3 cavities since going raw!!!!! What's going on?

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Permalink Reply by Rawstrength on October 31, 2009 at 11:22am

It's because humans are not vegans. No animals are. Even horses eat tons of bugs. We need some raw animal foods in our diet for our teeth and bones.

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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on October 31, 2009 at 11:52am

Do you get much sun exposure or take vitamin D supplements? Also, how high was your diet in calcium rich foods like collard greens, sesame seeds, and figs?

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Permalink Reply by Rawstrength on October 31, 2009 at 11:21am

It's that the raw vegan diet is high in sugar (fruit) and low in minerals and vitamins A and D. Try adding a cup of raw milk, OR a few raw pastured egg yolks AND a good spoonful of fermented cod liver oil (www.greenpastures.org) to your intake every day and you'll seen those cavities heal up.

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Permalink Reply by Jef on October 31, 2009 at 12:33pm

What does your diet look like? Are you mostly raw with some pastured eggs and cod liver oil and raw milk? I'd love to see a run down of what you eat.
thanks.
Jennifer

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Permalink Reply by Danny on October 31, 2009 at 11:51am

Taking calcium and phosphate in the diet results in reenamelization of the teeth. Source

For optimal dental heath, calcium and phosphate levels must be maintained. Both are found in saliva which constantly bathes the teeth and prevents tooth dissolution. source

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Permalink Reply by Lizz on October 31, 2009 at 12:06pm

Things that have helped me or that I have observed in my time as an aspiring low fat raw vegan (cooked/high raw vegan for 6 years)
Nuts make the problem much worse!
Fruit does not, but citrus does, best to rinse to mouth well with water after fruit, and drink juice with a straw
Chewing on wheatgrass, but not swallowing, juice juicing it with you teeth like a cow would, magic for teeth
horsetail silica supplement, worth a try, seems to help
Don't use abrasive paste or an abrasive brush. I rinse my mouth frequently with water. I usually brush with just water and a soft brush. About once a week I give my teeth a brushing with Uncle Harrys tooth powder which is a sea salt/mustard/clay base.

Teeth are actually a route that the body can take for detoxification. Increase your exercise and cause some of that crap to go out via the skin instead of the teeth.
At 25 years old, I only have had 1 Cavity that developed after being vegan 2 years. WIthin about a month of applying the above ideas (though I know longer take the supplement, cause it doesn't seem necessary to be anymore) that cavity decreased and no news ones have appeared. My dentist is always shocked at my teeth and even more shocked when he saw the cavity before, wanted to drill it, I said lets look at in again in a month, then a month later he was shocked to see that at this point he thought I could get away with just a seal.
Vegans and raw vegans can have great teeth! You just have to think outside the box sometimes.

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Permalink Reply by Vampirella on October 31, 2009 at 3:45pm

wow everybody has a totally different answer.



You used to be bulimic, no? I thought that was what I once saw posted.

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Permalink Reply by Bryonna on November 1, 2009 at 12:22pm

Thundera- No I was never bulimic, I got down to a very low weight at one point and was diagnosed with anorexia but I don't believe that to be true

Thanks everyone for the suggestions my teeth seem to be doing better. I was at the dentist about a month ago and I don't have anymore cavaties!

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Permalink Reply by Vampirella on November 1, 2009 at 12:26pm

Oh they healed! good sorry then

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Permalink Reply by Jef on November 1, 2009 at 12:48pm

so you never had them filled? They just healed?

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Permalink Reply by Bryonna on November 2, 2009 at 2:26pm

No I had them filled but I haven't gotten anymore cavities since then

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Permalink Reply by Joyousfig on November 1, 2009 at 9:29pm

I had the same thing happen when i first went raw--4 of them! i read in DW's book about the teeth de-mineralizing and taking some time to re-mineralize. Zoe has some great info on Chris losing all his mercury fillings. I don't know why, but it happens and it does stabilize--haven't had a cavity since and that was almost 4 years ago.

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