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Article: Eating fatty cheese actually prevents cavities
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 28, 2002
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Eating fatty cheese actually prevents cavities, research finds
By STEPHEN SMITH Boston Globe
Sunday, April 28, 2002
Boston -- Now scientists know why photographers warble "Say
cheese" when they want someone to flash those pearly whites.
Researchers at Boston's Forsyth Institute report that a quarter-
century's worth of dental studies prove that one of Americans' guilty
pleasures, cheese, actually prevents cavities.
It's a complex molecular ballet, involving the calcium in cheese,
an increase in saliva from chewing and the ability of cheese to
restore depleted enamel.
Like chocolate and wine before it, cheese, widely vilified for its
fat and salt content, now is earning a measure of ...