tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675649.post1119547434421217001..comments2023-10-20T10:41:47.982-04:00Comments on The Nutrition Help Blog - Food, Fasting and Health: Your Teeth and Your DietBrad Pilonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11936605623343325728noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675649.post-34088357300425725412008-12-01T13:21:00.000-05:002008-12-01T13:21:00.000-05:00Hi there, I have no idea if you will see this comm...Hi there, I have no idea if you will see this comment since this is an old blog post but thought I would share my two cents...Most of my life I dental issues very similar to you (let's just say I have a mouth full of fillings)....then I stopped smoking about 10 years ago and along with that I stopped drinking beverages that were not part of my meals (i.e. coffee/tea etc. - I don't restrict water obviously)..I stopped them because they triggered me to want to smoke as I always had a cigarette along with a beverage of some kind... I also pretty much stopped eating between meals as well, again because they seemed to trigger me to want a cigarette. Weirdly my dental and gum issues disappeared! I think it because my mouth now is not constantly exposed to sugars or food debris and therefore my teeth are not exposed to constant acids (bacteria on teeth excrete acid which causes the decay and gum inflammation)...<BR/><BR/>So it totally makes sense that IF would also dramatically decease the exposure to acids and give your body enough time to reminerialize the eroded areas on your teeth (your teeth can self repair if given some time and calcium and fluoride)....Also I would imagine that gums also benefit from the decreased inflammation in the body that occurs with fasting of all types....<BR/><BR/>Just my two cents..<BR/><BR/>CMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675649.post-44488634717935032462008-10-02T10:56:00.000-04:002008-10-02T10:56:00.000-04:00Very informational site.Very informational site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675649.post-38528052872240614482008-06-01T11:40:00.000-04:002008-06-01T11:40:00.000-04:00Brad, I don't think it's necessarily just giving t...Brad, <BR/><BR/>I don't think it's necessarily just giving the mouth a break. I believe that metabolic issues impact gum and teeth health. For example:<BR/><BR/>Caries Res. 2008;42(1):14-8. Epub 2007 Nov 27. <BR/>Dental findings in diabetic adults.Bakhshandeh S, Murtomaa H, Vehkalahti MM, Mofid R, Suomalainen K.<BR/>Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Soheila.Bakhshandeh@helsinki.fi<BR/><BR/>The dental status of dentate diabetic adults (n = 299) and its associations with diabetes-related factors was explored in Tehran, Iran. Presence of diabetes-related complications made no difference in mean values of DMFT, but was associated with a higher number of decayed and missing teeth, and fewer filled teeth. Higher level of HbA1c was associated with higher DMFT for men, but not for women. In conclusion, the results suggest a possible association between the level of metabolic control of diabetes mellitus and cumulative caries experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675649.post-32079041512322458442008-05-28T11:11:00.000-04:002008-05-28T11:11:00.000-04:00I've noticed that since I started eating healthily...I've noticed that since I started eating healthily and incorporating more omega-3's, my last 4 trips to the dentist have been cavity-free (after 2 root canals and all manner of other stuff before...)billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489668810925311175noreply@blogger.com