Brush with baking soda bad for you?!
Question:
Brush with baking soda bad for you?
My friend said that brushing your teeth with baking soda is actaully one of the worse things people do because it strips the tooth enamel and makes teeth more sensitive and prone to other future problems. I told her that many recipes call for baking soda so how bad could it be for you.
Have you ever heard of such thing?
Answers:
Your friend is correct. Brushing with and eating are two totally different things. If you really think about it only a very small amount of baking soda is put into mixes. So in every piece of say cake, you are eating a tiny bit of baking soda.
Brushing your teeth with over the counter baking soda is too gritty for your teeth and can destroy the enamel of your teeth.
If you like baking soda buy toothpaste that has it in it. Like arm & Hammer toothpaste. Those have been specially formulated to be safe for enamel.