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Stoneground flour also probably inherently contains some sand, really destroying your teeeth.
by hoseja 4y ago
Stoneground flour also probably inherently contains some sand, really destroying your teeeth.
- oska 4y agoProbably contains some particles from the grindstone yes, but I wouldn't think in anywhere enough quantity to have a particularly deleterious effect on people's teeth
- causi 4y agoDepends on the type of grinder. A saddle-type quern absolutely puts enough rock into the flour to degrade teeth, as seen on ancient egyptian remains.
- mmierz 4y agoWhen I was a child my parents did a brief experiment grinding our own flour with a cheap grindstone. I can clearly remember the sensation of the bits of stone in the bread. It is possible to make flour without this problem? Almost certainly! But this n=1 anecdote demonstrates it’s a thing that can happen.
- piceas 4y agoMore than toothpaste?
- kuschku 4y agoToothpaste usually uses microplastic or ground walnut shells to prevent exactly this issue.
- i_am_proteus 4y agoI eat stone ground flour (in bread form) almost daily and no dentist has ever registered a complaint.
- jvanderbot 4y agoI think GP meant "Primitive stone ground flour" given context of GGP.