Chocolate Helps Prevent Cavities!!!!

That's right, folks. It's Halloween and I've noticed the news on tv & radio is obsessed with 2 things in particular: Parents letting their kids dress like skanks & Massive quanitites of candy rotting our teeth away. I don't want to digress too much so here's a quick note on the 'skank' issue. One news show had the author Celia Rivenbark on their program to discuss her book 'Stop dressing your six-year old like a skank : and other words of delicate Southern wisdom". We currently have 2 copies in our library and I plan on checking one out. Interesting topic.

Now, back to the chocolate!
On the news this morning they were discussing all the Halloween candy and some dental person actually said if you're gonna let your kids have candy, make it chocolate. I of course had to investigate this so started Googling right away. Here's a snippet of what I found........

September 24, 2007
Chocolate helps prevent cavities
Posted under: Articles— Aalam Samsavar @ 10:04 am
Chocolate could leave you cavity free!
This is due to the benefits of tannic acid or tannins found in a variety of food like chocolate. Tannins are naturally occurring Polyphenols and prevent cavities. Polyphenols are what make wine and many other fruits astringent and make variety of flowers and autumn leaves colorful. Polyphenols also cause precipitation of proteins. What that means is that it prevents bacteria from sticking to the teeth.

http://www.drsamsavar.com/blog/?p=411

Yes!!! Bring on the chocolate!
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