Wheat Watch: Greenies
Here’s a post aimed at our canine and feline friends.
“Greenies: The #1 Vet-Recommended Dental Chews and Treats.” That’s what the people who manufacture Greenies dental chews for dogs and cats claim.
But, for those of you trying to keep your dog or cat wheat- and grain-free, Greenies dental chews, purported to clean their teeth, are filled with wheat and rice, among their top ingredients:
Ingredients in Dog chews:
Wheat flour, wheat protein isolate, glycerin, gelatin, oat fiber, water, lecithin, natural poultry flavor, minerals (dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, magnesiu...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - December 2, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle dental decay gluten grains rice Source Type: blogs
Poor beginnings: health inequalities among young children across England
This report is based on official data published by Public Health England and it looks at four key measures of young children's health and wellbeing: obesity, tooth decay, accidental injury and school readiness. It picture of the health of children under five years old living in England and shows how growing up in different areas of the country can have an impact on the likelihood of experiencing a poor health outcome before starting school.
Report
Press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - September 7, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Four new books
Dental caries: the disease and its clinical management./ Ole Fejerskov (ed). 3rd ed, Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2015. In this highly-anticipated new edition, the editors maintain the same focus on high-level coverage of the disease aetiology and process, clinical management best-practice, and wider public health issues connected with dental caries management, including an enhanced focus on the ‘caries control concept’. The aim is to link theory with clinical performance, making prevention, diagnosis and restorative procedures evidence based.ITI Treatment Guide Vol.8 Biological and hardware complication...
Source: DentistryLibrary@Sydney - August 14, 2015 Category: Dentistry Tags: New books Source Type: blogs
Most States Lag On Delivering Valuable, Preventive Dental Care To Low-Income Children
As our health system moves to pay for value, highly-effective but low-cost preventive medicine becomes increasingly vital. Dental sealants provide a low-cost intervention to prevent tooth decay, a health condition with serious consequences. A $48 sealant placed on a permanent molar of a child at the right time can reduce decay by 80 percent in the first two years and continue to block decay for nearly five years. In the world of public health, these outcomes are stunning.
Despite this compelling evidence, in 2010 less than one-third of five- to 19-year-olds had sealants on any of their teeth. Only 25 percent of low-income ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - July 27, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Bob Russell Tags: Costs and Spending Equity and Disparities Featured Health Professionals Long-term Services and Supports Medicaid and CHIP Organization and Delivery Population Health Public Health Quality bob russell CDC Children Dental Care Em Source Type: blogs
Carbohydrates and health
This report details SACN's findings as well as recommendations towards new levels of dietary intakes.
Report
Supporting documents
Public Health England publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 17, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Preservative free products can be dangerous! Episode 91
Perfume for poop
I never realized how important it is to have a good perfume for poop.
We really take a lot of things for granted living in a first world country and one of them is proper sanitation. A lot of places lack proper plumbing and instead use latrines or outdoor toilets. That’s not as much fun as it sounds like because sometimes the stench in these latrines becomes so great the people stop using them and just go outside. When that happens the groundwater can become contaminated which leads to the spread of all sorts of illnesses. This is not a trivial problem – it affects about 2.5 billion people ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - July 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry RomanowskiDiscover the beauty and cosmetic products you should use and avoid Source Type: blogs
In pursuit of sweetness: an updated list of Wheat Belly safe sweeteners
In our wheat-free lifestyle, having an occasional sweet indulgence can be nice. Recipes such as cheesecake or cookies, for instance, require some amount of sweetener. So how can we choose our sweeteners and minimize adverse physiologic consequences? Understanding the use of these benign sweeteners can be especially helpful for holiday cooking, entertaining family and friends, keeping the kids happy, as well as for enjoying an occasional indulgence. (Surely you’ve tried my Pecan Streusel Coffee Cake!)
Choose sucrose (common table sugar) and we are exposed to the 50% fructose contained in the glucose:fructose molecule....
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 10, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle erythritol glycemic grains monkfruit safe sweeteners stevia sugars Weight Loss xylitol Source Type: blogs
It Is Time To Make Oral Health An Integral Part Of Primary Care
While health care experts and health philanthropy are becoming increasingly aware that oral health is essential for healthy development and healthy aging, nationwide, there remains an unacceptably high burden of oral disease. Dental caries is the most common chronic disease of childhood. In other words, more kids suffer from a completely preventable disease of the mouth than any other chronic condition.
Adults aren’t faring much better: One quarter of adults has untreated dental caries, and a fifth of adults have destructive periodontal disease, which can result in pain, tooth loss, and systemic infection. (See Healthy P...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 25, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Brenda Sharpe, Michael Monopoli and Laura Smith Tags: Costs and Spending GrantWatch Health Professionals Organization and Delivery Access Children Chronic Care Health Care Delivery Health Philanthropy Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW Oral Health Physicians Primary Care Work Source Type: blogs
Towards Salivary Gland Regeneration
Tissue engineering is a field of many diverse research groups, each specializing in just a few types of tissue or organ structures. There is a great deal going on, and some of it is out of the public eye simply due to language barriers and the fact that more obscure or less important tissues are involved. It all still needs to be done, however: all of the body fails with age, and thus all tissues are a target for regenerative treatments. Take the work of this Japanese research group, for example:
Salivary gland hypofunction, or xerostomia (dry mouth syndrome), induces various clinical problems, such as dental decay, bacte...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 2, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Sugar and health
House of Commons Library - Sugars can be added to food and drinks or occur naturally in fruit, vegetables and milk. A high sugar diet increases the risk of tooth decay and weight gain, and high consumption of sugar sweetened drinks is associated with type 2 diabetes. This paper describes trends in sugar consumption in the UK, the public health implications and outlines policy options.
Briefing paper
House of Commons Library publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 29, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities 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
NYU Researchers Develop New Assessment Tool to Combat Oral-Systemic Disease Across the Lifespan
The Interprofessional Oral Health Grant Team Challenges the Medical Profession to “Put the Mouth Back in the Head” in the American Journal of Public HealthImproving oral health is a leading population health goal; however, curricula preparing health professionals have a dearth of oral health content and clinical experiences. Funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), New York University College of Nursing’s (NYUCN) Teaching Oral-Systemic Health (TOSH) Program is working to build interprofessional oral health workforce capacity which addresses a significant public health i...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - January 26, 2015 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Evaluation of remineralizing potential of commercially available child formula dentifrices: An in vitro study
Conclusion: The Colgate ® (anti tooth decay) 500 ppm NaF dentifrice and Cheerio gel ® 458 ppm MFP demonstrated remineralization of carious lesions by virtue of decrease in lesion depth, whereas Vicco ® non-fluoridated dentifrice showed increase in lesion depth. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - January 20, 2015 Category: Dentists 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
