by Office | May 26, 2021 | Diet & Nutrition
Through recent years, it seems more people finally seem to be noticing the incredible shrinking human jaw – shrinkage that’s a result of the shift from traditional diets to diets reliant on ultra-processed foods. It’s a change most famously documented by... 
by Office | Apr 21, 2021 | Diet & Nutrition
The good news: Kids are eating healthier these days. According to a large study published last year in JAMA, the proportion of kids eating a poor quality diet plummeted from 76.8% to 56.1%. Meantime, the proportion eating an intermediate quality diet jumped up from... 
by Office | Apr 14, 2021 | Diet & Nutrition, General Health & Wellness, Oral Health
“Avoid nitrates,” we’re told, as if all nitrates were alike. But plenty of perfectly healthy foods contain them naturally: beets, radishes, turnips, leafy green vegetables, onion, garlic, apples, watermelon, grapes, and more. No, what the infamous “they” are talking... 
by Office | Mar 3, 2021 | Diet & Nutrition, Oral Health
Mushrooms are pretty amazing, from how they grow – – to the nutritional boost they can offer, as emphasized by new research published last month in Food Science & Nutrition. The study shows that simply adding a small serving to your diet each day... 
by Office | Dec 16, 2020 | Diet & Nutrition, General Health & Wellness
One of the oft-mentioned upsides of stevia is that it has no apparent downsides. But now a new study in Molecules has called that into question. Like your mouth, your gut is home to trillions of bacteria. Some are helpful; others, not so much. And just as with your... 
by Office | Nov 18, 2020 | Dental Health, Diet & Nutrition
In English, we say “you can’t have your cake and eat it, too,” but the basic idea crops up in many cultures. In Bulgarian, “you can’t have both the wolf fed and the lamb intact,” while in Hindi, they describe “having candy in both hands.” In Japanese, they say “if you... 
