Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology (INE): Body Freedom Foundations – Pillar 5: Diet – Mouth and Dental Health
Body Freedom Foundations
Pillar 5: Diet
Mouth and Dental Health
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Join dental expert and author Nadine Artemis and Dr. Ritamarie as they take you on a tour of the ecology of the mouth.
You will learn the the physiology of the teeth and the sources of bacteria and decay. Revealing the truth about the artificial chemicals in many toothpastes and mouthwashes, Nadine will also discusses the harmful effects of mercury fillings and the much safer ceramic filling options that are available.
Covering topics that include healthy nutrition and the benefits of botanical substances and plant extracts for maintaining oral health, Nadine will introduce a comprehensive self-dentistry protocol that offers an effective way to prevent decay, illness, acidic saliva, plaque build-up, gum bleeding, inflammation, and more.
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About Nadine Artemis:
Nadine Artemis is the creator of Living Libations, an exquisite line of serums, elixirs, and essentials oils for those seeking the purest of the pure botanical health and beauty products on the planet.
She is the author of Holistic Dental Care: The Complete Guide to Healthy Teeth and Gums, a frequent commentator on health and beauty for media outlets, and her products have received rave reviews in the New York Times, the National Post, and the Hollywood Reporter. Described by Alanis Morissette as “a true-sense visionary,” Nadine has formulated a stunning collection of rare and special botanical compounds. An innovative aromacologist, Nadine develops immune-enhancing formulas and medicinal blends for health and wellness; her potent dental serums are used worldwide and provide the purest oral care available. Her healing creations, along with her concept of “Renegade Beauty,” encourage effortlessness, eschew regimes, and inspire people to rethink conventional notions of beauty and wellness.
Nadine’s fresh paradigm for beauty and her natural approach to health presents a revolutionary vision; it allows the life-force of flowers, dewdrops, plants, the sun, and water to be the ingredients of healthy living and lets everything unessential, contrived, and artificial fall away.
Learn More: www.LivingLibations.com
Action Plan
Note: Check the download links under the video above for a PDF copy of all the action steps below.
#1: Follow Nadine’s daily morning oral care steps.
Oral Care Steps to Include in Your Daily Morning Routine: Here you’ll find a step-by-step checklist of oral care strategies. Follow the plan for at least 3 months for a great trip to the dentist. This will be a great addition to the lifestyle plans you give your clients.
#2: Know what to avoid.
Below you’ll find a list of foods, chemicals, conditions, habits, products, and situations you might choose to avoid for better dental health. This list is intended as a resource to help guide your actions and choices. Focus on the suggestions that you can implement now or that resonate most, then determine how you’ll implement the remaining items in the future.
- Dental lymph suppressors: Processed food and sugar
- Endocrine disruptors: BPA, dioxin, Atrazine, phthalates, perchlorate, fire retardants, lead, mercury, arsenic, PFCs, organophosphate pesticides, and glycol ethers
- Spiking blood sugar: Maintain a blood sugar level around 80 or at least under 110
- Mouth breathing: Look at medications that are drying out the mouth; consider a cranial balance if you are a mouth breather
- Leaky gut: Leaky gums may mean leaky gut, so heal the inflammation in the gut; remove gluten, corn, and glyphosate that may be irritating the gut
- Phytic acid consumption: Soak and ferment gluten-free grains
- Remove mercury fillings: They irritate the gut; find a qualified dentist to pursue this course of action
- Microbe mutators: Excessive antibiotics, glyphosates, fluoride, and triclosan; some of these are in commercial oral care products
- Synthetic dental care products: These have ingredients such as sodium laurel phosphate, glycerine, trisodium phosphate, xylitol, and artificial sweeteners
#3: Seal and restore integrity to your gums.
Bleeding, receding, and inflamed gums are all a sign of a bacterial imbalance. That bacteria may be entering the blood stream. Below you’ll find strategies for optimizing gum health.
- Gum sealers: Massage botanicals on to the gums, such as sea buckthorn, rose otto, frankincense, and myrrh. Ozonated gel will also be helpful to nurture the tissue.
- Alkalinizers: Brush the teeth with baking soda, sea salt, and magnesium. This will also nourish the saliva, which helps the mouth ecology.
- Swishers: Use coconut and essential oils for oil pulling. Combine 1 teaspoon coconut oil and a drop of oregano oil or dental serum. Swish and spit. Try to do this for 15 minutes.
- You can also swish with probiotics and an alkalinizer, like salt, mixed with water. This can be swallowed.
- Use Nadine’s recipe for Tooth-Butter Cups for swishing and soothing.
- Whiteners: Enamel comes from within your body and is transparent. If the teeth are discolored, it could be that they are lacking the fat-soluble vitamins D3 and K2.
- As mentioned in the Oral Care Steps to Include in Your Daily Morning Routine, polishing the teeth can help with the plaque that discolors teeth. You can also use 1/2 teaspoon of 3% hydrogen peroxide with a teaspoon of baking soda on a dry, round-headed electric toothbrush.
- Quorum Sensing Inhibitors: Quorum sensing is the communication between the pathogens. Through this quorum sensing, biofilms are formed. Research reveals essential oils are very successful inhibitors of quorum sensing and biofilm or plaque formation.
- Rose, thyme, peppermint, tea tree, clove, and cinnamon: These oils display promising results as quorum film inhibitors, thus effectively reducing biofilms. Massage into the gums.
- Botanical biotics: Neem, cinnamon, tea tree, frankincense, and clove are good to add to your oral care products to brush teeth with, massage into the gums, and even swish.
#4: Create a healthy mouth microbiome.
Bring back a good bacterial microbiome in the mouth by seeding and feeding it with good bacteria. Use the food and supplement strategies below.
- Eat prebiotic foods: Foods such as chicory root, garlic, onions, leeks, and Jerusalem artichoke will feed and grow the probiotics in the mouth.
- Take prebiotics or probiotics: Certain bacteria adhere to saliva and reduce cavity-causing bacteria in the mouth.
- Guided Pocket Remineralization: After your next cleaning, you can try re-colonizing your mouth microbiome by using a blunt Vitapik syringe and a pre/probiotic solution and administering it along the gum line.
- Eat fermented foods: These will help inhabit both the oral microbiome, as well as creating a healthy gut for all over good bacteria.
- Take fat-soluble vitamins K2 and D3: They help keep the teeth white. For bone mineralization and tooth repair, fat soluble vitamins D and K2 facilitate remineralization.
- Helpful vitamins and minerals to include: CoQ10, NAC, magnesium, phosphorus, amino acids, and vitamin C are beneficial for the mouth microbiome.
#5: Wait an hour after eating to brush.
Don’t brush your teeth until an hour after you’ve eaten. This let’s your teeth re-mineralize.
#6: Find a good dentist.
Find a good dentist. Sources to look through are:
- Hal Huggins: http://www.hugginsappliedhealing.com/find-dentist.php
- Biological Dentistry: http://iaomt.org/
- Holistic Dental Association: http://holisticdental.org/find-a-holistic-dentist
#7: Visit Nadine Artemis at Living Libations to learn more.
Living Libations: Go to Nadine Artemis’ site, Living Libations, for more information about her products, as well as to read articles to further your knowledge. www.LivingLibations.com
