A holistic approach for gum disease and cavities - step by step
The American diet is highly acidic, high in inflammatory fats, high in sugar, and all-around toxic for many other reasons. When the blood is acidic, the body pulls minerals from anywhere it can find to correct the pH. This leaves fewer minerals for bones and teeth.
Fats are either inflammatory by nature or they have the opposite effect. Both are totally necessary, but the American diet is full of inflammatory fats, and to make matters worse, many are fats that do not occur in nature and are very toxic to us. So the average American is significantly inflamed throughout the body in many different ways. And of course, almost everyone eats too much sugar!
Foods to Avoid For Good Oral Health
Refined Foods
Sugar
Acidic Foods
Processed, prepackaged foods
To promote oral health eat produce, more vegetables than fruit, but whole, raw produce. That is what heals. Brown rice, quinoa, sprouted legumes, vegetable stir frys, and other whole foods have benefit, but raw, fresh, organic produce is what heals the body.
Balance the Gut
It is extremely difficult to have good oral health and poor gut health.
Anyone with serious mouth problems should consider a detoxification protocol that repairs the gut, kills Candida and other parasites, and balances the gut microbes. Good health starts in the gut, and so does bad health.
Stop Smoking
Smoking anything - tobacco, marijuana - anything, is very harmful to the mouth. So is vaporizing, but not as much so. If you want to have a healthy mouth, but you continue to smoke regularly, the best you can hope for with this regimen is for things to stay the same and not get worse. In my experience, those who do this and continue to smoke do notice that their mouth is not getting any worse, and generally symptoms will improve, but their mouths do not completely heal.
Lose the Toxic Toothpaste and Mouthwash
There are some decent toothpastes out there, but even if they are in the health-food section, make sure they do not contain any of the following ingredients: Sodium laurel sulfate (SLS), triclosan, artificial colors, flavors, or anything artificial, hydrated silica, alcohol.
Floss Every Day, and Floss Correctly
Most people do not floss correctly, if at all. Flossing is imperative for anyone with gingivitis because the sides of the teeth need to be cleaned so food debris doesn't feed the bacteria. Read more
Sign the petition to remove Monsanto's cancer-causing Roundup
Did you know that your local Lowe's or Home Depot store has shelves filled with a toxic substance that an arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared to be a probable human carcinogen? This substance is known as glyphosate; it's commonly marketed as the herbicide "Roundup" for killing weeds, and two new Change.org petitions are seeking its immediate removal from the market in the interest of public safety.
Created by Natural News, the joint petitions call on these major home improvement chains to take notice of the latest research on glyphosate and take immediate action. There's no reason why these stores should continue to sell a substance linked to cancerous tumor growth, human cell death, chronic kidney disease and many other serious health problems.
Many of our readers already know that Roundup is sprayed commercially on millions of acres of genetically engineered crops, polluting both the food supply and our environment. But this same deadly product is sold in the nursery section of your local hardware store or big box chain store for use in home gardens and lawns, where animals roam about and where children play.
By continuing to sell this product, Lowe's and Home Depot are contributing to the glyphosate-induced health epidemic sweeping our nation. Roundup is also destroying the lives of indigenous people groups throughout South America, where millions of acres of untouched rainforest are being bulldozed to make way for genetically modified soy plantations.
"Carrying this product is irresponsible and endangers the health of the public and particularly children," warns both petitions.
Please read and sign the petitions at the following links:
Home Depot:
Lowe's:
EPA has known since 1985 that glyphosate causes cancer, but has done nothing
Astonishingly, our own Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been aware of glyphosate's carcinogenicity since at least 1985 when scientists found that rats exposed to the herbicide developed cancerous tumors. But the regulatory body never did anything with this information, instead allowing glyphosate use to expand and become the world's most popular herbicide.
"On the basis of tumours in mice, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) originally classified glyphosate as possibly carcinogenic to humans... in 1985," explains a press release issued by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on March 20, 2015.
"The IARC Working Group that conducted the evaluation considered the significant findings from the US EPA report and several more recent positive results in concluding that there is sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in experimental animals," adds the release. Read more
Pizza boxes and food containers contain cancer-causing chemi
Widespread industrial chemicals found in pizza boxes and household dust are dangerous to human and environmental health, a group of environmental scientists has warned in an editorial published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives on May 1.
The editorial, known as "The Madrid Statement," was signed by 200 scientists from 38 countries. It urges restrictions on the group of chemicals known as PFASs, and warns against adopting alternatives to PFAS without first subjecting them to rigorous safety testing.
"[R]esearch is needed to find safe alternatives for all current uses of PFASs," wrote Linda Birnbaum of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Phillippe Grandjean of the University of Southern Denmark and the Harvard School of Public Health in an accompanying commentary.
"The question is, should these chemicals continue to be used in consumer products in the meantime, given their persistence in the environment?"
