Best Food for Periodontal Disease and Gingivitis
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
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You had the perfect opportunity to say, “A tomato a day keeps the Dentist away”. You blew it! Re-do the video.
I was just about to write that myself lol
He's not chef John from Food Wishes 😁
A tomato a day keeps gingivitis away, but you still need to see your dentist (5:54).
You had the perfect opportunity to say you bit it I mean blew it, redo the comment ; ).
: )Tyler
on a serious note please view my other comment in the comment section, Very important information Thanks
Did we watch the same video?
The tomato data is interesting because tomatoes can be quite acidic and you'd expect them to have a damaging effect on your teeth. It would seem that dental health is just as complex as gut health
Hence once again it’s a WHOLE food plant based diet, not a ‘half’ food plant based.
This is very helpful since I just got diagnosed with Periodontal Disease.
I started using a water pic and Closys toothpaste and Closys mouthwash. I soak my toothbrush in denture cleaner to cut down on bacteria. This a long with the dental laser under the gum line and eating whole foods plant based has made a difference. After eating I swish my mouth out with plain water too.
I have always had this underlying suspicion that perhaps tartar and plaque was actually intended to protect us, but just the sheer amount of unhealthy things we eat it cannot keep up.
The last two times I got my teeth scaled, i swear it made them worse which actually made mw feel i should have just let my teeth be. Plaque and all.
Love the dental videos!
You could also eat watermelon if you don't like tomato has almost double the lycopene and especially because its a refreshing fruit you can eat far more than you can tomato's.
100g tomato 37% RDA
100g watermelon 65% RDA
100g guava 74% RDA of course the highest are tomato paste/concentrate/powder and sun-dried but again you can only eat so much of those, watermelon is far better option overall IMO.
@@turbonbc damn bro I could vigorously lick your toes right now for that scrumptious little bit of info. Tomatoes literally give me aids borderline can’t stand the taste for whatever reason, watermelon on the other hand goes down the hatch like my nans toes so cheers bossman.
Thank you, Dr. Greger! You are the best!👍👍💗
Green tea is also good for dental hygiene.
Yes, he said it another video that it's better than mouthwash.
Staines your teeth has I found out look worse than when I was smoking.
THE WHOLE TOMATO 🍅
So funny 🤪
Great video as always! As a dental student, i really appreciate the nutritional focus on oral health :) I would just like to mention that the improvement you indicate with the arrows on the picture is calculus, before and after mechanical removal. The systemic improvement is shown in the colour of the gingiva.
If you want to pay off those dental school loans, better not tell your future patients about these videos.
michael s,
Interesting how capitalism seem to work *against* ourselves humans...😄🤦
Well, I studied in Austria. We don't have something as reactionary as tuition fees. Yet.
You're absolutely right with this observation. This system of production has outlived itself. The only way to end world hunger, exploitation of humans and animals and the climate change is a planned democratic economy, which will also eliminate contradictions like the one mentioned above :)
Pius Jungblut,
Yep, the idea(s) discussed by Natural Law Resource Based Economy, The Venus Project, The Zeitgeist Movement go more in detail about this issue and about the way out of this madness.
Thanks
So can I swap the fluoride paste for tomato paste?
Really interesting. I've read, elsewhere, that if you just add a tablespoon or so, of tomato paste to your soup or other food, a day, that it's a real miracle food. I try to do that. Never thought about my teeth or gums, though. They do seem to be doing well. My dental visits are really good. I also like fresh tomatoes on my salad, etc. Hmmm.
Now, this is a useful and relevant video ... very good.
Excellent information.
Is this effect from the tomato juices directly contacting the gums or does it get there from the stomach and blood vessels?
Is it better to swish the tomato juices around in the mouth before swallowing?
Thank you!!!
Eating a plant based diet and avoiding processed foods should give you all the antioxidants
needed for healthy gums.
JAC BOX This is true. I am living proof of this. Dentist wanted to do root canal therapy in 2017. Changed my diet Jan 1, 2018. Offending tooth diagnosed at 6 month checkup as "no longer an issue". So easy...
Robert Kopp,
Root canal therapy? That means (if he's an honest dentist) that the tooth is no longer salvageable. And you recovered from that kind of enormous decay? And in so short time period?
Unlikely.
Robert Kopp, do you eat lots of vitamin C rich foods / berries?
I eat plant-based whole foods and still have bleeding gums regardless how much i brush.
