I have heard this all my life but need a true explanation and not hearsay. I have lost 25 lbs through reducing calories and power walking daily. Part of my dieting has been taken care of by replaceing excess calories by eating shaved ice when I get the "munchies". Shaved ice feels like solid food and numbs my taste buds slightly but I only have about 16 to 32 oz (volume a day)... I call it the "iceman" diet : ) Sounds corny but it works...
2006-09-28 02:16:15 · 12 answers · asked by Ya know... 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
It’s not bad for you per say, it’s bad for your teeth. It wears the enamel off your teeth over time.
Congrads on the 25 lbs though! Where do you get shaved ice, did you make it?
2006-09-28 02:23:48 · answer #1 · answered by sooners83 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard a dentist warn about chewing on ice because the cold followed by warm food could cause fractures in tooth enamel. I do know that in Siberia persons are advised when they come indoors from the extreme cold (40 below or more!) to not drink hot beverages or they could damage their teeth.
A dentist told me that popcorn causes the most broken teeth. Ice is also brittle, and hard, and it could break a tooth weakened by decay or large fillings. With large fillings there is only a shell of tooth supporting the fillling. My dentist advised me to replace my mercury fillings with gold fillings because, he said mercury amalgam shrinks with age leaving the fragile remainder of the tooth unsupported and prone to fracture.
2006-09-28 02:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by mari michigan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason you were told not to eat ice isnt cause of the ice, its because of your teeth as some ice is frozen sooo solid that it can break the enamal of your teeth leading to decay. Eating shaved ice is an excellent diet technique since most of us dont drink enough water and as long as the ice is made with good water I dont see any problem with it.
2006-09-28 02:25:15 · answer #3 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Bad For You. Slowly Chips Of your Teeth.
2016-03-17 03:28:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go Iceman! I think that what you have heard your whole life is the hearsay. Eating water is just fine as long as your not breaking teeth in ice cubes or choking to death....go for it. Great job!
2006-09-28 02:26:21 · answer #5 · answered by BOISE_DD 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's those same idiots that tell you you'll get arthritis from cracking your knuckles, or that you have to wait 1 hr after eating before you can go swimming.
I've been eating ice for 38 years and I've never had any negative consequences. My teeth are just fine, according to my dentist, thank you very much!
2006-09-28 12:37:44 · answer #6 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have never heard of ice being bad for you, I have seen from many places where they tell you to chew on a bit of ice to take your mind off of munching on those few extra potatoe chips...so who knows...but im putting you on my watchlist, i would like to know the correct answer if there is one!
2006-09-28 02:24:56 · answer #7 · answered by Heather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only bad thing i see (bc my mom always told me the same when i was little) is that it might hurt ur teeth (the biting) kinda like biting hard candy....other than that, u go boy! good job on the diet, keep it up bc it does work and it pays off in the end :o) good luck
2006-09-28 02:24:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was always told ice is terrible to chew on because it makes your teeth brittle and easily chipped/cracked.
2006-09-28 02:37:22 · answer #9 · answered by Barbiq 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do that also. I get my ice from Publix. It makes ur teeth ridged.
2006-09-28 02:33:15 · answer #10 · answered by Kiara D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