Battling the Sugar Coma on Halloween

Many of us run into the notorious sugar coma on Halloween for obvious reasons: because candy is abundant during this time! It doesn’t even have to be candy from trick-or-treating, but simply from leftovers due to overestimating the amount of trick-or-treaters you believed you would get this year. In any event, your family dentist of Las Vegas, Floss Dental & Orthodontics, provides you with a bit of advice to follow this Halloween in order to fight the real monster: sugar.

1. Pawn It Off

It’s a very hard thing to pull off, but we suggest giving your candy away to various sources. If you brought leftover candies or unwanted candies into work for your coworkers, then you would undoubtedly become a star.

2. Eat This, Not That

Here’s our little spin off of the popular dieting solution that helps you eat healthier options. There are plenty of other alternatives that we can suggest over candy, but our best one is fruit. Fruit is often regarded as “nature’s candy” because it’s natural and contains many valuable vitamins – an aspect that candy simply does not offer.

3. Moderate Your Intake

Another simple suggestion, but can prove very effective is eating in moderation. It’s OK to eat candy, just not in exorbitant amounts. Set yourself a reasonable hard deadline on how much candy to allow yourself per day and actually try living up to your own standards. Not only will your mouth thank you for it, but also you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment when you look back weeks later and say to yourself “wow, I did very well this year”.

Why do we worry about sugar so much?

Great question. Excess sugar that is left on the surface of our teeth works with the bacteria in our mouth to create a specific type of acid that causes harm to our teeth in the form of tooth decay. Avoiding sugar is very hard to do as we naturally seek to indulge it. The best thing you can really do besides avoiding it is to brush and floss your teeth. It may also help to drink water after consuming sugar to help wash it out of your teeth.

Have a fantastic Halloween from the team at Floss Dental & Orthodontics!