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Last night, the tacos smothered in onions were great. But this morning, your breath could fell a sumo wrestler.

What to do? When your breath has turned toxic because of smelly foods — usually garlic, onions, or curry, but fish and cheese can do a number, too — you need an air freshener for your mouth. And you need it often: every 30 to 60 minutes until the odorous offender has cleared out of your bloodstream, which can sometimes take up to 24 hours. Because brushing constantly is impossible, try countering breath-busting foods with what’s likely to be handiest: other foods.

Read more: 6 Foods That Fix Bad Breath

NEW YORK (Reuters) – We’ve been overeating our way through ever-larger portions over the past 1,000 years, a U.S. study revealed after studying more than 50 paintings of the Biblical Last Supper.

The study, by a Cornell University professor and his brother who is a Presbyterian minister and a religious studies professor, showed that the sizes of the portions and plates in the artworks, which were painted over the past millennium, have gradually grown by between 23 and 69 percent.

Read more: Super-sizing the “Last Supper”

Leery of being visited by that old flame, heartburn? Meet the fiery five – lifestyle and diet factors to avoid if you don’t want to get burned.

1. Super-sized meals
   We’re not just talking about the mega-meals from fast food restaurants (though those don’t help heartburn either). When you gobble down too much food at one sitting, you overwork your lower esophageal sphincter (LES), the gate between your gullet and your gut. An overworked LES is like a gate with broken hinges, and it has a tough time keeping out what shouldn’t come back up into your esophagus – namely, stomach acid.

Read more: Give me five…heartburn triggers to avoid