Strawberries are red in color but they have a component that helps your teeth get whiter. This component is called Malic acid, it acts as a natural astringent to remove surface tooth discoloration. You may want to start eating more of this. Recall that we
also told you that strawberries and sone foods together can serve as anti-ageing foods too. Some people even use this fruit by mashing it up and leaving on their teeth for 5 minutes before rinsing it away. This gives the teeth more exposure time to the malic acid but that means wasting the strawberry by not eating it.
2. Apples
When we eat apple, it triggers lots of saliva to be secreted into the mouth cavity. The saliva helps wash away food debris on our teeth neutralizes the acid that causes tooth decay, if we have it in our mouth. Other fruits that do these are carrots, celeries and pear. Photo: saidaonline.com
3. Oranges and pineapples
Consuming tart fruits like oranges and pineapples may help cause the release of more saliva in the mouth. This helps to wash teeth clean naturally but beware of using lemons directly on your teeth. They have acids and too much acidity can damage teeth.
4. Baking Soda
Many people know baking soda to have only one function that its name suggests baking. Many do not know that it has non-food function like whitening of teeth. I have tried this with great success and unlike the fruits mentioned above, which take time before you start noticing result, you can actually notice a difference after washing your teeth with baking soda a couple of times.
5. Cheese
Well, maybe that is the reason we say cheese before we take those photograph. This food will give you more reasons to shout its name if you start eating it. Cheese can help keep your teeth strong with minerals, such as calcium and phosphorus, and protein that protects tooth enamel. Also, hard cheese helps clean your teeth by stimulating saliva. Dr Anthony Zybutz, from Harley Street’s TDC Implant Centre said and I quote; The desire for pearly white teeth is certainly not a modern phenomenon. Pharaohs 4,000 years ago are known to have combined ground pumice stone with vinegar to create a paste in an effort to restore the natural colour. If pumice stone and vinegar sounds unpleasant, the Romans had an even more unusual technique. The Romans also developed their own techniques, sometimes using goats’ milk, but more adventurously, often gargling with urine. There was a logic to that idea though, because the ammonia created a bleaching effect. Conclusively, I would say every one would like to have their teeth whiter and that there are faster ways to whiten your teeth by using some whitening toothpaste and seeing your dentist for cleaning and sometimes scaling or whatever they call it.
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