There’s a lot of controversy around commercial toothpaste and mouthwash ingredients, like fluoride or xylitol (not to mention the stranger ingredients that we can barely pronounce). As consumers, how are we supposed to determine if an oral hygiene product’s ingredients are safe to use from a whole-body perspective? Every week we are blessed to receive…Read More
Can Oil Pulling Help Heal Leaky Gut?
What do bloating, irritable bowel syndrome, skin issues, asthma, even migraines all have in common? All of these signs, symptoms and diseases can all stem from compromised digestion, what is commonly called leaky gut. Can oil pulling help heal a leaky gut? Leaky gut, also known as intestinal permeability, occurs when foreign ‘stuff’ that shouldn’t…Read More
Start here to optimize your oral hygiene
We get it. We’re all busier than we’ve ever been. And while the internet provides so much access to information, sifting through the noise online to find the insights and gems we seek on a specific topic can be a challenging prospect sometimes. Yet with the recent explosion of new research around the importance of…Read More
Is Stress the Primary Cause of Gum Disease?
This week we’d like to step back and take a broad view to find what may be the primary undermining factor that keeps each of us from living our fullest life possible with an optimized immune expression. After all, without an immune system humming along in good rhythm, chronic infections like gum disease can…Read More
Can some plaques actually help our teeth stay healthy?
This article is the second in the series on how to be a ‘good conductor’ of the symphony in your mouth. In the first article, How to Balance Your Oral Flora, we introduced the oral microbiome and debunked the overly simplistic cultural myth that ‘all plaque (biofilm) is bad’. In this second article, we’ll walk…Read More
Discovering the #1 Cause of Tooth Decay
If we asked 10 people what the #1 cause of tooth decay is, how many different answers do you think we would get? Let’s try it. 🙂 What do you think? What’s the #1 cause of tooth decay? Some will say tooth decay is caused from bacteria in the mouth whose waste is acidic and…Read More
How to Find the Healthiest Diet for YOU
Today, let’s go beyond our normal point of focus on subjects like foods to help remineralize your teeth, how to balance your oral flora and traditional strategies to optimize your oral health like oil pulling. A second title for this article could be “How to follow your heart to your optimal healing diet”. As…Read More
The Connection Between Gum Disease, Mercury and Alzheimer’s
Are you ready to get your mind blown when it comes to your understanding of the brain’s role in whole-body health? Here’s an interview with Dr. Brandon Brock, a functional neurologist who is hands down the most knowledgeable person in medicine that we have ever had the honor of meeting.
3 Home Remedies to Get Rid of a Canker Sore Fast
We are exposed to so many sugar temptations on a daily basis. It doesn’t matter if it’s a sweet beverage, cake at a company party, a paleo delectable, or a vegan pie, sweets are everywhere. And with overindulgence in sweet foods comes the increased risk of canker sores. If you aren’t familiar with canker sores,…Read More
What Causes an Abscessed Tooth and How You Can Avoid Them
A tooth abscess, also called abscessed tooth, is right up there with root canals, subjects that we all need to be aware of in order to have a clear understanding of what to do if we have an abscess as well as how to avoid ever having a tooth abscess. Anyone who has ever had…Read More