@@turbonbc do you get a very good amount of vitamin C in your diet (with lots of fruit or vitamin C supplement)? Do you have any other health symptoms like acid reflux (h-pylori infection)?
This is so true. I found out that I have a sensitivity to tomatoes (bloodtest) and excluded them from my diet to see my body's response. Boy, did my gums suffer! ...constantly inflamed and bleeding, until I reintroduced tomatoes back into my diet.
There are other sources of lycopene such as watermelon. Google fruits and vegetables high in lycopene.
"It looks like you have to go the whole tomato." Dr. Greger's new slogan. ;) These videos always make me crave healthy food. Stopped this one halfway through to grab some raspberries. Your superliminal messages are working! ♥
Cooked or uncooked? Does it make a difference?
Looks like the gums receded a bit tho. That’s not good, is it?
Hello, thank you for the informative video. I just have one question: How to pick a mouthwash that only kills the bad oral bacteria and doesn't harm the good bacteria while keeping the gums healthy? I'm confused
Can very low /no heat air dried dehydrated fruits like tomatoes and vegetables be as beneficial source of lycopene??
No problem with a tomato a day! Yum
Haha, but you also mentioned that 1 in 20 people reduced their joint pain when they eliminated tomatoes. I am vegan on a diet including rice, veggies, tofu, lentils, potatoes and fruits, but I still had joint pain with tomatoes. I'll stick with berries and plenty of lemon juice (as a condiment squeezed over meals) from ripe lemons.
Careful with the lemons, I drank the whole lemon juice daily and that’s when my gums shriveled up and you can start to see the roots of my teeth. I lost a tooth too. I know I should have used a straw, but I won’t go near lemon juice because of it.
@@undergrace1808I think lemon is really bad for the teeth because it's too acidic.
Watermelon has lycopene.😅
Does ketchup have the same effects? No added sugar ketchup from Felix?
This came as a great time! My dentist said I need about $3,300.00 worth of dental work mainly due to my periodontal disease. Looks like I'm eating more berries...and tomato paste on avocado toast with pizza seasoning! 🍕 🍅 🍓🍒🍇🍎🍏
Yes with no health insurance, I’m up to easy 25,000 so far, ans that’s just in the past 5 years. I also have developed arthritis, and there are finding a connection with periodontal disease and rheumatoid arthritis. Ironically, ppl with arthritis are told not to eat nightshades, which tomatoes are a nightshade. I’ve been plants based Whole Foods for 7 years, so it’s very discouraging.
Get an independent second opinion and don't mention your current diagnosis. Not all dentists are honest.
So does the tomatoes work yes or no?
Great, I love tomatoes!
Sounds like we can all keep some tomato paste in the refrigerator and eat a couple tablespoons a day along with fresh tomatoes! Sounds yummy to me!
Are we supposed to eat whole tomatoes every day or eat the cooked tomatoes for the lycopene? Which is best, Dr. Gregor, the 1 1/2 tsp. Of tomato paste or one fresh tomato per day?
The German toothbrush brand "Dr. Best" uses a tomato in their ads to visualise that the toothbrushes are well designed (pressing the toothbrush hair against a tomato). I guess they knew there was something up with tomatoes 😁
Could the positive effects of not brushing also be caused by the absence of sodium Laural sulfate, I think I recall you mentioning in a previous episode that this chemical is highly irritating to tissues?
Nowhere did he say "the positive effects of not brushing." In fact he said the exact opposite in the beginning. And you got thumbed up too...lol! Damn people hear whatever the hell they want.
Eelke Aptroot Good point about SLS. I had to start using a toothpaste without it... my cheeks and gums were peeling. So gross!
Have you searched nutritionfacts.org as there are many videos on oral health
Clinical tests have shown benefits of fluoride, but to apply that one could just swoosh some, I do brush but I generally tend to brush too harsh, so I likely do more harm than good...
Eelke Aptroot,
Considering that the problem is the bad diet we are eating, and that we probably could easily brush our teeth with mud and still have perfect dental health, fluoride is completely unnecessary. But since fluoride (and other substances put in our water) necessary for (and/or because of) other reasons - then, rest assured, studies will find fluoride's "benefits on the dental health"...😄
Doesn't honey have anti-infective effects?
Awesome. I love tomatoes
Wait, was that study on smikers v non? What did it say? Also , any studies on waterpicks?
