Even containing no sugar chewing gum is still able to harm your teeth. This warn scientists from the Universities of Boston, Helsinki and Southern Nevada.
If the gum is sugar-free, then, manufacturers have taken advantage of his substitute, who also are not always safe. Meanwhile, many dentists recommend on TV is chewing gum such as the necessary preventive oral ingestion. Perhaps now they will have to revise their recommendations.
A study by researchers from three universities, published in the journal British Dental Journal, found "hidden danger" in products, sugar-free, are promoted as "friendly to the teeth." In particular, this danger has acidic Sweeteners in chewing gum, candies and carbonated beverages.
Scientists have found that sugar substitutes such as xylitol or sorbitol Indeed reduce the risk of hollows in the tooth. But at the same time, they contribute to the production of high acidity in the oral cavity, which destroys the enamel. Particularly noticeable this effect in products with a fruity taste.
Furthermore, as set researchers foods and drinks that do not contain sugar, with a very small probability can be utilized as a dietetic. Losing weight with them difficult, since these products contain half the calories that are available in full-fat products. Finally, sweetener xylitol and sorbitol not only cause erosion of tooth enamel, but over time can lead to violations of the intestine, as well as osmotic diarrhea (osmotic - is associated with impaired digestive cavity or membrane).
On the other dangers of sugar substitutes read here .
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