Would you use a garlic mouthwash? Scientists say it provides the freshest breath yet

Teona Gherasim

Death to bad breath comes in cloves.  Garlic — that pungent, bulb-shaped veggie that gives food a kick and vampires the ick — is now being crowned a possible cure for halitosis, per a new report.  “Garlic extract mouthwash showed comparable efficacy to chlorhexidine, particularly at higher concentrations,” wrote study authors from the College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates. Researchers compared the juices derived from the vegetable to chlorhexidine, or

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