Sports Drinks and Tooth Enamel

Nutrition
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Berardi posted some studies in a think tank about sports drink and tooth enamel. He mentioned using calcium powder to combat this. Does anyone know his protocols for this?

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I do…

:slight_smile:

Either buy one without a high acid content (do a little digging around and you’ll find some ingredients to avoid) OR add a pinch of calcium to your currently high acid sports drink. Another option is to add a buffer like baking soda. Neither of the latter is elegant - and that’s why I choose a non-acidic product.

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I use Surge. Obviously the studies did not use that product in their research. However would considering adding a “pinch” of calcium or baking soda?

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Water them down a bit would work also, stop sticking to teeth as much.

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From a dental proffesional:

I educate people every day on nutrition on dental disease.

  1. Sugar and any acid in a drink will cause cavaties. Moderation is key. If you must drink anythng with with sugar or acid it is best to drink it in one sitting VS sipping. Its not necessarily amount of sugar/acid but form and frequency. IE: Sipping 1 can of soda over the day is harder on your teeth VS drinking 3 sodas @ once in one sitting.

  2. Look fpr a [roduct that is low sugar/acid. If you can’t find one. Make your own.

  3. If you are concerned with cavaties. Use a toothpaste ADA approved. It will contain flouride. Also purchase a fluoride rinse. ACT is a good one. Rinse @ bedtime.

  4. I have not read the article. I do not know what it is about. Or what he is saying with calcium & tooth enamel. But I will say this. Calcium will do nothing to reduce cavaties or strengthen your enamel. Yes clacium is a mineral found in tooth structure.

However calcium is only important with tooth development during the development phase. IE: When we are young and have baby teeth or our adult teeth are not completely in. As a tooth is developing, this is the critical time to get good amount of minerals and fluoride into a tooth. Once the tooth is fully erupted, the tooth does not intake any more minerals. So it is a waste of time taking calcium to strengthen enamel etc…

I have patients tell me veryday they take calcium supplements to strengthen their enamel. It boggles the mind when I hear this. I have to try to reprogram this myth.

Again I have not read the article. MY guess is he is saying something like this.

If anyone can reply to my post with a link I would be happy to read it.

Thanks

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[quote]MNguns wrote:
From a dental proffesional:

I educate people every day on nutrition on dental disease.

  1. Sugar and any acid in a drink will cause cavaties. Moderation is key. If you must drink anythng with with sugar or acid it is best to drink it in one sitting VS sipping. Its not necessarily amount of sugar/acid but form and frequency. IE: Sipping 1 can of soda over the day is harder on your teeth VS drinking 3 sodas @ once in one sitting.

  2. Look fpr a [roduct that is low sugar/acid. If you can’t find one. Make your own.

  3. If you are concerned with cavaties. Use a toothpaste ADA approved. It will contain flouride. Also purchase a fluoride rinse. ACT is a good one. Rinse @ bedtime.

  4. I have not read the article. I do not know what it is about. Or what he is saying with calcium & tooth enamel. But I will say this. Calcium will do nothing to reduce cavaties or strengthen your enamel. Yes clacium is a mineral found in tooth structure.

However calcium is only important with tooth development during the development phase. IE: When we are young and have baby teeth or our adult teeth are not completely in. As a tooth is developing, this is the critical time to get good amount of minerals and fluoride into a tooth. Once the tooth is fully erupted, the tooth does not intake any more minerals. So it is a waste of time taking calcium to strengthen enamel etc…

I have patients tell me veryday they take calcium supplements to strengthen their enamel. It boggles the mind when I hear this. I have to try to reprogram this myth.

Again I have not read the article. MY guess is he is saying something like this.

If anyone can reply to my post with a link I would be happy to read it.

Thanks[/quote]

I think the calcium is to reduce the acidity of the drink.