7 Worst Foods for your Teeth 7 Worst Foods for your Teeth
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SEVEN WORST FOODS AND DRINKS FOR YOUR TEETH

According to and article written in “Yahoo Shine:, the following foods and drinks are the worst on the enamel of your teeth.

SPORTS DRINKS

Hydration during exercise, but reconsider guzzling sport drinks, unless you are a true endurance athlete. In a study comparing the erosive effects of five different beverages

including juices and sodas, sport drinks did the most harm? There high concentrations of strong acids produce the deepest enamel damage to your teeth.

SOFT DRINKS

Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in your body, but some foods maybe strong enough to ruin your smile, Soft drinks, diet or not, can strip minerals from tooth enamel, because of the high acid content. Acids such as phosphic, malic, tartaric, also the flavors of the fizz, all have an impact on the enamel of your teeth. Clear-flavored citrus beverages dissolve enamel two to three times faster than colas do.

SOUR CANDY

Those sweet tarts, your kids eat, are so much harder on teeth enamel than comparing regular chewy candy and hard candy. It’s the “tangy acids” that can create deep craters in your tooth enamel.

ENERGY DRINKS

In the study, energy drinks were the second worst after sport drinks. They have little ability to buffer the acid in the beverage——especially bad for adolescents and young adults, whose tooth enamel is less mature and more porous.

FRUIT JUICES

Especially citrus apple and berry varieties. They are loaded with the kinds of acids that wear down the tooth enamel. They do have great-for-your qualities, but just drink them moderately. Also calcium fortified juices may pose less of a hazard to your enamel.

VINEGAR

It is in lots of places—pickles, salad dressings, potato chips, sauces,—it is a low fat way of adding flavor—rinse after using it. Teens are more vulnerable to erosion, because of less mature tooth enamel.

CITRUS FAMILY

Oranges, lemons and limes. They contain enamel- damaging acids—-you don’t want to abandon eating these fruits–

just eat them with a meal to help minimize acid effects.

PUREWATER

Again the words of our special messenger “Pure water is one of Heaven’s choicest blessings. It is a beverage which God provided to quench the thirst of animals and man. Drink freely, it helps to supply the necessities of the system and assists nature to resist disease