is a potent nerve agent that can cause erectile dysfunction -particularly in men on South Asian descent.

People think Listerine is one the most effective mouthwashes at killing bacteria, but, in fact, it is one of the worst mouthwashes to use!   In experiments, Listerine did not kill any of the bacteria it was exposed to.  Scope and Cepacol contain Cetyl pyridinium chloride, and that does suppress common mouth germs better.

Time to go floss,

Dr. Frye