Karen M. I LOVE my waterpik! Cleans better than floss, but I use thst, too. So important particlarly before sleep. I add a quarter teaspoon of a mix of xylitol, baking soda and calcium lactate to kill germs, create an alkaline ph, and recalcify teeth.🌱
@@laurieparis2203 where can calcium lactate be obtained?
Karen M. Hi Karen! I got mine from Bulk Supplements. I checked and they still sell it. I used calcium lactate, and not another calcium powder, bc calcium lactate goes completely into solution creating no cloudiness or leaving residue at the bottom of the mixing glass to clog my pik. Plus i think calcium in solution will more easily become incorporated into my teeth. I do dissolve this mix onto water before pouring it into my waterpik. The water stays completely clear, just as if you'd dissolved salt in it.
Smikers are jikers.
Also, honey is sweet yes, but it's not processed sugar, it's natural, so there's that...
Nadine of Living Libations is a heath and nutrition expert, who has a wealth of knowledge about teeth and gums. So I recommend anyone to look her up.
Another very appreciated video, Dr Greger 💋
Living Libations products are the bomb. Nadine knows everything about oral health. She never talks about tomatoes.
Is diverticulosis reversable through diet? My mom has it and she often gets diverticulitis which I want to help her with. I picked up a copy of "how not to die" a while ago and although my own health has been improving immensly ever since I went whole-food vegan, there's barely anything on diverticulosis in your publication. So thanks for your work and thanks in advance!
Ill get a lot of hate for saying this but an absolutely no fiber fully carnivorous diet will lead to very fast improvements.
@@christopherdysart1136 I tried something like that in the past and I just felt miserable mentally all the time without the carbohydrates. I mean it got better after my body got used to burning fat as a fuel, but I still wasn't all that happy with it. I would strongly advise everybody to stay away from such a diet, but every person has to figure out what works for them. Thanks for your suggestion, though! Why do you think you will receive hate? The vegan community generally is super nice and very open-minded :)
@@christopherdysart1136 just out of curiosity, though, do you have any links to research for a carnivorous diet to fight diverticulosis? I know the research on low-carb (or in that case no-carb) diets is very scarce and hard to come across, but I would like to read something more in depth than a youtube comment, if possible. Thanks in advance!
@@keep7smiling very hard to find direct research but the anecdotal stories are overwhelming if you look
www.reddit.com/r/zerocarb/comments/9joug8/im_44_years_old_today_7_years_with_diverticulitis/
And studies show that no fiber diets completely get rid of constipation and bloating, which while not diverticulitus, shows that no fiber diets aren't dangerous to test out
.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3435786/
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If symptoms are bad its totally worth a shot. I've helped many people heal from intestinal ailments with straight carnivore diets.
Add in small amounts of white rice when needed if not willing to go through keto adaptation. Base the diet mostly on fatty meat though.
I love tomatoes. I’ll start eating them every day.
No mention of Weston Price? Also, what other research is there if people can't eat nightshades?
Ryan Finchum hi Ryan. Dr Greger only comments on published studies, but it's possible that another high ORAC value food, like berries.... especially amla... would work as well as lycopene. He either hasn't found studies supporting their use, he's saving it for another video, or it didn't fit neatly into his small soundbite format. .
What about oxygenating the tissues with a bio oxidative therapy using food grade hydrogen peroxide or ozone?
rpgskyify,
And the cost of that would be?
Pasta and tomato sauce
Hmmm... An interesting study to do would be figuring out if animal (not processed, not refined) products actually have bad effects on our dental health, or if they are neutral (and are only bad for our internal selfies). Refined (and/or processed) foods we know are bad for our teeth, not refined animal foods - I don't think so...🤔 Maybe, maybe not, that's why a study on this is needed...
Great point
K2 (obviously not mk7)
Low/none sugar
Well developed teeth/jaw
🍅
so we should all be brushing our teeth with tomato paste instead of tooth paste
Now going to put tomato paste dressing. Maybe make ego ketchup. I looooove ketchup, so want to make a healthy version. Can easily put that on everything
200 mg of Vitamin C(ascorbic acid) per day is optimal, that's 16 oz(473 ml) of orange juice.
www.drweil.com/vitamins-supplements-herbs/vitamins/overloading-on-vitamin-c/
Liposomal Tomato paste
I use dental water pick with ascorbic acid dilute every so often at a ratio of 1/4 teaspoon to 2 ounces of water. It's magic.
