Top 5 Foods Crucial For Oral Health
/Did you know that your oral health plays a huge role in determining the health of the rest of your body?
And on the flip side, if your mouth isn’t the healthiest, that could be a sign that other things in other parts of your body aren’t doing so well.
It’s sort of a chicken-and-egg situation.
So, what are some ways that you can keep your mouth healthy?
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5 Ways to Improve Oral Health
1. Dairy Products Strengthen Teeth
Milk, cream, cheese, ice cream, whipped cream—they’re not good for your waistline, but they’re excellent for your teeth.
Dairy has calcium and other nutrients which are conducive to bone growth overall, and especially healthy for your teeth. If you’re going to consume these, please only find organic, grass-fed or even raw options.
And only enjoy if your digestive system supports it!
Other high-calcium foods include:
Seeds
Sardines
Broccoli
Canned salmon
Almonds
Beans & lentils
2. Crunchy Foods Help Strengthen Teeth By Stimulating Saliva
Crunchy foods stimulate saliva production, which helps naturally maintain oral health. Apples, celery, carrots, and nuts help your teeth stay strong, and assist in the stimulation of salivary glands.
“Dry mouth” isn’t very good for your teeth—you shouldn’t be able to pull a sweater from the cotton in your mouth. However, healthy salivation is also necessary.
Crunchy foods help eliminate dry mouth, they’re pleasant to the tongue and teeth, and they will stimulate oral health—just get the right kinds, and avoid synthetic options thick with sugar.
3. Pineapple Removes Stains And Soothes Gums
Acidic foods are generally bad for your teeth, but there are compounds in pineapple which help to remove stains in a healthy way and act to assuage the pain of sores on your gums.
However, if you’ve ever eaten pineapple with some sores in your mouth, then you know there’s a sharp impact on the compounds in this fruit as absorbed by gums.
That is a “good” kind of pain; sort of like what you feel when you pour hydrogen peroxide on cuts.
So long as you’re prepared for what’s coming, it won’t catch you by surprise.
4. Believe It Or Not, Strawberries Also Help Remove Discoloration
If you open a strawberry up and look at its insides, you’ll find these berries almost seem to have some sort of funky sugar in their centers. What’s in there isn’t sugar, even though it looks like it is.
And yes, sugar is known—in its processed form—to be bad for teeth. But what’s inside strawberries isn’t.
As it turns out, those sugar-looking things in the middle of strawberries are compounds that help to remove discoloration from your teeth.
So don’t be leery of strawberries if you’re trying to make your teeth look their best. Just don’t bathe them in sugar, either—enjoy their natural tang.
5. Onions Help Stop Plaque From Forming On Your Teeth
So your breath isn’t going to be aromatic after you eat a half dozen onions like they’re apples.
However, you’ll be able to severely diminish plaque.
One thing about Germans: they love onions, and they tend to have teeth clean of plaque. That said, you don’t necessarily have to eat the onions raw.
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What you can do is sauté them in a plan with some mushrooms and throw them on a steak.
A full onion and a container of mushrooms sautéed in a pan with a sixteen-ounce steak: that’s good eating, and it’s good for your teeth.
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In a nutshell, dairy, crunchy foods like celery nuts or carrots, pineapple, strawberries, and onions can do wonders for your teeth.
When it comes to oral health, you also want to brush your teeth with the right toothpaste and use floss; but many don’t consider how important your regular diet is.
So avoid acidic foods that stain your teeth, and adopt those which are healthy for oral health into your regular diet.
