Wednesday, October 22, 2014

EXERCISE WORSENS ORAL HEALTH


You may not believe it but exercise may worsen your oral health. Very active athletes breathe with their mouth which should be okay except that this leads to a dry mouth which allows bacteria thrive. To add to this, drinking of energy drinks which load the mouth with sugar worsens it all and aggravates dental caries.

My advice is that, breathing through the nose is best but it can be pretty difficult, so breath through the mouth but quench your thirst with just water. Dr Mercola recommends coconut water in place of energy drinks; I think athletes should note this.

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