Simple tip to help you avoid dreaded ‘red wine mouth’ at parties
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Who is your biggest frenemy at a party? Red wine, that’s who. Delicious, warming and spicy to your face, while giving you the dreaded ‘blue mouth’ behind your back. Tsk, just when you think you know someone…. You’ve made all that effort to look sensational, only to look like you’ve been snogging a Smurf later on in the evening. How long have I looked like this? Why did no one tell me? Why did I choose red wine when I know it’s tasty but treacherous? Basically, me every time I go to a gathering.
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But if, like me, you adore red wine and don’t want to substitute it for something less staining, there is a pinhead of light at the end of the dentist’s headlamp. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
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Up Next. Grapes like Pinot Nor and Gamay have thinner skins which contain less pigment, producing lighter-coloured, fruity, medium-bodied wines. So, as a simple rule to follow, the lighter-coloured the wine, the lighter-coloured the teeth. You see, red wine gets its colour from anthocyanins in the grape’s skin, the same biochemical compounds that make aubergines purple and blueberries, blue. Some grapes contain fewer of these compounds, so you’re less likely to look all squid-ink-mouth after a night on the rouge.
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Red wine also contains tannins, biomolecules that give it that deliciously astringent structure, but frustratingly, also help the colour bind to your snappers. If that wasn’t hard enough to hear, the acid in wine dissolves your enamel over time, making your pearlies porous and even more prone to staining.
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