Most of us are familiar with apples, milk, cheese, sugar-free and sugarless snacks as being healthy choices for our teeth. Following, are several recommended nutrients to also help improve and support oral health: Vitamin C, Bioflavonoids, Coenzyme Q 10, Grapeseed extract and Vitamin E, are required for collagen formation in healthy gums and have anti-inflammatory … Continue reading Recommended nutrients for a healthy mouth
Good nutrition is the building block for oral and general health. Your mouth is the pathway to the rest of your body, so if you are having trouble chewing due to sore teeth, irritated gums or tongue, your appetite, diet and nutritional status will be directly affected. These kinds of discomforts inhibit your ability to … Continue reading Your mouth: The Gatekeeper to Nutrition
Having a dry mouth is uncomfortable. It can affect our speech and increase our chances of getting cavities. Most importantly it interferes with our ability to taste, chew and swallow food, all of which affect the digestive process. Along with chewing, saliva softens and breaks down our food into smaller food molecules that are absorbed … Continue reading What to do about a dry mouth
As you may know, the best way to obtain the required amount of vitamin D is from the sun. Protecting ourselves with the appropriate sunblock will still permit enough vitamin D to allow for sufficient vitamin D formation. Numerous articles indicate that deficiencies in vitamin D and Calcium result in bone loss and increased inflammation, … Continue reading Smile and say….Deee