Honestly? Does this work for gingivitis?
My waterpik comes tomorrow. I've been waiting 7 days on it😭
Since 1 year ago, have you found anything else that works, please don't say baking soda. That stuff is what destroyed my teeth and gums alot
Thanku
There is obviously a reason also why my teeth and gums are suffering. Mineral and vitamin deficiency maybe
@@crackedblackpepperandrocksalt how's ur mouth doing
And, what size "whole" tomato are we talking about here, the cherry tomato like you have in the photo or a 2 lb Garden tomato? I'm sure you're probably thinking of something the size of your fist?
But if you're talking 2 Tbs tomato paste I'm assuming cherry tomato?
Ron H -- it wasn't tablespoons, it was 1 1/2 teaspoons of tomato _paste._ The paste is made by slow cooking, which increases the bioavailability of lycopene, and reduces water content. Raw tomatoes provide much less available lycopene and are mostly water, and contain seeds, so my guesstimate would be closer to at least 3 raw three inch tomatoes to equal 1 1/2 tsp of paste.
That's based on needing 10 pounds of raw tomatoes to make a pint (a little over a pound) of tomato paste. So, about 9:1 weight ratio, but increased to more like 12:1 because of the greater bioavailability of lycopene in any cooked tomato product.
A tomato a day is not very accurate... how many grams?
Been waiting for you to speak to teeth. Now I have more reason to add extra tomatoes to my sandwiches- Thank you so so oooooooooooo much
Glad I watched this. I was staying to blame my vegan diet. Obviously it’s that that, of course!
Okay, so tomato paste "cooked" in a simple sauce... Still good?
cooking tomatoes can help make lycopene more bioavailable, meaning it can easily be taken up into the body’s cells. Lycopene is stored inside the cells and heat breaks down the cell walls. This releases lycopene and other carotenoids, allowing them to be more easily absorbed by the body
I cannot communicate with god, as you do, evidently, so I take my truth from science. If you believe that Dr. Greger is sponsored by BIG FOOD and BIG MEDICA you shouldn't watch his videos.
Emily BH - Cooking food has been part of human evolution. We've been doing it for tens of thousands of years. That's why we don't have those big primate teeth anymore.
Emily BH - Yeah, that might seem plausible on the surface but it's not fact.
Human remains have been found that for at least 100,000 years , based on archaeological digs, humans have been eating grains and tubers. Both of which require fire to cook.
How long have the human and its predecessors been using fire and cooking? Based on some relatively recent finds, it's likely 1.5 million years.
Raw food is good but you get better bioavailabilty of nutrients and better digestibility when certain foods are cooked.
In addition, "Big Food" and BigPharma, haven't been around for the last 100,000 years or even the last 200 years so your words are assumptions that have no logical basis.
If you doubt it, please do some research. Otherwise you just look silly.
I'm sitting here eating cooked whole oat groats with blueberries and mango. I'm pretty sure that BigFood had nothing to do with my meal. Not everything is a conspiracy and I am an anarchist in philosophy and libertarian on the political scale. I have little to no trust of large government and large corporations.
Emily, man has cooked much of his food for as long as he has been on earth. That is why we have such puny digestive systems (and the shape of our skeletons reflects this) compared to non-cooking primates. This is possible because cooked food is much easier to digest, and the energy in cooked food is more efficiently absorbed (not always a good thing in today's world where food is super-abundant for many people, but for most of man's existence it was an advantage). Now, it is true that cooking does destroy some nutrients in whole or in part, but it makes other nutrients more assimilable.
Has anybody tried and eaten a tomato a day and see if that worked against chronic gingivitis?
There's a certain dr in ads who says tomatoes (nightshades) are bad. I never watched another one of his "ads" because common sense tells me God's vegetative creations are all good for health, including tomatoes.
Apparently birch sugar- xylitol- fights plaque. Early mankind used to chew tree sap. I th8nk that’s the key. Besides diet. And toothpicks.
when my dogs eat raw Deer rib bones it cleans their teeth , they crush them with their back teeth 1/8 inch at a time
Dan O'Neill it's really amazing what a good bone chew will do for their teeth and gums! I give my pup a cooked lamb bone once a week just for this purpose.
+Laurie Paris I may start doing that for my dogs. Just not for me haha
YeshuaJesusisking V Same! I consider meat "dog food", and even cook it in pots used just for his food.
