most recent 30 from http://paleohacks.com 2013-05-26T02:28:02Z http://paleohacks.com/feeds/question/45734 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://paleohacks.com/questions/45734/raw-meat-and-tooth-decay PersonMan 2011-06-19T14:17:37Z 2012-09-02T03:32:12Z

<p>Hi all, I am wondering if there is a relationship between eating raw meat(specifically beef) and tooth decay. What prompted my question is the feeling and condition of teeth after raw meat consumption: they feel more grainy for lack of a better word, similar to when one consumes any acidic substance. Despite brushing I am still registering this feeling. Has anyone had similar experiences with raw meat? If so what do they attribute these symptoms to(acids,etc.)?</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/45734/raw-meat-and-tooth-decay/45738#45738 The Quilt 2011-06-19T14:40:20Z 2011-06-19T14:40:20Z

<p>ITs not the teeth Person......its the change in your saliva once you go paleo. That is why the teeth start to feel a tad different. You teeth are less likely to decay eating meat. Step mutans is the bacteria that causes decay and it eating meat destroys its ecological niches in you mouth over time.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/45734/raw-meat-and-tooth-decay/45743#45743 cliff 2011-06-19T14:43:21Z 2011-06-19T14:43:21Z

<p>If you diet is high in acidic foods without enough alkaline foods to balance them out this could be your problem. Use this info <a href="http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/nutrition/bases.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/nutrition/bases.htm</a> to calculate the acidbase balance of your diet and go from there.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/45734/raw-meat-and-tooth-decay/46014#46014 Ambimorph 2011-06-20T14:36:30Z 2011-06-20T14:36:30Z

<p>I eat most of my meat cooked, but I haven't noticed this when eating rare or raw at all. I can definitely say that eating only meat and fat, I never feel like my teeth are unclean. I try to remember to brush now and then just out of prudence, but they never feel like they "need" it.</p> <p>It seems unlikely that meat in any form would cause tooth decay. Do wild carnivores have tooth decay? Did paleo (wo)man? I don't know.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/45734/raw-meat-and-tooth-decay/46017#46017 oak0y 2011-06-20T14:42:59Z 2011-06-20T14:42:59Z

<p>Sitting a lot in front of TV and Computers or being away from forests and countryside also makes less able to cope with things. Sometimes just a walk or some time outdoors makes every problem going away. And the PH is balnced also.</p>

http://paleohacks.com/questions/45734/raw-meat-and-tooth-decay/146772#146772 Wendy 2012-09-02T03:32:12Z 2012-09-02T03:32:12Z

<p>Turkana boy died of a tooth abcess, you can't get more paleo than that. </p>