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You’re supposed to brush your teeth after, not before eating/drinking.
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Probably many of our traditions are actually successful marketing in the 40s-60s. You know, the traditions that make boomers gasp that we're now challenging. >

It's bizarre the capitalist marketing gimmicks that the Right seems to hold sacred and loses their absolute minds when they change. Like the M&Ms mascots. >

The M&M thing has nothing to do with the actual food though. That was all a fuzz just because the green M&M now uses shoes instead of heels, not because M&Ms had a replacement. >

You're missing the latest M&M debacle where Tucker Carlson has a shitfit because there's a new Purple M&M lady who actually has a personality and isn't sexualized. The dude has a...weird relationship with M&Ms. >


The dude has a...weird relationship with M&Ms.

The reality of the situation is that even on slow news days the perpetual outrage machine still needs to be fed.  He has 5 hours a week to fill so they just make up shit to be upset about.  He knows exactly what he's doing and he doesn't give a shit about any of it.  He just enjoys being famous and increasing his wealth. >

Pretty much everything is incompatible with toothpaste, except maybe leg of lamb or mint chocolate chip ice cream >

Or root beer. >

Yeah — even though it absolutely annihilates everything you were trying to do with the toothpaste — Coke, Pepsi, root beer, just sugary soda in general works pretty well. >

Well root beer is also made with sassafras or wintergreen which gives it a mint flavor.  Most root beers are a mix of mint and aged vanilla. >

Huh…I was not aware of that. I guess that would set it apart from the other sodas I mentioned. I just remember my sister used to have to have a coke after she brushed her teeth bc she absolutely abhorred the taste of toothpaste (idk how — we were a Crest family, so maybe that had something to do w it?). But yeah, root beer would likely go better. >

Coke makes sense, too.  But the reason most people who hate root beer hate it is because it tastes like mint.  I did an experiment with my students one day.  I gave them a mint life saver (one in the green bag, NOT blue) and then had them drink a mint and they couldn’t untaste it 😂😂😂
I ruined root beer for a lot of teens that day. >

I’m pretty sure you just ruined it for me. I never ever drank root beer & thought, “mmmm, minty!” However, now that you mention it, there is a STRONG sensory-recall correlation (just coined that scientific phrase)between root beer & wintergreen life savers now that I think of it. >

You’re welcome 😭 >

Lol I’ll get over it. >

Entierly marketing. Some marketing campaigns are so successful they become culture and part of norm >

Basically every aspect of the American breakfast is inorganically cultivated by marketing. >

Whoever convinced the US (world?) that PopTarts and donuts are breakfast deserves a raise >

I sorta get that, because you have a coffee or tea to wake up, and a pastry is good with coffee and tea.
But yeah, waking up and eating dessert for a "meal" is so weird. >

I used to work the morning shift at different convenient stores. So many dudes live off of coffee/energy drink and Hostess snacks every morning. Wild how they have the energy to do some labor job the rest of the morning. >

Don't get me wrong, carbs are delicious, but booting up on nothing but bread and sugar makes me miserable. >

Pfsh, what are you talking about? I rinse with orange juice after brushing! >

Truly, you live life on the edge. >

Bold of you to assume that most people brush their teeth in the morning >

But this also assumes that wash their teeth before breakfast. Wouldn't it be better to do so afterwards? >

No, I don't want my morning breath mixing with the flavor of my food 🤢 >

I don't want my minty breath to ruin my morning food either. 
Guess we'll have to agree to disagree. >

Yeah, you do your thing, I do my thing. We're not forcing each other to adopt the same habits. Besides, I'm able to do this because I usually don't eat breakfast (I just drink water and coffee), and if I do, it happens hours after I wake up. >

Drinking coffee after brushing your teeth is like un-brushing your teeth. >

I don't care >

Fair >

Might be just where you live. I didn’t even know people drink orange juice on the regular. We have full oranges 🍊 and it’s mostly for desert. >

In America, yes. This is exactly why I was surprised about this when I visted America. Americans thought it was strange I had it with dinner.
Besides the taste, brushing teeth within 30 mins of some acidic drink is really bad for teeth AFAIK. >

Brushing after drinking it for sure. I can't say for the reverse >

Who eats breakfast after brushing their teeth? >

There's pros and cons to both brushing before and after eating. If you brush before eating, then you remove the plaque before it gets fed with sugars and food that makes it produce acidic waste. There's going to be a decent amount of plaque on your teeth in the morning since it's been growing all night. 
Brushing after eating does of course have the pro of removing food stuck in your teeth. But you could always use a toothpick. >

Orange juice is just candy with better marketing. 
They take all the best parts of the fruit out and concentrate the bad parts until it is basically just flavored sugar water then try to convince you that drinking it is good for you because it has vitamin c. 
So does the whole fruit and the fruit has fiber that ameliorates the sugar uptake and keeps you full. Have some strawberries with your orange as well, those have more vitamin C per ounce than oranges. >

But I mean, you’re assuming processed ones right? If you get naturally squeezed OJ, it isn’t liquid candy. It’s fruit in Liquid form. >

