{"id":1243,"date":"2018-07-06T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2024-04-23T09:28:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T08:28:56","slug":"the-truth-about-sports-drinks-and-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/the-truth-about-sports-drinks-and-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About Sports Drinks And Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sugar = dental cavities. You can&#8217;t get cavities in your teeth without sugar. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/blog-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/blog-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/blog-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/blog-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/blog-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/blog.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch BSTV Episode 2 for insights on sugar content of common drinks and suggestions for alternatives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6YcPGy0Luac\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/6YcPGy0Luac<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a study which found significant dental health issues in professional footballers:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bjsm.bmj.com\/content\/50\/1\/41\">https:\/\/bjsm.bmj.com\/content\/50\/1\/41<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With it being sporting season with the World Cup and Wimbledon, plus the hot weather, all these factors contribute to failing dental health.<\/p>\n<p>Most sports drinks contain glucose and electrolytes, which give you the energy to push yourself further with sports. It&#8217;s the glucose that&#8217;s damaging for teeth.<\/p>\n<p>One of the drinks mentioned that are kinder on your teeth can be found here :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/BodyBio-Balanced-Electrolyte-Concentrate-Servings\/dp\/B0016NIFNE\/ref=sr_1_10_a_it?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1530779012&amp;sr=8-10&amp;keywords=electrolyte+solution\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/BodyBio-Balanced-Electrolyte-Concentrate-Servings\/dp\/B0016NIFNE\/ref=sr_1_10_a_it?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1530779012&amp;sr=8-10&amp;keywords=electrolyte+solution<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For any further advice, send an email or give us a call on 020 88884401.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sugar = dental cavities. You can&#8217;t get cavities in your teeth without sugar. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Watch BSTV Episode 2 for insights on sugar content of common drinks and suggestions for alternatives. https:\/\/youtu.be\/6YcPGy0Luac This is a study which found significant dental health issues in professional footballers:\u00a0https:\/\/bjsm.bmj.com\/content\/50\/1\/41 With it being sporting season with the World &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/the-truth-about-sports-drinks-and-teeth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Truth About Sports Drinks And Teeth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dental-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1243"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions\/1248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}