Ten reasons to NEVER eat gluten-free processed foods
.
It saddens me: As popular as the Wheat Belly books and lifestyle have been, there are still millions of people who say things like “Oh, that Wheat Belly thing is just about being gluten-free.” They couldn’t be more wrong and have clearly not read any of the books.
Yes, you can be gluten-free and consume foods that naturally have no gluten, gliadin, wheat germ agglutinin, amylopectin A, phytates, and the rest of the toxic components contained in wheat and related grains. You can eat apples, bacon, eggs, and salmon that are naturally gluten-free. You can drink water or tea that is gluten-free. No problems...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 1, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates gluten gluten-free grain-free grains wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Bad breath: What causes it and what to do about it
Almost everyone experiences bad breath once in a while. But for some people, bad breath is a daily problem, and they struggle to find a solution. Approximately 30% of the population complains of some sort of bad breath. Halitosis (Latin for “bad breath”) often occurs after a garlicky meal or in the morning after waking. Other causes of temporary halitosis include some beverages (including alcoholic drinks or coffee) and tobacco smoking.
Some people may not be aware of their own halitosis and learn about it from a relative, friend, or coworker, causing some degree of discomfort and distress. In severe cases, bad breath ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alessandro Villa DDS, PhD, MPH Tags: Dental Health Source Type: blogs
Oral Hygiene and Dysphagia —Care and Complications
In a recent online chat, John R. Ashford emphasized the importance of good oral hygiene to the overall health of dysphagia patients and infection control.
Participant: If a participant were to remember or put into practice only one idea from your session, what would that one key takeaway be?
John R. Ashford: Every patient must receive oral hygiene. Not just for social or hygiene reasons, but as a preventative for complicating illnesses.
Participant: What is your recommendation on alternating solids with water (or other liquid consistency) as a means of helping oral hygiene?
Ashford: Of course, rinsing after eating help...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 16, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: John Ashford Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Dysphagia oral care oral hygiene Source Type: blogs
Jump Aboard the Nurse Wellness Express
Once upon a time, I was talking on the phone with a colleague who is not a nurse himself but who interacts with nurses on a regular basis in his professional life. His comments about nurses and their self-care (or lack thereof) were extremely thought-provoking.Like I ' ve said on this blog many times before, nurses are renowned for not taking good care of themselves, ostensibly because they ' re so busy taking care of others and living the lives of the saints that they are perceived to be. Let ' s face it. We all know that nurses aren ' t saints, while we also acknowledge that many nurses come close to sainthood vis-a...
Source: Digital Doorway - October 16, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: nurse nurse self care nurse wellness nurses nursing self-care Source Type: blogs
Everything you need to know about iodine
What if your diet is perfect–no wheat, no junk carbohydrates like that from corn or sugars, you are physically active–yet you fail to lose weight? Or you hit a plateau after an initial loss?
Think iodine.
Iodine is an essential nutrient. It is no more optional than, say, celebrating your wedding anniversary or obtaining vitamin C. If you forget to do something nice for your wife on your wedding anniversary, I would fear for your life. If you develop open sores all over your body and your joints fall apart, you could undergo extensive plastic surgery reconstruction and joint replacement . . . or you could just tr...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - March 31, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle gluten grains iodine minerals nutrients supplements Thyroid Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly: Self-Directed Health?
Director chair, film slate and load horn.
Here’s a proposal for you: If, by following the Wheat Belly lifestyle, a long list of conditions are reduced or reversed at no risk, almost no cost, reversing even chronic and potentially fatal conditions . . . does that mean that the notion of self-directed health might be on the horizon, i.e., putting control over health back in our own hands?
I think it does. No, we will never implant our own defibrillators or take out our own gallbladders. But so many chronic health conditions afflicting modern humans recede that I believe that it is entirely reasonable to start talking a...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 16, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle arthritis autoimmune diabetes eating disorder gluten grains Inflammation joint Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Mirror, Mirror . . .
Here is another brief excerpt from the new Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox book, a discussion about the changes you may see in the mirror in the days and weeks of your program.
Mirror, Mirror . . .
As you proceed through your Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox, you are likely to see some changes when you look in the mirror . . . changes you’ll find empowering, encouraging, even thrilling.
You will start to see changes in your face. Yes, if you lose, say, 5 to 7 pounds over the 10 days of your Detox, your face is going to look thinner. But you will likely notice that your face changed more than those few pounds would permit. Y...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 6, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle cellulite dental gluten grains hair Inflammation teeth Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Mirror, Mirror… What Changes Can You Expect When You Do the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox?
As you proceed through your Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox, you are likely to see some changes when you look in the mirror, changes you’ll find empowering, encouraging, even thrilling. While weight loss, of course, brings its own collection of improvements, there is more that actually changes in some wonderful ways.
Yes, if you lose, say 5 to 7 pounds over the 10 days of your detox, your face is going to look thinner. But you will likely notice that your face changed more than those few pounds would explain.
