12 Foods That Are Ruining Your
- Dietitian.Lauren Hmede
- Jul 26, 2019
- 2 min read
12 Foods That Are Ruining Your
Besides keeping up with regular visits to your dentist, brushing and flossing, one of the best ways to maintain dental health is by steering clear of certain foods and drinks that can chip away at your mouth's wellness.
1. Red Wine
It is rich in flavonoids well-known antioxidants that can help with inflammation and protect cell structure, but when it comes to your teeth you might want to be careful.
2. Lemons
Lemons may be low in calories, packed with fiber and high in vitamin C, but don't ever think about sucking on a whole lemon or drinking undiluted lemon juice.Lemons erode your enamel due to acidity.
3. Sticky Candies
Gummy candy and taffy stick to the tooth surface and can be difficult to clean off. When residual sugar is left on the surface of the tooth, it can up your risk of developing cavities.
4. Fruit Juice
Overdoing consumption of fruit juice especially apple and orange juice is a no-no if you want to keep your teeth healthy.
It breaks down into acids that demineralize the tooth surface, also increasing the risk for developing cavities. Tooth erosion which is loss of tooth enamel from acidic foods and beverages.
5. Coffee
the acid from coffee combined with the sugar can really be damaging to the enamel and cause tooth decay.
In addition, coffee is a diuretic, causing the mouth to become dry after consumption." A dry mouth lays the groundwork for buildup of plaque of harmful bacteria.
6. Soda
Sodas promote cavities and tooth erosion.They are highly acidic and erosive.
7. Dried Fruit
Dried fruits can act like a sticky caramel in your mouth. The gumminess clings to teeth just like candy and traps cavity-causing bacteria and sugars on the teeth.
8. Pistachios
They are not only a low-sodium food, but they are also low in carbohydrates and packed with protein, fiber, healthy fats, minerals like copper, phosphorus and manganese and two of the B vitamins.
Unfortunately, by using your teeth to crack them you may be chipping them and not even know it.
9. Turmeric
It is important not to overdo it on this healthy spice if you're concerned about maintaining your pearly whites.
Turmeric stains everything a nice golden brown, including your tongue."
10. Green Juice
Green pigmentation can stain them. However, you shouldn't quit consuming your daily greens, just don't chug them straight from the bottle if you want to keep your teeth white instead of tinted to match your paper folding money.Sip your green juice through a straw.
11. Beets
They are loaded with vitamins, minerals, fiber and phytochemicals and are low in calories, fat and sodium.
Beets can cling to your canines and tint them that beautiful shade of beet red.
12. Saltine Crackers
Refined carbohydrates — like the ones in saltine crackers, Goldfish crackers, even gluten-free crackers — are fermentable and highly-processed starches, Dr. Burnhenne says.
The sugars in these types of high-glyceamic snacks mix with naturally occurring bacteria in your mouth, fermenting and creating lactic acid, which is linked to erosion of tooth enamel.
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