[NohSpinZone]

Yikes. I use Listerine twice a day, religiously.

I'm hoping this is one of those "saccharine causes cancer" type findings that shows that you'd have to eat a mountain of the stuff to increase your risks of cancer.

[Tax-chick]

The impact stayed the same when the researchers controlled for age, sex, smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and other factors.

I don't see "weight" in that list.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Well, folks are not supposed to swallow it!

[stylin19a]

mouthwash - the reason I have to go to these damn meetings.

[butlerweave]

Mouthwash or toothpaste or flossing or brushing or BLAH

[Noob1999]

Mouthwash is also responsible for globull warming!

[IC Ken]

re>Yikes. I use Listerine twice a day, religiously.

When Listerine first went to market it was to be used to scrub your bathroom floor with.

[TexasFreeper2009]

maybe a symptom of oncoming diabetes is bad breath?

[Safetgiver]

I just read about Joseph Lister a couple of days ago. Check him out.

[MayflowerMadam]

Varney had this story on his show this morning.

[sparklite2]

1. Why didn’t they have a control group of fat Puerto Ricans who used no mouth wash at all?

2. It’s my understanding that, in just minutes after using mouth wash, your mouth is filled back up with replacements for the critters you killed.

3. As an aside, whiteners are put into toothpaste to give you that bright smile you see in the morning mirror. But by the time you get to work, your teeth brightness is right back to where it was.

[miniTAX]

No offense but using mouthwash is like ancient times perfuming to mask odors, definitively a bad hygiene practice.

Odor coming from rotting food traces must be removed by brushing and flossing and not masked by mouthwash or chewing gums. In practice, brushing alone is never enough (no matter what the ads tell us), the only way to have a clean mouth is flossing, one of the best modern inventions IMHO.

[hsmomx3]

I use peroxide with a touch of water.

[Newbomb Turk]

90% of the people who died in car accidents consumed carrots at least once in the six months prior to the accident.

Be careful out there !

[Red Badger]

Just wait til they tell us soap and water causes cancer............................

[Flick Lives]

I recommend to anyone else who can’t stand the flavor of mouthwash like Lysteribe to try some of the Natural Dentist brand mouthwashes. No weird ingredients and thy have some really nice flavors like Zesty Orange.

[Axenolith]

This is probably due to people who eat more sugar and carbs having worse breath due to a heavier bacteria load.