Toothpaste can prevent serious cardiovascular disease.
Toothpaste stops inflammation throughout the body and may reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
To such conclusion experts from Florida Atlantic University.
All volunteers participated in the experiment for 60 days followed the rules of brushing your teeth, established researchers. While one group got the toothpaste brand Plaque HD, and the other paste-placebo, which was not ingredients that help to cope with plaque. To assess the effectiveness of cleaning, the volunteers rinsed your mouth with a solution containing fluorescein, after which the teeth were photographed under ultraviolet light bulb.
Scientists also determined the activity of C-reactive protein (Engl. CRP) using ELISA. The concentration of this compound in the blood plasma usually increases during inflammation. Also CRP is a marker of future heart attacks and strokes.
It was found that Plaque HD reduces the level of this protein in the human body. Thus was obtained the first evidence that toothpaste can prevent serious cardiovascular disease.
Based on these results, the researchers plan to conduct additional studies to confirm the effectiveness of Plaque HD in the prevention of heart attacks and strokes.
