1. Your love for foods such as cookies, cakes, candies, chocolates and other soft, sticky foods made of sugar and refined starchy stuff. That could be the biggest culprit to contribute cavities in your teeth.

2. Skipping meals like not to eat breakfast in the morning or skip other meals during the day. What happens, after a while you may get so hungry that you will grab whatever comes in front of you, and that could be unhealthy, high-calorie junk food responsible for cavities.

3. Carbonated soft drinks have adverse effects on teeth by eroding the hard, protective layer of enamel. Thinning of enamel happens, and the layer underneath, called dentin, gets exposed. This results in erosion cavities, which make teeth painful and sensitive. Sugar-laden beverages like fruit juices promote cavities on teeth too.

4. Eliminating certain foods completely from your diet is not good for general and oral health. Eating variety of foods from all the food groups given to you by the USDA Food Guide Pyramid (United States’ Department of Agriculture) will provide you with balanced and healthy nutrition. Healthy food will give you more immunity to fight infections.

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Teeth are covered with a hard layer called enamel that protects the teeth from hot and cold foods and from wear and tear of everyday’s life. Though enamel is the hardest substance in the body, it can slowly get damaged by the acidic effects from the food and beverages.

There is a general concept that either sugars or sugar substitutes in all kind of soft drinks are harmful for teeth. In fact, it is the acidity from these drinks is more damaging. The repeated attacks of acids from all soft drinks including diet drinks, sports drinks and ready made fruit juices start eroding the enamel. Eventually enamel gets thinned out, teeth get sharp edges and rough surfaces. The underlying layer of dentin gets exposed which is much softer than enamel. Teeth get sensitive to hot and cold foods. Sometimes sensitivity is so severe that eating food and brushing teeth becomes difficult.

4 Tips for Action steps

1. Protect your teeth, as once the enamel of your teeth is lost, it’s gone for ever, as enamel does not grow back.

2. Consume soft drinks in moderation and with meals, as while eating saliva is secreted. Saliva being slightly alkaline helps to neutralize the acids from soft drinks.

3. Do not keep sipping drinks slowly for long period of time as more time you spend in drinking, teeth are being bathed in acidic fluids for a longer time.

4. Rinse your mouth with water after finishing the drinks to dilute and wash away the acid and sugar affect.

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