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News India Live, Digital Desk: Oral Hygiene: Many of us use straw while drinking cold drinks, juices or shake. Some people consider it a style statement, while some use it thinking that it will not stain their teeth or they will avoid direct contact with sugar. But do you know that this ‘cool’ and ‘healthy’ are considered to be the habit, actually your health and beauty are slowly harming both?
Let us know how a small straw can become a big problem for you.
1. Teeth enemy
This is the biggest myth that your teeth are safe when you drink from straw. When you drink a sweet or acidic drink from a straw, it looks directly on your back teeth. This causes all sugar and acid to gather in the same place, causing cavity and declining risk of declining there.
2. Wrinkles on the face premature time
Do you know that drinking repeatedly can cause fine lines (wrinkles) around your lips, as they are seen on the face of smokers? Whenever you pull something from straw, the muscles of your lips shrink. By doing this continuously, the collagen begins to break down and ‘smokers lines’ start appearing before time.
3. Stomach gas and blotting
If you often feel like a stomach bloated or gas without reason, one reason can also be straw. When you pull the liquid from the straw, along with it you swallow a lot of air. This air goes to your stomach and causes bloating and restlessness.
4. Chemical danger
Most plastic straws are made from chemicals such as ‘polypropylene’ and ‘bisphenol A’ (BPA). When these straws come in contact with hot or acidic drinks, they can mix harmful chemicals in your drink, which are dangerous for health in a long time.
Then what should we do?
Try to drink directly from the glass. This is the best option for your teeth, skin and stomach, all three. If it is very important to use straws, then choose a reusable straw like steel or glass instead of plastic and do not make it a habit.
