by Office | Nov 16, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition, General Health & Wellness, Oral Health
Healthy eating is simple. Michael Pollan put it most famously: “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” Healthy eating can also be hard – at least if it involves pivoting from the standard American diet to real food. After all, the ultra-processed products that... 
by Office | Sep 7, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition, General Health & Wellness, Oral Health
Originally posted April 14, 2021 “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... 
by Office | Aug 4, 2021 | General Health & Wellness, Oral Health
Early on in the pandemic, we saw a good amount of research on how certain oral hygiene practices, such as tongue cleaning and the use of various rinses, might slow the spread of COVID or offer some protection from the virus. Since then, science has offered additional... 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 | Jan 20, 2021 | General Health & Wellness, Oral Health
When a study has yet to be peer reviewed, you should take it with a proverbial grain of salt. But if new research out of U Mass proves to be correct, it offers another nice reminder of how the mouth is a window to the body. Our earlier post about COVID severity and... 
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...