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Dr. Roger Lucas - Diet Alone Can Prevent 100% Of Cavities | Is Lemon Water Bad For Your Teeth? | Stay Away From "Sticky" Foods
Description
This week's guest is paediatric dentist and biochemist, Dr. Roger Lucas. He is leading the movement for a practical, diet-first approach to cavity prevention. Roger is the author of More Chocolate, No Cavities: How Diet Can Keep Your Kid Cavity-Free.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Diet alone can prevent 100% of cavities
- Carbs are the starting point of all cavities
- Dry fruit leads to more cavities over fresh
- Carbs convert to lactic acid which wears away your tooth enamel
- Although juice can be nutritious, it can also be problematic for your teeth
- Certain foods have an affinity to stick to your teeth
- It takes repeated exposure to turn your kids onto new foods
- Strategies to get your kids eating their veggies
- Sipping water after a carb heavy meal
- Are cavities reversible?
- Surprise cavities aka cavities between the teeth
- Do cavities in baby teeth matter?
- We need to stop blaming genetics for our poor oral health
- A number of foods that won't cause cavities
- Jesse needed 13 fillings from eating too much fruit
- Is lemon water bad for your teeth?
- Fluoride, pros vs. cons
- Vitamin D supplementation and sunlight both reduce cavities
- 2 reasons xylitol gum helps prevent cavities
- Preventing cavities with chocolate?!?
Related links:
Dr. Roger Lucas - More Chocolate, No Cavities: How Diet Can Keep Your Kid Cavity-Free (book)
Follow Dr. Roger Lucas on Facebook, and Twitter
Dr. Roger Lucas' Diet Based Tooth Snack Guide
Listen to Dr. Mark Hyman previously on TUHP (episode #084 & episode #074)
Christopher Bryson & Theo Colborn - The Fluoride Deception (book)
Stephen Covey - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (book)
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