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Dementia and Your Loved One
Dental Morning Delight: Try Some Tooth-Friendly Strawberry Pancakes
Vickie Armstrong
Most people know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But did you know that you can make your breakfast a tooth-friendly and healthy delight as well? The following is a recipe for strawberry pancakes that should be a wonderful addition to your morning meal and your oral health.
The Secrets Behind The Recipe
The first thing you should pay attention to is the topping of your pancakes. You will be using pure maple syrup. Maple syrup contains many natural vitamins and minerals, including calcium and magnesium. Both ingredients are very beneficial to your teeth. The reason is that your teeth are mostly made of calcium, so maple syrup will remineralize your teeth. And magnesium acts like a bond between your teeth and calcium to make sure that this remineralization lasts a long time. Make sure that you purchase raw, unfiltered and natural maple syrup from your local health food store or online.
Another ingredient that you should pay attention to is the strawberries. Strawberries help fight off stains and plaque-causing bacteria with the malic acid that it contains. Malic acid acts like a buffer and helps remove the bio-adhesive material that stains and bacteria use to get stuck to your teeth.
The last ingredient that you should pay attention to is raw honey. Raw honey helps diminish the cavity-causing bacteria population with the use of enzymes. These enzymes are poisonous to the pathogens in your mouth. Raw honey is also a deadly dehydrator to oral bacteria because of its high osmotic properties.
Make sure you talk to your dentist, like David Jackson, DDS, about adding some of the aforementioned ingredients to your diet, since they are related to your oral health.
The Strawberry Pancake Recipe
You need the following ingredients to make your pancakes:
- 1 and 1/4 a cup of sprouted flour
- 1 and a 1/2 tablespoons of raw honey
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1/2 a teaspoon of sea salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup of milk
- 1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 2 cups of diced strawberries (without the crown)
- And your maple syrup to serve over your pancakes.
To make the pancakes, just follow the steps below:
- Use a medium-sized bowl to blend your flour, raw honey, baking powder, and sea salt.
- Use another bowl to blend your egg, milk, and vanilla.
- Mix the two blends, and add your melted butter.
- Just fold in your strawberries after that.
- Spoon your batter into a skillet, and start cooking like you would normally.
- Serve with your maple syrup.
As you can see, you can make a breakfast that satisfies your taste buds and your dentist on your next dental check-up.
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