Does Vitamin C Weaken Tooth Enamel?

[ofonorow]

[ofonorow]

Owen: I talked to [local holist dentist] about acidity on my eroded teeth. They told me to rinse well immediately after chugging down the Cardio- not to sip on it AND not to brush for at least 30 minutes. If you brush after having acidic foods, you will scrap the enamel right off.

One other thing I tried was mixing the powder in solid coconut oil and swallowing that quickly with water- so it would go down in a clump rather than all over the teeth. I'm not sure if you agree with that- or if it interferes with Cardio C absorption.

Learning that taking anything with fat will block absorption into cells.e.g., glucose, and I assume vitamin C by extension.

Also, the Medical Medium recommendation is for Micro-C - which is a buffered (non acidic) form of vitamin C.

Doing what Pauling himself did, i.e., adding some sodium bicarb to the vitamin C to reduce acidity is probably a decent idea, although a magnesium powder is probably a much better idea.

[MichaelPD346]

I usually have 3 pints of water a day, each pint with a teaspoon of ascorbic acid and a quarter teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda. It's a refreshing drink, almost like drinking soda. Taking vitamin C with that much water provides hydration and also delivers the vitamin C slowly rather than in one big lump. From morning to night, I have about 12 grams of vitamin C, buffered.

Dr Richard Cheng had a video on youtube that promoted sipping pure vitamin C water throughout the day--unbuffered. It would not be practical to brush teeth and rinse mouths continually in that case, which is why I practice the buffered version of his regimen.

But I was thinking about primates who eat fruit all day and every day of their lives. The vitamin C in the fruit does not seem to affect their teeth.

[Blanko]

My speculation is that high-dose ascorbic acid will weaken enamel since the saliva will become saturated with ascorbic acid, as will other bodily fluids. This is separate of harm from oral ingestion of the acid. When I am taking high doses of ascorbic acid I am convinced I can taste it in my mouth. Over time this will weaken teeth. How much I don't know. The OP says their teeth cut like butter.

[pamojja]

As child had chalk teeth due to being treated with tetracyline as new-born (against pneumonia). As young adult had 12 teeth left only.

15 years ago, I started taking in average 25 g of ascorbic acid a day against chronic disease. The only tooth pulled since was my only root-canal treated, and most likely contributing to my disease onset. Not one lost due to high ascorbic acid intake for 15 years (without precautions, like drinking with a straw).















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