Green Tea as an Anti-Bacterial Mouthwash? Regular Green Tea's Similarly Effective as "Gold-Std." 0.2% Chlorhexidine
You can turn this coffee mug into a dental health booster by using it for tea. You will probably have heard of the controversy around chlorhexidine based mouthwash, right? Well, among all the attributes like "chemical" or "toxic" the most convincing argument is probably that chlorhexidine kills all bacteria, good or bad alike. A study by Govoni et al. for example shows that the normal NO boosting NO increase in response to a standardized oral nitrate load is markedly attenuated by an antibacterial mouthwash containing chlorhexidine, because "the acute increase in plasma nitrite seen after a nitrate load is critically dependent on nitrate reduction in the oral cavity by commensal bacteria" (Govani. 2008). You can learn more about tea at the SuppVersity Use Roiboos for Stress & Virus Control Tired? Theacrine Will Get You Goin' in Minutes Milk, Tea & Honey Don't Mix?! Theacrine or Caffeine for Brain Power? Aluminum, L...