Sugar is an increasingly common problem we face in today's world. We find it everywhere we turn. Sugar is evil and should be kept to a minimum. Most of you believe that fat is the culprit behind obesity and diseases such as diabetes and atherosclerosis. My dear friends, you are mistaken. It is the sugar added to almost every product in the supermarket that makes it harder for you to achieve your desired goals. But I will write more about this in my next article.
Here, I would like to raise a slightly different issue related to this "devilish" ingredient. Sugar not only has a negative impact on your figure, but also on your teeth. Renata Jakubowska, as a mother and dentist, helped me explore this topic in more detail so that you can be even more certain that this is not nonsense, but the truth backed up by many years of experience.
First and foremost, excessive sugar consumption causes tooth decay. Tooth decay is an organic pathological process that causes demineralization of tooth tissue, leading to cavities. This disease has also been recognized as a disease of civilization, developing as rapidly as "improved" products in stores and eating habits. In Europe, tooth decay spread as finely ground flour and sugar produced on an industrial scale were introduced to the market. Over the years, eating habits have changed significantly, namely from Paleolithic to carbohydrate-based. Analysis of food products has shown that the cause of tooth decay is the consumption of increasing amounts of refined carbohydrates. Most scientific centers believe that the cause of tooth decay is not only poor oral hygiene, genetics, or lack of prevention, but also sugar, which comes in many forms. In processed products such as cookies, chips, candy bars, French fries, pretzels, fruit juices, colorful carbonated drinks, and other "sweets," you will find nothing but SUGAR. And it is this ingredient that has a cariogenic (tooth decay-causing) effect on teeth.
Every mother should develop a feeding plan that allows her child to develop properly. Every toddler's diet should include four components: grains, vegetables, fruit, and meat. Avoid giving your child sticky, mushy, or viscous foods that adhere to their teeth. Do not give your child anything to eat before bedtime, as saliva flow (which cleans the teeth) and metabolism are slowed down. An interesting fact is that cheese increases the amount of calcium ions in dental plaque and triples saliva secretion. Cheese served at the end of a meal has a deacidifying effect.
Therefore, dentists recommend not only taking care of oral hygiene, thoroughly cleaning teeth after every meal, and administering fluoride—an element that, in appropriate doses, inhibits the development of tooth decay—but also reducing the amount of sugar in the diet from an early age.
They advise limiting or removing the following activities:
- snacking between meals
- drinking juices, fruit teas such as iced tea or Nestea, colorful carbonated drinks, as well as consuming highly processed foods, which contribute not only to tooth decay but also to enamel erosion
So listen to your dentists, and your waistlines and your teeth will thank you!
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