SushiEating sushi protects your teeth against cavities! This quality is not due to the raw fish itself, but the “mustard green that goes with the wasabi. This compound would also have anticancer properties and is effective against asthma … After the virtues of the Mediterranean diet, Japanese food is it the new benchmark for health?

According to a Japanese study presented in Honolulu at an international congress of chemistry, sushi protects your teeth from cavities! More precisely, the charge would be the wasabi, this “mustard green that accompanies the famous raw fish. This substance indeed contain molecules called isothiocyanates, which prevent the bacteria to stay inside the mouth. Unable to adhere to teeth, they can not cause tooth decay.

The miracle product?

The wasabi is a plant of the cruciferous family. This family includes among other broccoli, turnips, cabbage and radishes. All these plants contain the so-called isothiocyanates. Several studies attribute many virtues to this compound. This inhibits such growth tumor. He could also play a role in preventing allergic reactions and asthma. Nevertheless, we must be careful about these effects. The action of wasabi on the bacteria that cause cavities, for example, has been demonstrated only in vitro. Now it recents show that certain properties of isothiocyanates may disappear under the action of saliva or gastric juices …

Beware, you do not plan to eat only as much sushi! On the one hand, should accompany all your meals with high doses of wasabi, which is still a rather spicy condiment … Moreover, if the nutritional qualities of fish are well established, it must be well prepared when is thought to prevent possible ingestion of parasites (Anisakis).

Do not change your diet and wait rather than food manufacturers seize this discovery. If the toothpaste is not wasabi at once, odds are that the chewing gum taste radish or broccoli will soon be on everyone’s lips …