As most of you know, pop/soda and citric drinks (and apparently sports drinks according to what I just read. Bad Gatorade!) soften tooth enamel which can then be easily/accidentally brushed away with a tooth brush for those not in the know. Out of curiosity I decided to see if there was any reference for exactly how long you should wait after drinking such things before brushing your teeth. And I thought you would all like to know that researchers in Germany suggest 30 minutes. My own personal guideline was an hour or so. So that's handy information to have. Now we know
Another interesting thing I recently learned was that Vitamin-C is absorbed the same way as sugar is into the body. So if you eat a lot of sugary things you don't absorb the Vitamin-C you may need. So if you're sick and want to boost your immune system, stop eating candy so your body can get the Vitamin-C it needs to make your immune system happy
I learned this a couple of months ago when I was researching exactly why sugar causes tooth decay. Which is an interesting topic in its own right that not many people know. Sugar doesn't actually degrade teeth as the warnings seem to imply. In actuality sugar (and high glucose alternatives like honey) are considered a food source for the bacteria naturally in your mouth. And so when sugar is introduced to them, they munch it down, get energized, and go to work on your teeth. The bacteria can't eat most alternatives like nutrasweet and splenda and whatnot
I'm sure some people more in the know may want to correct somethings I'm saying as I'm using layman terms and trying to relate things I've learned weeks or months ago. But the general ideas are sound. Anyone else learn anything interesting/useful lately?
/rambling