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Tooth Decay - Lemon with Salt
posted by Mery Osorio on 08 Feb 2006 at 2:08 amThe results of this research are very sad but real. One thing the research doesn't mention is that Hispanic school age children of CA, AZ and NM eat salt and lemon, (shakers of this mixture is solf in the stores) I think this combination of salt and vinegar damages the enamel of the children teeth, and therefore promotes tooth decay. I don't know, but it will be interesting to find out what is the status of other Hispanics school age children of other USA regions (free of salt/vinegar) shows.
Mery Osorio
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Californian Children Have Serious Dental Problems
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| Check this out! |
| posted by Avelaine Ariez on 09 Feb 2006 at 5:49 am |
| Can a 17 year old teenager have a brain gap? |
| Lemon Juice Is Bad |
| posted by Leonardo on 19 Mar 2007 at 6:35 pm |
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I took concentrated juice from lemon and salt to alleviate the influenza, and although this improved, my teeth began to hurt to me and notices poles in them which I attribute it to the lemon juice
I have 21 years old |
| Lemon And Salt Is OK In Moderation |
| posted by angy on 26 July 2007 at 7:46 pm |
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I eat lemons and salt. Its one of my favorite foods/combinations. I have been doing it for as long as I can remember, since I was a child. I eat them maybe once or twice a week.
My teeth are fine, though. I haven't had any cavities, I don't see any holes. Maybe my enamel is just so fantastic? This seems to me like an excuse for not brushing your teeth. I’m 17 years old. |
| I LOVE Lemons N Salt |
| posted by ashley on 04 Feb 2008 at 2:49 pm |
| I am 19, I'll be 20 in April. I have been eating lemons and salt for as long as I can remember. I also used to live in New Mexico and I used to eat the lime-salt that they sell in only 3 states. I have never had a cavity or any holes in my teeth. I believe that it is just a myth that lemons ruin you teeth. And if you think I'm nasty for eating lemons n salt then you JUST DON'T KNOW what you're missing out on!!!! |
| Anecdotal |
| posted by Peter Preshir on 04 Feb 2008 at 3:13 pm |
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To say the lemons raise you risk of cavities is wrong because it did not happen to you is the same as saying -
"Yesterday I crossed the road with my eyes closed and was not hit. It is a myth to say it is dangerous to cross the road with your eyes closed." "Yesterday I cleaned a window from the outside and did not fall and die. I was on the 69th floor. It is a myth to say that not wearing a harness when high up cleaning windows raises the chances of death." |
| Yes And No |
| posted by Meg on 11 Mar 2009 at 3:52 am |
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While I appreciate your point about one person's experience not equaling a generality, I must also add that whereas "I have eaten lemons with salt all my life and never had a cavity" does not prove that lemons with salt do not cause cavities, it DOES prove that lemons with salt do not ALWAYS cause cavities.
And personally, it seems to me that genetic factors are most important in cavity development. My oral hygiene wasn't the greatest growing up, but I got my first fillings at 35, and they were so superficial that no numbing was required. Yet my husband had good oral hygiene and grew up with a head full of fillings. Our two children differ similarly: one has no cavities at 4, and the other has tooth decay significant enough to require dental work at less than 2 years old, despite both being fed, raised, and having their teeth brushed the same way. |
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