Remember Miles Monroe?
Remember Miles Monroe?
He was the owner of the Happy Carrot health food store who went into the hospital for an operation in 1973, but was mistakenly sent to a cryogenic unit where he was frozen. When he was brought out of his sub-zero coma 200 years later, he discovered that over the course of two centuries scientists had determined that hamburgers, French fries, and milkshakes were health food.
If you recognize that moment from Woody Allen’s film “Sleeper,” you might think you’ve awakened in the year 2173 when you hear about a new study from Tulane University.
According to a NutraIngredients-USA report, the Tulane team tested a cocoa-based extract (which contains a compound commonly found in chocolate) on human tooth enamel. The extract was more effective than fluoride in fighting cavities.
The researchers have already developed toothpaste that includes the extract. But why stop there? Why not put it directly into our water supply and replace all that nasty fluoride?
Chocolate toothpaste and chocolate water – and no more problems coaxing kids to brush.
