by Office | Nov 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Without sugars,” say the authors of a 2015 paper on the relationship between diet and tooth decay, the chain of causation is broken, so the disease [dental caries] does not occur (Sheiham 1967). So, it is clear that sugars start the process and set off a causal...
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 | Oct 12, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition
By Michael G. Rehme, DDS, NMD, CCN In my biological dental practice, I focus on the oral cavity as well as the rest of the body in relation to it. After all, mouth and body are intricately connected. The illness of one affects the other. Over the years, hundreds of...
by Office | Sep 14, 2022 | Diet & Nutrition
Although dietary fat has been pegged as the bad guy for years, the truth is that your body needs it just like it needs protein and non-refined carbohydrates not just to survive but to thrive. This is no less true for the health of your teeth and gums. For instance,...
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...
