Posted on 11/29/2017 12:24:05 PM PST by NohSpinZone
After three years, 30 percent of the people who used mouthwash twice or more a day progressed to pre-diabetes or diabetes, compared to 20 percent of those who used the rinses less frequently. Ultimately, the very frequent mouthwash users had a 55 percent higher risk of developing one of the conditions than the less frequent users, the study notes. The impact stayed the same when the researchers controlled for age, sex, smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and other factors.
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I'm hoping this is one of those "saccharine causes cancer" type findings that shows that you'd have to eat a mountain of the stuff to increase your risks of cancer.
I don't see "weight" in that list.
Just removing the non-relevant factors that could have no impact - weight, sugar intake, etc.
Well, folks are not supposed to swallow it!
mouthwash - the reason I have to go to these damn meetings.
or diet.
Mouthwash or toothpaste or flossing or brushing or BLAH
Fun with statistics.
Mouthwash is also responsible for globull warming!
When Listerine first went to market it was to be used to scrub your bathroom floor with.
[ Fun with statistics. ]
100% of all people who have breathed in N2 Nitrogen gas into their lungs have died or will die at some point in the future!!
We must ban N2 gas!
Oh, now you tell me!
maybe a symptom of oncoming diabetes is bad breath?
I just read about Joseph Lister a couple of days ago. Check him out.
Varney had this story on his show this morning.
Swallowing isn’t the issue. It’s supposed to compromise the bacteria in the mouth.
> maybe a symptom of oncoming diabetes is bad breath?
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
1. Why didn’t they have a control group of fat Puerto Ricans who used no mouth wash at all?
2. It’s my understanding that, in just minutes after using mouth wash, your mouth is filled back up with replacements for the critters you killed.
3. As an aside, whiteners are put into toothpaste to give you that bright smile you see in the morning mirror. But by the time you get to work, your teeth brightness is right back to where it was.
Or there is a connection between the bacteria in your mouth and diabetes that science has not yet discovered. Mouthwash doesn't discriminate between the good and bad bacteria.
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