Ubiquitous and deadly
PFASs (perfluorinated alkylated substances, also known as polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl) are ubiquitous in modern life. They are used to repel oil and water in products such as pizza boxes, waxed pastry bags or beverage cups, wax paper and even carpet treatments. They are also prized for their ability to increase items' durability while resisting high temperatures. Read more
The elimination of heavy metals in dental practice
In modern holistic dentistry, the elimination of heavy metals has an increasingly important part to play, and can no longer be omitted from
the majority of treatment plans. Again and again, in the initial exploratory consultation, patients show a lack of understanding regarding the need for eliminative treatment. These fillings - mainly amalgam fillings - have been in place for years, they say, and there have been no problems with them. But just as frequently one encounters the opposite extreme: Patients place the entire blame for their health problems on the amalgam and, apart from its removal, they do not wish for any other treatment, such as removal of the metal mix from dental alloys and replacement with biocompatible, uniform dental metals.
Origins of heavy metal burdens from dental materials
In the German Federal Republic, as in other industrialised nations, it is regarded as normal for people to have several amalgam fillings in their
teeth. Again and again, in a wide variety of publications from conventional dentistry, reference is made to the absence of any risk of toxicity from amalgam fillings. It is likewise regarded as normal that a number of different metals and metal alloys are employed in dental treatment. As a child one’s first dental cavities were filled with amalgam. In the course of one’s life the teeth suffer more and more, to the point where they can no longer be filled, instead of which they are restored with metal crowns composed of a wide variety of metals. Read more
Five herbs your liver will love - detox, boost function and
The liver is the largest solid organ in our bodies. It can be adversely affected by poor diet and lifestyle choices, alcohol consumption, acetaminophen, non-prescription pain killers, and the myriad of toxins in our environment.
It is responsible for filtering blood from toxins and converts waste products from metabolic functions into urea to be eliminated by urine. It creates bile to help digest fats and carbohydrates.
It also filters out toxins from the blood stream and synthesizes glutathione, the master antioxidant that also helps recycle other spent antioxidants. It also helps balance blood sugars and creates red blood cells.
As our liver goes, so goes our overall health. A poorly functioning liver can push one into diabetes. Acute liver dysfunction includes hepatitis A, B, and C, which are considered infectious, viral inflammations caused by interpersonal contact, sexual contact, or blood.
Not everyone agrees to the viral aspect of hepatitis, especially hepatitis C, but everyone agrees that inflammation is the issue. Cirrhosis of the liver is usually from too much alcohol consumption. But the latest large surge in liver disease comes from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Mainstream medicine is quick to jump on serious interventions, such as liver transplants, if they perceive too much damage for the liver to recover.
Fortunately, under the right conditions, the liver can remain very healthy or be healed regardless of the affliction because it can self-repair cell damage. Read more
Alkaline-forming foods prevent acid reflux, heartburn, GERD
Acid reflux is the condition where food and stomach acids regurgitate back into the esophagus, causing burning pain in the lower chest accompanied by a host of other symptoms such as bloating, belching, sore throats, snoring, difficulty breathing and ulcers.
The early stages of digestion occur with the release of hydrochloric acid in the stomach to break down foods. Later during the digestive process, bicarbonate is released by the pancreas to help neutralize those acids. In some instances, this process doesn't happen, contributing to painful reflux or GERD symptoms. Eating certain alkaline-forming foods can help reduce over-acidity and calm the stomach, relieving pain and other unwanted symptoms. In addition, foods that contribute to an alkaline-forming state in the system help prevent acidosis, a serious bodily condition that sets the stage for all disease.
High-potassium foods
Foods with high levels of potassium may help prevent or resolve acid reflux. The list is considerable and many are foods you may already include in a daily dietary plan. Bananas, honey, lemons, apple cider vinegar, cantaloupe and sweet potatoes - to name a few - are excellent sources of potassium.
Apple cider vinegar (ACV) in particular is touted by many people as an effective cure for acid reflux. If using ACV, it is best to mix one to two tablespoons with an eight-ounce glass of water and drink it all at once. If that's too much vinegar, reduce the amount and work back up to the full quantity. Always use organic vinegar with "the mother" visible in the jar; it looks like a swirling cloud and indicates the vinegar is organic.
Lemon juice makes a slightly milder drink than does the ACV and works in a similar manner, to neutralize stomach acids and reduce heartburn and acid reflux. Squeeze the juice of one half lemon into eight ounces of filtered water and drink it at once. It's even more effective if the water is warm, but avoid warming it in a microwave oven. Read more
Government to Impose Limit on Number of Students in Nursing
To address the problem of oversupply of nurses, the Philippine government may impose a ceiling on the number of nursing schools and nursing students throughout the country.
The plan of different government agencies to limit the number of college students in a nursing course was disclosed by the undersecretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Carmelito Pineda. Representatives of different government agencies recently held a meeting to discuss ways on how to limit the increasing number of unemployed nurses in the Philippines.
Pineda said, “The Commission on Higher Education was asked to look into a possible limit because we really have an oversupply of nurses at this time. During the discussions, we have learned that a high 20 percent of the 400 schools offering nursing courses nationwide have zero passing rate in the licensure examination,”
According to the undersecretary, a moratorium in the establishment of new nursing schools was implemented in 2004 but it failed to decrease the number of new nursing institutions. As of last year, there are a total of 450 nursing institutions in the country. Read more
