Refraining From Refined Carbohydrate Foods Can Help Prevent Gum Disease
Although a good diet for total health should provide all the elements needed for dental health, several precautions on sugars and starches should be added. Hard or sticky sweets should be avoided. Such highly refined sweets such as soft drinks, candies, cakes, cookies, pies, syrups, jam, jellies and pastries should be limited, especially in between meals.
One’s intake of starchy foods such as bread, potatoes, and pastas, should be controlled. Natural sugars contained in fresh fruits can provide sweet flavors with less risk of contributing to the decay if teeth are brushed regularly after eating such foods.
Because decay is promoted each time sugar and other refined carbohydrates are eaten, between meals and snack of sweet meals should be curtailed to lessen the chances of new additional caries. Snack foods can be raw vegetables, such as carrots or celery, apples, cheese, peanuts, or other items that are not likely to introduce refined carbohydrates into the mouth between meals. Following these can help prevent gum disease.