Sports Drinks Linked to Tooth Damage Part 2

How do sports drinks affect your teeth

A recent study published in various medical journals, including General Dentistry has highlighted the negative consequences of consuming sports drinks on dental health. While they provide athletes with the necessary electrolytes and fluids to rehydrate, those kinds of drinks are directly related to tooth damage. Unfortunately, fitness drinks can cause irreparable damage to tooth enamel and ultimately compromise the overall health of your teeth and gums. In fact, due to high levels of acid and sugar in sports drinks, the damage from these drinks can be as high as 3 to 11 times worse than the damage caused by cola-based drinks.

Scientists have recently tried to determine the effects of drinking fitness drink on tooth damage by immersing the teeth in those kinds of drinks, and water. In their results, the researchers found that the level of citric acid in sports drinks caused significant corrosion of the teeth in relation to water. Furthermore, several studies have gone on to answer those results led to the International Association for Dental Research in Miami to take a hard stance against these types of drinks as an occasional drink option.

In another similar study, researchers at New York University College of Dentistry is halved teeth in any sports drink or water bath, and compared the effects after about 90 minutes. The results clearly show that citric acid in sports drinks is strongly associated with the erosion of tooth enamel. Indeed, within 90 minutes dozens of small holes became apparent in the teeth immersed in the sports drink, and there was no damage to the teeth immersed in water.

In another example of the connection between sport drinks and tooth damage was found in a study by researchers at the University of Maryland Dental School. After continuous exposure of the cavity without molars in a variety of popular drinks, including energy drinks, fitness water and no-Cola as well as lemonade and iced tea, the researchers found significant correlations between many of these drinks and damage tooth enamel. Indeed, the worst offenders are the lemonade and energy drinks.

The conclusions of this study are important in influencing our choice of drinks, especially considering the fact that brushing teeth immediately after drinking water fitness May actually make the problem worse rather than better. The acid in these drinks soften your teeth making them more vulnerable to the effects of abrasive brushing. Of course, we must be careful when we go to the fridge for piće.Očigledan choice is water or ill effects have been reported with regard to tooth damage when you drink water. However, there is a clear and almost inarguable conclusion that fitness drinks will always lead to tooth damage. As such, athletes and average people alike are advised to consume sports drinks sparingly and only for rehydration when engaging in rigorous activity.