Is it good to drink coffee with a straw?
Many popular beverages, such as coffee, tea, and even some fruit juices, contain acids that can erode tooth enamel over time. This erosion weakens your teeth, making them more susceptible to cavities and sensitivity. Drinking through a straw helps to minimize contact between these acidic liquids and your teeth. A straw limits the amount of contact that liquids have with your teeth (as long as you swallow promptly and do not swish the liquid around your mouth). Therefore, you can limit your teeth’s exposure to acid, sugar, and pigments that have the potential to damage your smile or dim its brightness.Con: Straws can Damage Your Teeth Chewing on the straw can cause your teeth to chip. It can also weaken the protective enamel on your teeth. Once the enamel is weakened you can experience increased pain and sensitivity and may even develop cavities.There is a risk when using straws of one or two teeth getting coated with the beverage because of where you position the straw. If the liquid is always hitting the same area, you could wind up with uneven staining or cavities in impacted teeth.
What is the healthiest cup to drink from?
Glass and ceramic mugs are inert, won’t react to heat or acidic liquids, and are among the healthiest drinkware options. Glass is heat resistant and durable, and since glass is an inert material, it won’t react to acidic substances like coffee, or heat. The really good news is it won’t leach harmful toxins into your beverages. Also, glass is tolerant of temperature changes.As far as keeping your coffee warm goes, ceramic outperforms glass. In addition to heat lost through evaporation, which depends on the mug’s shape and the surface area of the coffee exposed to the air, your coffee will cool off as the mug, itself, draws heat through conduction and loses it through convection.