Eating this food is worse for your teeth than candy: dental expert
NY Post
Carboholics beware: Your favorite foods could be worse for your teeth than dessert.
That’s right, those “sticky and bready” fermentable carbohydrates — think: white bread, pasta, chips, cereal and crackers — are wreaking havoc on your pearly whites, Whitney DiFoggio, a registered dental hygienist, told The Post.
“The reason why fermentable carbohydrates are so bad for teeth is because they specifically break down into sugars while they’re still being chewed in your mouth,” she explained, calling them “sneaky sugars.”
Those specific carbs make the mouth more acidic because the saliva is working overtime to remove the gummy food off your teeth, she continued, which “increases your chance of tooth decay.”
Parents will often offer Goldfish crackers over Skittles under the guise of believing it’s a healthier option, but DiFoggio warned that “it might be just as bad.”
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