Fruit and your teeth
We have all been brought up to think fruit
is good for us. Now I don’t dispute this but it can also be harmful. Fruit
contains sugar and more often than not, acid. Now I have already mentioned in a
previous post what sugar and acid does to our teeth so I wont repeat myself but
just to say we need to limit our sugar intake so that we are not subjecting our
teeth to regular sugar and acid attacks.
Some fruits are worse than others. Citrus
fruits, for example, are packed full of acid and sugars. Whether is be eating
an orange or have a juice, this will attack our teeth and cause decay and
erosion.
Limit the intake to meal times only and
ideally one meal a day. You will get adequate vitamin and nutrient intake from
a healthy everyday diet with whole foods, vegetables, etc. You do not need to
eat loads of fruit to help. We are learning in the modern diet that sugar is
bad and this needs to be learnt!
David Hurst BDS (Lon)
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