Is chocolate really bad for your teeth?

Lets start with this quote from Rachel Vincent “Chocolate says “I’m sorry” so much better than words.” Who on this earth dislike chocolate? Statistically speaking, most of us would eat chocolate every day if not every minute.

Chocolate has good, bad and ugly. Lets start with good things by utilizing some science data. An 18-year long study of 968 participants who ate chocolate on a daily basis had shown an improvement in overall brain cognition, there’s another reason to make delicious chocolate a portion of your daily intake.

Would chocolate cause cavities to my teeth?

Here’s not what you were thinking. No, some chocolate will not cause cavities in your teeth. Real dark chocolate is where it’s at.  Think of every bite as allowing a small army in to protect your dental health. Generally made up from at least 70% of real cocoa, it also contains helpful amounts of polyphenols which battle the overgrowth of bacteria and other unwanted guests in the mouth.  They actually help to freshen your breath, and stop sugars transforming into acid which then attack your enamel – this is how we get cavities and tooth decay.

Thats not all, another great quality inside dark chocolate is called a flavonoid, this little soldier can help slow down the decay process. Antioxidants are also mighty beneficial to us in many different ways, but when you have high levels in your saliva, they go to war against gum disease.

Why chocolate is bad for teeth?

Unlike dark chocolate, milk chocolate only consists of roughly 25% of cocoa, leaving 75% to be made up from a mixture of powdered milk and sugar;  Yum! But  sadly this balance does not make it ideal for us, although a small amount of it is fine, be sure to rinse your mouth from all that sugar, brush your teeth or eat a chewing gum.

Sugar especially the refined one is responsible for higher cavity formation in the mouth.

With all these great reasons to eat dark chocolate, never forget to brush and floss your teeth daily, visit your dentist at least every six months and try to cut back on sugary foods.