Are there some white spots on your tongue or is your tongue fully coated? What are those white spots? How did your tongue become white? There are many questions that come to your mind when your think about the reasons behind tongue coating. Let’s try to answer your question” why is my tongue white? Zinc deficiency could be the reason.
Tongue coating is usually harmless
Usually, white tongue is caused purely by bad oral hygiene. Our tongue is covered with papillae, which must be pink under normal conditions. When dead bacteria, debris and dead cells get stuck in papillae, they cause inflammation. Once the inflammation spreads, you notice a thick white layer on your tongue, which is known as white tongue.