Sweet or Rotten? What are you for Halloween?
It’s candy time again and the “Sweet Tooth’s” Dream! Halloween is now upon us and so of course we’re giving poor Sugar a bad rap. It gets blamed on being the culprit or cause of tooth decay aka “rotten teeth.”
In the defense of sugar, it is not the cause.
What? Hasn’t that been drilled into your head ever since you discovered the savory sweetness. You know the saying: If you eat that candy all your teeth will fall out. Of course that’s the reason you just had to have a drill taken to your head. I know, you’re thinking “she must be on a sugar high or something” to make such a statement. NOT AT ALL. I AM HERE TO TELL THE TRUTH!
SUGAR DOES NOT CAUSE CAVITIES.
BACTERIA BY-PRODUCTS CAUSE CAVITIES.
I know. Again you’re wondering “What are by-products?” “Why have I always been told the root(ha-ha, get it) of decay is caused by sugar?” And if this is not true, then bring on the CANDY!! By-Products is a nice term for bacteria waste. Hum, let me phrase it like this: bacteria are living, they need food/fuel to survive.
So they eat. What they don’t need, they