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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.