You may observe reduced swelling or edema over the entire face and reduced puffiness around the eyes. If you c...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 8, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Books and Interviews Dr. Davis Weight loss Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox Wheat Belly Lifestyle Wheat withdrawal Source Type: blogs
Mirror, Mirror
As you proceed through your Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox, you are likely to see some changes when you look in the mirror, changes you’ll find empowering, encouraging, even thrilling. While weight loss, of course, brings its own collection of improvements, there is more that actually changes in some wonderful ways.
Yes, if you lose, say 5 to 7 pounds over the 10 days of your detox, your face is going to look thinner. But you will likely notice that your face changed more than those few pounds would explain.
You may observe reduced swelling or edema over the entire face and reduced puffiness around the eyes. If you c...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 8, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Books and Interviews Dr. Davis Weight loss Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox Wheat Belly Lifestyle Wheat withdrawal Source Type: blogs
Dr Weston Price: Snapshots of Westernization
Here’s an excerpt from Wheat Belly Total Health, some reflections on the fascinating observations made by Dr. Weston Price and the relationship of diet and dental health.
Dr. Price’s priceless observations are consistent with what anthropologists have been telling us for years: prior to adding grains to the human dietary experience, tooth decay was uncommon–despite the lack of any modern notions of dental hygiene. Armed with little more than a twig to pick the remains of wild boar from between the teeth, primitive people enjoyed a lifetime of intact, decay-free teeth without the assistance of their neigh...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - April 13, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle cavities dental decay dental health gluten grains Weston Price Source Type: blogs
Don’t waste money on expensive beauty brands
According to this study, when a product’s price goes up, it increases “blood-oxygen-level-dependent activity in medial orbitofrontal cortex, an area that is widely thought to encode for experienced pleasantness during experiential tasks.” So by purchasing a more expensive product, your brain physically changes and tells you that the product is better. But if spending more actually gives you more pleasure then shouldn’t you buy the more expensive one?
Does sunscreen make you infertile?
A new study claims certain sunscreen ingredients can make men less fertile. The researchers studied 500 couples that wer...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - January 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy SchuellerThe Beauty Brains Tags: Podcast Source Type: blogs
Matcha Tea for Dental Health, Fact or Fable?
This study shows that continuous application of tea polyphenols on a daily basis can be considered as a useful and practical method for the prevention of periodontal diseases”
Inhibitory effects of green tea polyphenols on the production of a virulence factor of the periodontal-disease-causing anaerobic bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis
Decreased Plaque and Acid Levels
In several studies, green tea has been shown to effectively prevent bacteria from sticking to the teeth. (1) This is significant because bacteria sticking to the teeth is what causes plaque build-up, and the acidic enzymes that are produced from the bac...
Source: Immune Health Blog - December 31, 2014 Category: Alternative Medicine Practitioners Authors: Kerri Knox, RN Tags: Dental Issues Food and Nutrition Reviews superfoods #review dental health green tea kiss me organics matcha matcha tea matcha tea for dental health tao of tea liquid jade Source Type: blogs
Livonex Makes Breakthrough in How Plaque is Removed
LIVIONEX INC. REDEFINES TOOTHPASTE, VIRTUALLY ELIMINATING PLAQUE~New Dental Gel First to Break Molecular Bond of Plaque, an Oral Health Breakthrough in Combatting America’s Silent Epidemic of Gingivitis and Periodontitis~San Francisco, July 28, 2014. Livionex, Inc., a Silicon Valley life science company focused on biofilms and inflammation, today released the results of a double blind clinical trial study on reduction of plaque, gingivitis and gum bleeding. The study was conducted at the Beckman Laser Institute of UC Irvine and compared Livionex Dental Gel to Colgate Total, the leading ADA and FDA approved anti-plaque, ...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - August 7, 2014 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
12 beauty myths that waste your time and money – The Beauty Brains Show episode 36
Is “kitchen chemistry” really good for your hair and skin? This week Perry and I bust a bunch of beauty myths about using ingredients from your kitchen in home made beauty treatments.
Click below to play Episode 36 or click “download” to save the MP3 file to your computer.
Show notes
Randy’s Refinery29 Rant
We love the the website Refinery 29 but sometimes their advice isn’t based on science. As an example, I talk about their article on fixing dried out mascara with eye moistening drops.
Beauty Science or Bull Sh*t
A special animal themed version of the much beloved game where I chall...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - June 24, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy SchuellerThe Beauty Brains Tags: Myths Podcast Source Type: blogs
The Association Between Periodontal Disease and Seizure Severity in Refractory Epilepsy Patients
published online on Jan. 22 in Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy Periodontal disease is very common worldwide and affects people at all socioeconomic levels. Researchers from Brazil have now investigated the link between seizures and periodontal status in epilepsy patients. They found that periodontal disease and seizure severity were correlated in the patient group. In the study, researchers determined the periodontal disease status of 109 patients treated for epilepsy and a control group, and documented the patients' seizure frequency and use of medication. They observed t...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - March 20, 2014 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
