Are you cavity prone but always hear the same advice from your dentist about brushing, flossing and avoiding sugary foods? Are you curious if there is MORE to the story than what you’re being told? There is. And your dentist probably won’t tell you about it, cause chances are he doesn’t know! If you’re the kind of person that takes personal responsibility for your health, and in this case your teeth, you’ll want to read each and every bit of this post from Butter Nutrition:
Dr. Weston Price (1870-1948) was an America dentist from Cleveland in the early 1900’s. At the end of his practice he embarked on a research journey around the world to find out “what was a healthy diet” and what caused tooth decay. His findings laid the groundwork for proper nutrition and cavity free teeth, which your dentist will NOT tell you about during your office visit!
“While a primary quest was to find the cause of tooth decay which was established quite readily as being controlled directly by nutrition, it rapidly became apparent that a chain of disturbances developed in these various primitive racial stocks starting even in the first generation after the adoption of the modernized diet and rapidly increased in severity with expressions quite constantly like the characteristic degenerative processes of our modern civilization of America and Europe. ” Dr. Weston Price in Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
Who did he study?
Dr. Price traveled and studied the isolated and modernized Swiss, Gaelics, Eskimos, Peruvian Indians, Polynesians, Melanesians, African Tribes, Australian Aborigines, Torres Strait Islanders, New Zealand Maori, Ancient Civilizations of Peru, and the North American Indians. He observed the dietary habits of each group along with tooth health. For instance he found [keep reading…]
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Photo used with permission from The Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation.