Archive for the ‘Teeth’ Category
Death of the Mediterranean Diet
Tweet No, this is not at all a personal attack against the author of the Mediterranean Diet, Mr. K. Dun Gifford. I extend my condolences to his family and his loved ones and wish him peace. However, his dietary ideas need to go along with him, but sadly, they probably will not. His dietary ideas [...]
In: Diet, Disease, Heart Disease, Obesity, Teeth
Gum Disease Linked to Obesity
Tweet Whenever we see the words “linked to” or “associated with” we have to be careful. What the researchers are saying is that two manifestations have been observed together; however, they understand that one does not necessarily cause the other. However, it is fair to infer that perhaps that which actually does cause one manifestation [...]
In: Diabetes, Diet, Sugar, Teeth
Mother’s Gum Disease Linked to Infant’s Death
Tweet Scientists from Case Western University worked with a 35 year-old mother to investigate the loss of her baby. Earlier studies by these researchers showed that an oral bacteria called Fusobacterium nucleatum could spread from the bloodstream to the placenta in mice. The woman wanted to know if it was possible in humans. Bacteria from [...]
In: Diet, Immune System, Teeth
Does Chewing Gum Really Lead to Better Teeth?
Tweet The slogan for Trident in the 1970s — “four out of five dentists surveyed recommend sugarless gums for their patients who chew gum” — typified how sugarless gum was marketed for decades after Trident, now a division of Cadbury North America, first introduced a saccharine-sweetened gum in 1964. Those much-cited dentists were saying not [...]
In: Anthropology, Diet, Populations, Teeth
Bad for the Teeth, Bad for the Body!
Tweet It’s rare that I read a study that completely agrees with my radical ideas. Well, my dear readers, that day was today. I could not believe this headline! Vihjalmur Stefansson made this argument back in the 1920s and Dr. Weston A. Price made this argument in his groundbreaking book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, which [...]
In: Anthropology, Diet, Disease, Teeth
