Oral health and dieting are not often seen as going together for better health and fitness. We often concentrate on the effects dieting has on our waistline rather than our teeth. Recently however, Lucy Stock of the Gentle Dental Care in Belfast studied the effects on oral health when dieting.

The Paleo Diet has been one of the most popular diets to have taken shape this century. It advocates eating a similar diet to those of our caveman ancestors. The diet is plain, simple with limited amounts of processed carbohydrates and sugars. If your ancestor did not eat, than neither can you. Users of the Paleo Diet praise it not only for weight loss but also for treating eczema.

The Paleo Diet literally strips away man-made food and goes back to a neolithic diet. This means anything that can be hunted or found – meats, fish, nuts, leafy greens, regional veggies, and seeds are acceptable. This cuts out all the added sugars found in processed foods which is fantastic news for teeth as they are subjected to the sugar softening attacks which cause holes in your teeth much less often.

However, some of the essential vitamins and calcium, which are found in dairy, are also excluded, which could be detrimental.

The Cambridge diet, on the other hand, is made up of branded shakes, bars, soups and porridge combined with a low-calorie diet. Not surprisingly, some of the packaged products contain a large amount of sugar and the chewy caramel chocolate bars are definitely not the best friend of teeth as they tend to be quite sticky.

The Cambridge products, just like the Slim Fast diet products, can be high in sugar so it can be helpful to read the labelling.

Constant exposure to the concentrated taste of sugar does nothing to train the taste buds to enjoy the more subtle sweet tastes of healthy snacks such as apples and bananas. The best approach for teeth is to keep any high-sugar foods to an absolute minimum in your diet by only having them occasionally and not every day.

The Alkaline/Acid Diet is based on separating food types and not eating them together in one meal. It suggests taking acidic fruits together – eating a bowl of pineapple, oranges and lemons, for example. Although nutritionally very healthy, this high-acid content can prove very erosive for teeth if carried out on a repeated, daily basis. The issue is further exacerbated if you add acidic lemon or lime juice for flavour or to dressings.

Frequent consumption of acidic foods can cause deterioration tooth enamel. Acid erosion causes the enamel to thin and chip away, resulting in weak, sensitive and yellow-looking teeth. Brushing immediately after acidic foods just brushes the enamel away faster.

If you enjoy eating acidic food, try rinsing your mouth with water to reduce the corrosive effects. It is also recommended not to rinse out the tooth paste after brushing. With the effects quoted above, good oral health makes dieting a lot easier.

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Category: Wellness, Fitness and Diet
Keywords: oral health, diet