Comments on: Nutrients: Essential Elements of Healthy Teeth

By: Jolene Gray

Jolene Gray — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:36:19 +0000

This is how it turns out being a vegetarian is not so great.

By: CBD California

CBD California — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:08:56 +0000

I completely agree with what was said above. Prior to everything else, health comes first, then family and then your job. There are some things money cannot buy, like health, or love, or beautiful smiles and hugs from your loved ones.

By: Justin Thomas

Justin Thomas — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 19:02:32 +0000

In reply to Emma. Care to explain your reasoning?

By: Emma

Emma — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 21:53:39 +0000

It amazes me how it seems like it turns out that vegans and vegetarians are actually less healthy in many ways than people who eat normal diets. I bet they don’t like hearing about that…

By: HCG

HCG — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:50:36 +0000

Given that we’re speaking about things within the region of Your Diet and the Dentist >> MetaEfficient Reviews, Exercise is important. As with any diet plan, you will want to include exercise. Try walking, aerobics, running, strength training, or yoga for 20 – 45 minutes a day, 3 to 5 times a week. The benefits of regular exercise are numerous ranging from and elevated mood and sense of well being, weight loss, and healthy heart and lungs. You stand to gain substantial health benefits by doing 30 minutes or more of moderate-intensity physical activity a day, at least five times a week.

By: diana

diana — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:40:54 +0000

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By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:00:04 +0000

In reply to Kristy Harvey. Thanks for the clarification. I don't have time to read further, but it's interesting. I didn't mean to rule out the idea of causation, just being skeptical...

By: Kristy Harvey

Kristy Harvey — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:31:36 +0000

In reply to Aaron.

Actually, Aaron, it’s interesting that you make that point. I hesitated to include the obesity factor in this post because a growing body of research suggests that being obese in and of itself can be the cause of poor dental health. Research suggests that the inflammation associated with obesity can cause or exacerbate periodontal disease, specifically. Certainly, poor nutrition can lead to poor dental health no matter what a person’s weight, but obesity can be a risk factor even if a person eats a nutritionally sound diet. Here’s a related article, if you’re interested: http://www.ada.org/3129.aspx.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:34:10 +0000

Causation vs correlation… though you didn’t say anything wrong, I worry some people might think you’re saying that being overweight causes dental problems. I suspect that bad dietary habits are simply the cause of both obesity and dental problems. So emphasis on obesity could be a bit of a red herring.

By: EfficiencySeeker

EfficiencySeeker — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:41:54 +0000

MetaEfficient always impresses me with the kinds of articles it posts. Its one of my favorite websites bar none.
This article leaves me with a few questions… there seems to be a growing recognition in the role of Vitamin K of the formation healthy of teeth. I suspect that this is obscure knowledge only because no one the vitamin and “health food” industry has promoted this. (Not enough money in it yet maybe?) Vitamin K is found in leafy greens.
Also teeth are made of different tissues. Hydroxylapetite seems to be the most abundant from what I gather in the Wikipedia article. aka calcium apatite, the formula is Ca5(PO4)3(OH). Shouldn’t people also include foods rich in (PO4) to grow and maintain healthy teeth? Calcium alone seems like it wouldn’t do much good.
Finally, I’ve read a report that stated that sticky foods are the primary cause for cavity formation as foods that are easily “washed away” off teeth don’t stay in the mouth long enough to feed the cavity causing bacteria. I am glad that you included that.