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Episode #90: Do You Want Less Trips To The Dentist, Whiter Teeth, And Better Overall Health?

LONGEVITY with Nathalie Niddam

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The Role of X-Ray Dye in Dental Disease

In the 40s, the American Dental Association moved to like the acidogenic theory of acid and on the teeth causing cavities. And so he just really felt, no, it's systemic because of the connection with the allergies and the food. So then he actually gave up his practice and went full time into research at Loma Linda University. He started with X-ray dye. The blood liquid gets fenestrated and changes into a lymphatic fluid that gets pumped up into the tooth through the odontoblast. It acts as this microscopic sweat that coalesces with the saliva to care for our teeth and to signal areas that might be in distress.

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