The Care And Feeding Of The Teeth: Ten Ways To Keep Smiling.

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The Whole Tooth

(and Nothing But the Tooth)

 

THE CARE AND FEEDING OF THE TEETH: TEN WAYS TO KEEP

SMILING

 

1. Eat less sugar. All nutritionists and dentists

agree that sugar promotes tooth decay, yet Americans

consume over 120 POUNDS of sugar per person annually.

Sugar contains no vitamins, no minerals and no fiber.

Decay-promoting bacteria love sugar, so starve them.

 

2. Clean between your teeth. Use dental floss or

those wonderful, easy-to-use, plaque-removing,

interdental cleaning sticks.

 

3. Take extra Vitamin C. Tooth health is dependent

on gum health, and gum health is more closely related

to Vitamin C than to any other nutrient. The first

symptom of scurvy is easily bleeding gums.

 

4. Finish meals the way people did in past

centuries: with cheese. Cheese inhibits bacterial

growth in the mouth. Mozzarella, Monterey Jack,

Swiss, and Aged Cheddar cheeses are all good for this

purpose.

 

5. Rethink fluoride. Fluoride is so toxic that only

one milligram constitutes a prescription dose. In

spite of this, the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) allows up to this amount in a single glass of

drinking water. Virtually every country in Europe has

stopped fluoridation. Studies have shown that

fluoride confers little, if any, real benefit.

Persons who have grown up with fluoridated water have,

on the average, only 1/2 of one filling less than

people who did not drink fluoridated water (Chemical

and Engineering News, May 8, 1989).

 

6. Eat organically-grown foods, preferably from your

own organic garden. Hereford, Texas became famous

during the 1940's as " The Town Without a Toothache. "

Why was there practically no dental disease in this

town? Lots of organic minerals in the soil and the

foods grown in it. So, any teeth grown there were

also better fed and stronger. The local dentist

practically went broke. (A. W. Erickson, " Deaf Smith's

Secret, " Field Notes Crop Reporting Service, 1945)

 

7. Pregnant women especially need calcium and

multiple-mineral supplements to enable their

developing baby to form strong teeth before birth.

These same mineral supplements help her to make milk

for the baby's continued tooth and bone development

after delivery.

 

8. A baby's tooth enamel is constructed in the womb.

Ameloblasts adequately form the enamel in the fetus

only if Mom gets enough Vitamin A. Carotene is best

because too much fish oil Vitamin A (over 25,000 IU

daily for many weeks) can be harmful during pregnancy.

All green and orange vegetables and, of course,

carrot juice are ideal. You cannot easily harm Mother

or child with produce.

 

9. A good multiple vitamin is a good idea for

everyone. Prenatal for Mom, liquid for baby, chewable

for little kids, and don't forget teenagers, Dad, and

the Grandparents. Research continues to show, decade

after decade, that Americans continue to eat meals

that are deficient in SEVERAL vitamins, not just one.

 

10. Read Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by

Weston Price, D.D.S. (Price-Pottenger Nutrition

Foundation, La Mesa, CA, 1970). This may be the best

book on dental health ever written.

 

Copyright C 1999 and prior years Andrew W. Saul.

From the books QUACK DOCTOR and PAPERBACK CLINIC,

available from Dr. Andrew Saul, Number 8 Van Buren

Street, Holley, New York 14470.