Also, just curious – what do you do for other things – soaps, gels, deodorants etc. Thanks!

Thanks for posting this.

I found your video on a thread of Mystery’s forum and I have been doing this for 3 days now.

I can’t thank you enough.

Since I started I have totally eliminated bad breath.

No matter what I eat (within the limit ), I wake up in the morning and spend the whole day without ANY breath AT ALL.

I have never believed the hype of movies that show actors waking up in the morning and speaking to each other with their faces seperated by mere inches.

I now see that this is VERY POSSIBLE

I also feel my mouth cleaner and anytime i rub my teeth with my finger, they always have that squicky clean feel

I’m sure that in the next few weeks, I’ll get even whiter teeth, but for those that want to try this method out, even if you end up just eliminating bad breath it’s a result NO other product will give you.

Will

Food for thought.

-Anthony

I agree 100% that there should be little if any need to “clean” your teeth (beyond picking meat out of them) on a proper diet. Hence, I only encourage doing this process once per day, and perhaps only brushing 1 extra time if your mouth feels “yucky” from eating something with carbohydrate in it earlier in the day.

I think the reality is though, that few people eat no carbohydrate (which I’m not so sure our teeth can handle well, regardless of what occurs naturally). I personally eat a little every day, usually around 20g, although it varies from 5-40 grams.

If I ate 100% meat and eggs, I would possibly skip brushing, and only floss/gargle some type of mild mouth wash for better breath (and the flossing to remove any meat stuck in my teeth), since at that point I would view brushing as completely unnecessary.

I think the white teeth being percieved as “healthy” is a good question to ask, one I unfortunately have no answer to either =). But, white teeth are pleasant to the eyes, something I believe is instinctual, not “forced on us by the media”. The media is a reflection of that being some sort of mild positive trait.

And certainly discolored teeth are not visually appealing. This of course doesn’t correlate to discolored teeth not being “healthy”, but it’s interesting to look at anyway.

As for it being evolutionary likely that discolored teeth are optimal, I don’t believe so. I can’t imagine our ancestors had perfect sparkling white teeth, but I also doubt they were “discolored” to any noticeable amount (such as with big coffee drinkers and smokers). They probably had fairly white teeth….and bad breath from meat lol (although, I don’t believe it contributes to any sort of damage, just bad breath).

Anyway, thanks for bringing up more discussion, its always welcome.

-Anthony

I’ve read this post a few times and thought about it off and on. I’m reading the Vegetarian Myth at the moment, in a section talking about Weston Price. He was a dentist by trade who searched the World trying to find civilizations with exceptional dental (and overall) health and understand what made that so (no surprise: eggs, meat, fish).

So, that got me thinking about this again and I want to finally post some thoughts I’ve had.

Like you, I have recently found myself looking to the past for answers on health. That’s why dental health seems to be giving me a struggle lately. I mean, what were the Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders, two groups Price found to have exceptional dental health, doing to keep their teeth so healthy? I can’t imagine they were doing much gargling or flossing, let alone isolated hydrogen peroxide being available.

It seems to me that, on a proper diet, there should be little need for any type of dental care. My personal rational is that without massive amounts of grain/starch/sugar feeding unfriendly bacteria in my mouth, whatever guards against tooth decay worked for the past 2 million years still should.

A few years ago I read an article about a pro-bacteria that naturally builds a lattice-work over our teeth each night that researchers thought protected them. I didn’t think of it much at the time (I need to find that article again) but now I think, “Of course!”. I’m sure mouthwash protects me against gingivitis germs, but am I also destroying a vast, ancient and mutually beneficial ecosystem in my mouth every morning?

Of all the tooth-having animals to exist on Earth, the only ones to use any of these products are Humans, for the past hundred or so years. I wonder what that percentage is – infinitesimally small, I imagine.

Of course, the issue is that most of those animals probably didn’t have white teeth. Which brings me to my next main issue. Are white teeth healthy teeth? This is an assumption most of us seem to have but what makes white teeth more able to chew food or more resistant to dental diseases? It seems more like a societal expectation and desire. One that I have too, which is precisely where my conflict lies.

What if optimal teeth are slightly discolored teeth. Isn’t that pretty likely, evolutionarily speaking? It still may then be ok to go the extra mile to get them sparkling, but surely adding complexity (brushing, cleaning with chemicals, etc) has some _potential_ risks, even if small. Things like a connection between brushing teeth and receding gum-lines.

Not sure where this leaves us exactly and unfortunately I bring only thoughts and no answers. My main point is: there’s something unique about dental health and it my be interesting for someone (you, me, anyone) to pursue some more answers.

Thanks for reading, I’m interested to hear what you think!

-Nicky

http://www.atlantaclassicalhomeopathy.com/pHbalance.htm

A little fun fact. Nazi Germany used to give Fluoride to prisoners in attempt to dumb them down. Yet its still used widely in Elementary and Middle Schools, in most Public water systems, and in most toothpastes in stores. Pretty messed up.

Full review on what I’m talking about this week.

-Anthony

I drink ~3L a day usually, and buying this much bottled water isn’t really feasible for me. Any suggestions?

I personally stay away from gum, “sugar free” or not. In fact the sugar free gums may be worse than sugared gums (depends on what they are using as a sweetener in place of some form of sugar).

Every once in a while- like once or twice a month- probably won’t lead to any problems though.

As for ketosis, I’ve read it’s a possible cause of bad breath, but if you’re eating fruit daily I highly doubt your dipping into it.

Give the routine a try and drink plenty of water- see if any changes occur for your breath. Although, when I drink unfiltered tap water my breath reeks too- not to mention my mouth feels dry and disgusting.

Finally, check this post out from Mark S. Little bit different perspective but should prove to be a good read

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/phenylketonurics-chewing-gum/

This post could also prove helpful for breath problems

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/natural-cures-bad-breath/

thanks for commenting, good luck

-Anthony