{"id":207217,"date":"2021-11-09T16:06:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/?p=207217"},"modified":"2026-06-03T16:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:58:54","slug":"foods-to-help-your-teeth-whitening-and-those-that-dont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/2021\/11\/09\/foods-to-help-your-teeth-whitening-and-those-that-dont\/","title":{"rendered":"Foods to help your teeth whitening &#8211; and those that don&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"E233\"><strong>The foods you should and shouldn\u2019t eat to maintain your sparkling white smile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"E237\">If you\u2019ve just had your teeth whitened, you\u2019re likely to want to maintain your new smile for as long as possible. You probably already know that there are foods that you should avoid, but did you also know that some foods can help to keep your teeth white?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"E241\"><strong>Foods that you should eat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"E245\">Strawberries &#8211; Strawberries contain an enzyme called malic acid, which helps to whiten your teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"E249\">Apples &#8211; Apples also contain malic acid, but this is not the only way that they help to keep your teeth white. The act of chewing an apple also helps to clean your mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"E253\">Carrots &#8211; Like apples, the crunchy nature of carrots can scrub your teeth while you eat them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"E257\">Cheese &#8211; A deficiency in calcium can lead to discoloration of teeth, so it is important to eat foods which are rich in calcium, such as cheese. In addition to this, cheese contains lots of lactic acid which helps to prevent tooth decay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"E261\">Citrus fruits &#8211; Citrus fruits cause the mouth to produce more saliva, which helps to wash your teeth as you eat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"E265\"><strong>Foods and drinks that you should<\/strong> <strong>avoid<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chromogens give food strong colour and some foods contain tannin.  Foods with a high acid content can erode enamel, allowing stains to set in.  As a general rule, if it colours your tongue or stains your clothes, then that&#8217;s what it will do to your teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"E269\"><strong>Foods:<\/strong>  Berries, beetroot and berry juices; curries;  tomato-based products, such as tomato soup and pasta sauce, which contain a bright red pigment called lycopene, which, again, can cause staining over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Condiments<\/strong>:  Balsamic vinegar and soy sauce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Drinks<\/strong>:  Cola, red wine, tea, coffee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The foods you should and shouldn\u2019t eat to maintain your sparkling white smile If you\u2019ve just had your teeth whitened, you\u2019re likely to want to maintain your new smile for as long as possible. You probably already know that there are foods that you should avoid, but did you also know that some foods can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2830,"featured_media":207275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","wpbf-post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207520,"href":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207217\/revisions\/207520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boutiquewhitening.com\/patients\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}