We prove: it is necessary to chew the bones!

Once again you feel guilty for a night raid on the fridge? Perhaps your will power is not being, and the thing is that you use too soft food.

A person should remember their cave ancestors and lean on a rock hard foods like dried meat. The more he works his jaws, trying to chew tough food, the better dental health   and waist. That is the conclusion reached by the participants of the conference "The evolution of human teeth and jaws: Implications for dentists and orthodontists," which took place in North Carolina.

Reading the news, I can not help recalling the late president of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Turkmenbashi (pictured) features more originality. After all, he once said, speaking of the teeth of his countrymen: "You are weak, rotten teeth. They soon fall. This is because of the food that you eat. It's too soft. Look at the dogs that bite the bone. They perfect white, powerful and strong teeth. " The world press is then enough to poke fun at the "father of all Turkmen", urging citizens to gnaw bones. But it turns out it was not so wrong.

Numerous experts, including evolutionary biologists, nutritionists and researchers in the field dental health We noted at the conference "softness" of the modern diet compared with the diet of our ancestors. According to them, it causes problems in the oral cavity, such as dental caries, malocclusion and crooked teeth.

No need to chew tough food over time, reduced the size of our jaws, scientists believe. And excessive softness of food altogether makes teeth decoration. By and large we need them now only for aesthetics and for speech. Meanwhile, more coarse food, according to scientists, will not only make our slim waist, but also give a real "canine" teeth mentioned by Turkmenbashi.

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