Teeth cheer for low carb diet

**Elleth Faewen** · October 16, 2004, 07:26 AM

Teeth cheer for low carb diet
News from Central Missouri Saturday, October 16, 2004

http://www.moberlymonitor.com/articles/2004/10/13/news/news9.txt

There has been much press on the benefits of a low carbohydrate diet. However, one benefit that is so obvious, yet often overlooked, is the benefit to your teeth. Carbohydrates are sugars. Microbes in the mouth utilize sugars to thrive. It is the presence of these microbes and their bi-products that create periodontal diseases and decay.