I used to drink a lot of milk and I've never has a cavity(dunno if it has anything to do with it) but I wanna keep it that way so I was wondering what foods I can eat to maintain bones and teeth. Thanks.
:) Pretty much! Eat as much as you can handle! I don't get near enough, but back when I did, I was doing a green smoothie, a green soup, and a huge green salad every day . . . doing lots of salads now and juicing . . .
the best foods, from what i've studying that INCREASE bone strength and promote strong teeth are foods and herbs that are high in SILICA. the body takes silica and transmutes it into bio available, good calcium. horsetail is the highest silica content food on the planet (equisetum arvense). there's also other foods you can look up. ormus is also a great helper in promoting strength in these areas. i've read about people who've even regrown teeth by brushing them with high silica stuff like horsetail. their fillings just popped right out. haha crazy. anyways there you go
It lists calcium sources for raw vegans and reassures that raw vegans are no more likely than the average person (in fact less likely) to have bones/teeth problems.
I've always had good teeth and after two and a half years raw (the last year on a high-fruit diet) they're still good.
A quote from that website
"This summer Dr. Arjmandi and colleagues will complete a landmark, controlled human clinical trial on prunes and bone health. For this study, 120 post-menopausal women have been taking either 100 grams of prunes (9-10 a day) or an equivalent portion of dried apples for one year. While it will be a few more months before all the research data is in, thus far 30 women in the prune group have had at least a 6% increase in hip bone, and one woman had an exceptional 11% increase consuming prunes over the year. Preliminary data from a segment of research subjects found that all prune-eaters showed at least some improvement in bone mass by six months into the study."
I used to worry because I do eat a significant amount of fruit, but I also make sure to get minerals from greens and seaweed, so I hoped that would help. Recently I got a dental x-ray and my enamel looks great.