Knowledge Isn't Enough; Have You Eaten Fruits Today?

 

Last week, we focused on a few things you could do to add more water to your diet to enhance your smile. Welcome to our 8 part series on Knowledge isn't enough. This is our 4th part, and today we are blogging about fruit. Now you may be asking yourself, what does fruit have to do with your teeth?

 

Well, the fruit is an excellent source of vitamin C, which is great for your smile, but the extra water in there helps to rinse off food residue from food that is high in carbohydrates or remove food that might be stuck on your teeth from other food you consumed. So, this begs the question of how do you eat more fruit? 

1. Be realistic. If eating an apple a day doesn't make you smile, pick a different fruit. With a wide variety out available, choose ones that are going to make you smile. You want to stay away from fruit high in acid or thicker textures like bananas. But otherwise, the fruit market is open to you. 
2. Eat them at a time of day that works for you. We have talked about this a few times in our other series, but you want to stay away from setting yourself up for failure. If you get home from work tired, and the last thing on your mind is what you will eat, avoid putting that into your daily habit. 
3. Make it easy. Cut them up into slices and put them at the front of your fridge in baggies that you can grab on your way out the door. Or put them on the counter by your keys and cell phone the night before. 
4. Set a calendar reminder. We use our calendar reminders for other things; why not this. And attach a photo of your healthy smile eating fruit. It'll put your why at the front of your mind. 

 

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You can read our other blogs for this series by clicking on the links below.