My Boca Raton dental patients often ask, “Why are my teeth
stained, yellow or decayed if I brush my teeth three times a day
and whiten my teeth frequently?” ’You are what you eat’ is a
fact. The answer can be as simple as your diet. Modern foods are
loaded with sugars and carbohydrates that stick to tooth enamel.
Even if you get regular teeth whitening treatments, if your diet
is full of these sugars you are at risk from bacteria that
breaks down the enamel that protects your teeth and makes them
pearly white. Food companies have tricked us into a false
definition of nutritional value. I have yet to find a ‘healthy’
power bar. Power bars are usually full of sugar and are sticky
and gooey. Anything sticky and gooey is not tooth healthy and is
the enemy of white teeth. Healthy power bars are usually 15 to
25 grams of carbohydrate or sugar which translates into one
teaspoon for every 5 grams of sugar. Therefore, a 20 gram power
bar is about four teaspoons of sugar. Would you open a jar of
sugar and eat four teas