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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2531684" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Interesting article here</p><p><a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320199#Mouthwash-may-destroy-good-oral-bacteria" target="_blank">https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320199#Mouthwash-may-destroy-good-oral-bacteria</a></p><p><strong>Compared with participants who did not use mouthwash, those who reported using mouthwash at least twice daily were 55 percent more likely to develop prediabetes or diabetes over 3 years.</strong></p><p>and</p><p><strong>Many mouthwashes contains antibacterial compounds — such as chlorhexidine — that kill bacteria in order to help prevent <a href="https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241721.php" target="_blank">gingivitis</a>, tooth decay, and other oral health conditions.</strong></p><p><strong>Patel and colleagues suspect that these compounds also destroy “good” bacteria in the mouth that are important for the formation of nitric oxide, which is a chemical compound that <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891584914002329" target="_blank">helps to regulate insulin</a> — the hormone that controls blood sugar levels.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Having said that, the result was purely observational, and people using mouthwash only once a day weren't affected. You could argue that maybe the heavy mouthwash users had an existing condition that both made them more likely to get T2 and more likely to use mouthwash...?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2531684, member: 372717"] Interesting article here [URL]https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320199#Mouthwash-may-destroy-good-oral-bacteria[/URL] [B]Compared with participants who did not use mouthwash, those who reported using mouthwash at least twice daily were 55 percent more likely to develop prediabetes or diabetes over 3 years.[/B] and [B]Many mouthwashes contains antibacterial compounds — such as chlorhexidine — that kill bacteria in order to help prevent [URL='https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241721.php']gingivitis[/URL], tooth decay, and other oral health conditions. Patel and colleagues suspect that these compounds also destroy “good” bacteria in the mouth that are important for the formation of nitric oxide, which is a chemical compound that [URL='http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0891584914002329']helps to regulate insulin[/URL] — the hormone that controls blood sugar levels. [/B] Having said that, the result was purely observational, and people using mouthwash only once a day weren't affected. You could argue that maybe the heavy mouthwash users had an existing condition that both made them more likely to get T2 and more likely to use mouthwash...? [/QUOTE]
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