Sure, but all the nutrients is in the fibre of the physical fruit. The juice is mostly sugar. >

I press my own oranges that I grow. It has a lot of pulp. I don’t think it’s basically sugar water. Am I wrong? >

Pulp does have a small bit of fibre but you're still missing out on most of the important fibre in the fruit.
Just the juice is Bailey just pure sugar. >

Tell me you're using voice to text without telling me you're using voice to text. >

I'm not using voice to text. I'm just typing on a phone keyboard with autocorrect >

I still don’t know why people brush their teeth before breakfast instead of after >

I know, all it does is eat at your teeth and pump you full of too much sugar. 
Just eat the fruit or have it in smoothie form so you get the actual health benefits from the meat, rind, and pulp of very needed fruit. I LOVE fruit juice, but 9/10 it's as good as an uncarbonated soda in terms of "health benefits" :/ >

FYI 
It's the Sodium Lauryl Sulfate in toothpaste that makes it foam up that reacts with things like OJ. 
Sensodyne doesn't use SLS so no bad reactions! >

Yup, I can eat / drink near anything right after Sensodyne. Plus less canker sores now! >

Yeah that chemical is terrible! Love sensodyne! >

Only if you brush before breakfast, and if you're at home, why are you doing that? >

I never understood that at all. Anytime i hear people say to brush before eating i tell them "you're defeating the purpose of brushing, and ruining your first meal."
Brush after you eat. Let the fluoride do its job instead of rubbing it off with food.... And then ruining your breath a 2nd time. >

The purpose of brushing in the morning is not to clean off your breakfast, it’s to clean off the damage that has happened while you’re sleeping. In fact, you need to wait for half hour or so after eating to brush without causing damage. >

My dentist says that's bullshit. 
Brushing after breakfast is meant to remove food material from the gums and prevent food from causing bacteria buildup.
Your mouth is perfectly capable of keeping itself clean overnight without external help unless you have some form of disease otherwise.
The half hour after breakfast is to prevent the softened enamel from being brushed off due to sugary foods. A quick rinse and spit can help alleviate this problem so long as you remove as much sugar as possible from your teeth. >

That's because you're means to brush your teeth after breakfast, not before. >

Why are you eating breakfast AFTER you’ve brushed your teeth? >

Because I don't want my morning breath mixing with the flavor of my food. >

your breathe is so bad that you can taste it? >

What came first into our morning routine? Orange juice or toothpase?  
maybe toothpaste was in the wrong all alone, I stan for orange juice >

No it was definitely toothpaste. Orange juice was pushed on American society by the sugar industry. >

So you're telling me my life was a lie >

Yes. Orange juice is just sugar water. Sure, if you just squeeze actual oranges and drink that (with the pulp!) then it's not bad. But orange juice from a carton at the supermarket, you might as well just crack open a can of Coke for breakfast. >

There is a reason for this! Before WW1, the most common beverage to have with breakfast was actually beer. During the war, companies tried to make a powdered beer to put in with rations but it never worked properly. They ended up trying different fruit based drinks instead and the most successful one was orange flavored. So when the soldiers came back, they continued drinking orange juice with breakfast instead of beer and thus was born the trope. The second piece is fresh citrus was expensive unless you lived in an area that grew it so it was a status symbol that you were wealthy enough to have fresh fruit juice with your breakfast. >

That’s why I switched to Diet Coke. Nothing blocks the delicious taste of metal and cancer. >

Are people brushing their teeth before breakfast? I always wait until after eating because it's waaaaay better for your teeth >

Because I don't want my morning breath mixing with the flavor of my food.
And no, the answer is not actually clear whether it's better to do it before or after. >

But your ok with a minty breakfast experience? 
How bad is your morning breath that it pollutes the taste of your food that bad? 
Could be improper digestion or even constipation resulting in halitosis?
Not being rude mate, just curious. >

Ok to be serious, it's a mental thing. In reality, I probably don't notice. But I mind, I feel nasty if I don't brush my teeth right after waking up. How do I deal with the minty taste? Well to me, the minty taste is not as bad as having morning breath, so it's kind of a "lesser of two evils" thing. I also don't mind the taste really, because it doesn't bother. Third, I usually don't eat breakfast, and if I do, it happens hours after I wake up, and the toothpaste taste only lingers for a few minutes at most. Fourth, I drink a ton of water for "breakfast" to rehydrate from the night before, so the toothpaste taste gets washed away regardless. >

Shit mate take a breath, I'm kinda tired just reading your points. In all seriousness you do you bud. Was just engaging and innocently wondering.  
Have a class night. >

Well, you asked. I just wanted to give you the best answer I could. Cheers. >

Orange Juice? You mean the mixer? People drink that straight? >

I like the cut of your jib >

For those that love toothpaste and orange juice and want a lovely cocktail next time round, pair your orange juice with absinth. >

My tradition with oj is with alcohol or about 4 hours after the mushrooms. >

Apple Juice is really the star of morning drinks imo. Orange Juice is great for an afternoon snack. >

Maybe because you're meant to brush your teeth after you've had breakfast, not before? >

It's incompatible because you weirdos brush your teeth before eating