Sweet vs. acid fruits ... Sensitive teeth

[Guest guest]

Hi Laura,

 

Yes, the most common (though not the only) cause of routine mouth discomfort

and eventually more severe symptoms among those RFs who consume a lot of

fruits is that they create an acid bath in their mouths, then wonder why

their mouths are suffering acid burns and related effects.

 

This is why we teach people to build their program upon a base of SWEET

fruits (melons, bananas, figs, dates, persimmons, etc.), not JUST fruits.

Those who follow this direction seem to experience no such symptoms, whether

in the short or long term. Those who do not routinely experience severe and

eventually destructive symptoms, even leading to loss of teeth and the like.

The difference is really quite dramatic.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

laura b.

Saturday, May 19, 2007 9:44 AM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] Sensitive teeth

 

 

my understanding of this is that it has to do with an excess of citrus

fruits, especially if they are being juiced. i am about 90% raw (when i'm

not monodieting and going bananas) and i do not eat a lot of citrus...but i

do eat a lot of fruit. i've not had problems with my teeth that i can tell.

this should prove to be an interesting topic though. thanks.

la

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[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

 

Some way into my raw journey I started to experience sudden sharp

pains in my back teeth. After a while I figured out that it only

happened when I ate both very acid and very sweet fruits in the same

meal e.g grapefruit followed by dates. When I stopped combining these

fruits I stopped getting the pains. I particulary noticed that dried

fruit after citrus made my teeth hurt. I mostly eat simple meals of

fresh fruit nowadays and I feel very well on it, teeth included. I

usually eat sweet fruit meals during the day, and an acid fruit with

salad meal in the evening.

 

Annie in the UK

 

 

 

rawfood , " Elchanan " <Elchanan wrote:

>

> Hi Laura,

>

> Yes, the most common (though not the only) cause of routine mouth

discomfort

> and eventually more severe symptoms among those RFs who consume a

lot of

> fruits is that they create an acid bath in their mouths, then

wonder why

> their mouths are suffering acid burns and related effects.

>

> This is why we teach people to build their program upon a base of

SWEET

> fruits (melons, bananas, figs, dates, persimmons, etc.), not JUST

fruits.

> Those who follow this direction seem to experience no such

symptoms, whether

> in the short or long term. Those who do not routinely experience

severe and

> eventually destructive symptoms, even leading to loss of teeth and

the like.

> The difference is really quite dramatic.

>

> Best to all,

> Elchanan

> _____

>

> rawfood [rawfood ] On

Behalf Of

> laura b.

> Saturday, May 19, 2007 9:44 AM

> rawfood

> Re: [Raw Food] Sensitive teeth

>

>

> my understanding of this is that it has to do with an excess of

citrus

> fruits, especially if they are being juiced. i am about 90% raw

(when i'm

> not monodieting and going bananas) and i do not eat a lot of

citrus...but i

> do eat a lot of fruit. i've not had problems with my teeth that i

can tell.

> this should prove to be an interesting topic though. thanks.

> la

> <http://geo./serv?

s=97359714/grpId=5520395/grpspId=1705015482/msgId

> =29270/stime=1179593410/nc1=3848446/nc2=4025321/nc3=3>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Annie

 

Thanks for that.

 

I think I had been noticing pain in molars around the time I'd been

making a few dressings using oranges and Medjool dates.

 

Medjool dates are on the back burner right now...

 

the forum information I 'collated' a day or two ago has been very

useful, have been putting things into practice, and teeth have been

feeling better. All looking good.

 

Love

 

Debbie Took, Reading, UK

 

 

rawfood , " anniebantoft " <anniebantoft

wrote:

>

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Some way into my raw journey I started to experience sudden sharp

> pains in my back teeth. After a while I figured out that it only

> happened when I ate both very acid and very sweet fruits in the

same

> meal e.g grapefruit followed by dates. When I stopped combining

these

> fruits I stopped getting the pains. I particulary noticed that

dried

> fruit after citrus made my teeth hurt. I mostly eat simple meals of

> fresh fruit nowadays and I feel very well on it, teeth included. I

> usually eat sweet fruit meals during the day, and an acid fruit

with

> salad meal in the evening.

>

> Annie in the UK