When bacteria in the mouth metabolize sugars/carbs, they produce acid that eats away at the tooth’s natural protective coating called the enamel. This destructive acid remains in the mouth for up to 40 minutes after eating or drinking anything sugary. Sugar/Carbs are these bacteria’s only energy source so thus eating it puts you at a risk for cavities.

So to recap, you need a carbohydrate substrate for cavities to form, this provides the necessary energy for these microbes in your mouth to grow. Carbs/Sugar are the food these microbes metabolize and also use to sustain themselves. It leaves a sticky biofilm and produces a ton of acid, which also creates an environment for these bacteria to thrive and multiply.

A food that decays our teeth can’t possibly be the appropriate food for our species, can it? There are plenty of skeletons in archaeology from our time before agriculture where they somehow managed to maintain immaculate teeth without toothbrushes, toothpaste, and mouthwash. How did they do it? They ate a diet that was minimal in carbohydrates and sugar for their entire life. Meanwhile the average kid and adult in this modern era will have some form of dental cavity. Foods like gum, candy, fast food drinks, and just the amount of sugar people eat in their diet typically (225-325+ carbs per day) are just constantly demineralizing our teeth and letting them be dissolved by the acids our bacteria produce in response to eating sugar/carbs.

Please just be sensible and reject this modern food environment. Nothing but pain, mental illness, disease and troubles of all kinds manifested in different ways await you. No one should be getting their teeth pulled or having to deal with tooth decay, tooth pain and teeth falling out. More people are brushing, flossing, and using mouthwash with access to dental care than ever but somehow the rates of cavities are higher than they’ve ever been in history as well. There is only one culprit to blame here, sugar…it’s always sugar.

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