Whiten Your Teeth Naturally and Deliciously
Growing up my mom used to tell me to eat lots of strawberries to whiten my teeth. I used to do it because I loved the taste of strawberries – who doesn’t?
A part of me thought she might be be right, although most of me thought that I was ridiculously silly for believing her. But the joke, as it turns out, is on me – strawberries really can whiten your teeth!
Why It Works
Strawberries have a gentle whitening agent called malic acid which works wonders for removing any kind of surface discoloration (aka yellow enamel). So good-bye coffee and tea stains and hello gorgeous pearly whites!
Some research, however, partly debunks my mother. Apparently just eating them doesn’t do much good, so maybe a small part of me was right to doubt her advice.
How to (Really) Get Those Pearly Whites Using Strawberries
Health.com reports that teeth can be whitened using a homemade paste of one strawberry and half a teaspoon of baking soda. Brushing it on, then rinsing it off after 5 minutes can leave you with whiter teeth before long!
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Has either of you tried this method? Does it work?
Yeah, I’ve actually just started using it and I am really happy with the results. I actually own a whitening kit that was several hundred dollars because they fitted the mouth piece to my teeth (*it was a gift*) and I can tell you that this method is working just as well as the one my grandmother got for me. However, if just brushing it on your teeth isn’t working as well as you’d hoped (something that I tried) you can put the mixture into a mouthpiece (the kind you get with whitening kits). Just keep in mind that if you leave it in for too long or do it to often the malic acid can really damage your enamel. But you should take such precautions with any whitener.
What do you concentrate on natural Teeth lightening do they really work or no? I’ve read about a few but I have never attempted them.