Foods you can eat after teeth whitening

What can be eaten safely after teeth whitening? 

Tooth whitening by the dentist is a very effective procedure. Teeth usually look very natural and dazzling at the same time. We want to keep this effect for as long as possible, so we follow all the recommendations. Among them a great unknown is often a white diet.

Why should I follow a white diet after teeth whitening? 

All because of a side effect of this procedure. After teeth whitening, they lose a large part of their water. This makes it very easy to absorb fluids, which often contain artificial or natural dyes. Your dentist can recommend a white diet for up to 14 days. It must be used for two days after the treatment, but it is best to use it for at least 7 days.

When using a white diet, all colouring ingredients should be avoided. Where to look for them? Especially in fruit and vegetables with intensive colouring: beetroot, red cabbage, peppers, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli, spinach, etc., you should avoid using any colouring ingredients. You cannot eat red meat, egg yolks, cheese, chocolate, tomato puree. 

Soups, baking or vinaigrette sauces, as well as some spices, including curry, curcuma, chilli or broth cube, should also be removed from the menu for this time. During this time it is also forbidden to consume coffee, tea and alcoholic beverages, especially red wine. In order to preserve the effect of snow-white teeth, smoking, including electronic cigarettes, should also be avoided!

If you are afraid that teeth whitening means a few days of hunger strike - nothing more wrong! 

As it turns out, a white diet allows for quite a lot of products, which can be mixed with each other freely, receiving really delicious dishes. The products recommended by dentists include: dairy products (white cheese, cream, quark, natural yoghurt, milk, butter), fish, seafood, bananas, rice, white pasta, lamb groats, as well as many vegetables (white beans, potatoes, garlic, onion, white cabbage). 

It is also possible to consume parts of vegetables after peeling, e.g. cucumber or eggplant. An exemplary breakfast can therefore be oatmeal with banana. In turn, a perfect dinner will be white rice with fried peeled eggplant and courgette, served with white cabbage salad. There are many possibilities in this case, it is enough to be inspired by some recipes in Internet.

As it turns out, a white diet is not as restrictive as it might seem at first. Although it is a challenge, it is very important to maintain satisfactory results after professional teeth whitening.