Same! When my Deer eat raw dog rib bones, it cleans their teeth! They crush them dog ribs 1/8 inch at a time.
2:09 - Probably that "plaque" is just remainings of food, which without processed refined things (and Goodness know what other artificial chemicals) in it can stay there for as long as one can enjoy the view of it on their teeth, and not cause tartar, and decay itself...
I eat two Roma tomatoes a day, does that count?
I was flossing my teeth when this notification came up XD
8 mg lycopene is more like two cooked tomatoes a day than 1 tomato a day.
1:06 - Here. Me.
I was confused at first about the term "wholefoods". I thought I'd have to eat bananas with the skin on.
but.. but . tom brady says tomato bad
Tooth cleaning dates back to at least 3000 BC.
I'm guessing watermelon would also do the same
spliter227 Probably.
spliter227 Tastes better in a Smoothie, too!
I eat a lot of raspberries too which also contain lycopene
spliter227 Yum! They also have ellagitannins. Concentrated in the seeds so crunch away! 😊
What?? berries do not have lycopene, watermelon does, and can provide more than tomato. There are also a lot of other sources: red grapefruit, guava, cara cara oranges..
1 Tomato a day keeps the dentist away?
That's so funny, I literally laughed out loud.
So can it be cooked and blended whole? I hate raw tomato
Yes, cooking releases the lycopene in tomatoes so it's actually better if you cook them. I was thinking of putting tomato paste on avocado toast with pizza seasoning!
2:08 Excuse me, but I think it is worth noting that the guy has lost a lot of gum (a lot more tooth is showing) after not brushing...
A tomato a day keeps the dentist...!
... Away!
@@safiyav5602 Yes and we can sometimes enjoy them upon finding the tasty ones!
water flossers pretty much negate the need for a dentist
Can you save your teeth into old age on a vegan diet?
The study was Swiss and no chocolate? They would have needed guards!
The one thing that I don't eat..
Good to see, oral health is often overlooked.
based on your facts I should be in great health, but no, I think the stressors of this modern world is just killing us. There is merit in living healthy, but no guarantee especially if one has genetic issues like collagen issues or other conditions.
you missed the point of the whole video.
Look at servige he doesn't brush.
77 Yy,
That guy that almost died from saying bone marrow?
scientifically plausible because you need teeth to eat pizza
Hole tomato
Stone Age people didn’t farm grains. They ate Meat ❤
LIPOSOMAL vitamin c!!!
And they weren't consuming sodium fluoride either which kills vital enzymes that maintain tooth and gum health. Sodium fluoride destroys most enzymes by destroying the hydrogen bonds.
Come on, man. If the study included dental care, no wonder they got better. Of course those gums look better; all the tartar has been scraped off the bottom of the teeth.
but both groups had dental care as oppose to the other not having it and the results showed the difference. duuh.
@@veganninja5886 I think you're missing my point. I'm referring to the before and after shots at 6:00. It's obvious that the tartar was manually removed after the first picture was taken, so the comparison between the two isn't really a good one.
I have to eat a WHOLE delicious tomato a day?
:(
A pizza a day keeps the dentist away......or is that wishful thinking on my part? :p
similarly to how adding milk to coffee can blunt the antioxidant effects I would imagine something similar happens when you add lots of refined wheat, cheese, meat etc etc to tomato sauce :P
Greg F .... sure! Just make it a cheeseless veggie pizza with a whole wheat/cauliflower crust, and you're good! 😄😨
ofc, but who does that besides us crazy vegans? :P
Vegetable Madness Ⓥ 😊
Greg F,
Probably not the version that one can buy. Maybe a good recipe for a home made pizza can make your wish true (whole foods, no refined components, whole dough, etc)...
In agony pulling coconut oil as I watch this. 😷
Coconut oil is antimicrobial. It kills or discouraged bacteria, fungus, viruses and parasites. Therefore it would appear that pulling with coconut oil would be healthy. Wonder if it’s selective of the bad bacteria?
One reference indicates that medium chain fatty acids (in coconut oil) are benign to probiotic bacteria but suppress pathogens. Good news!
I will never brush my teeth ever again!
I don't eat tomatoes anymore, and feel much better without it. How food can be excellent for some people and bad for others.
I'll never kiss another human again: 6:00 ewwww
@Brythonic You better check that with yo'mama. ;)
Good plan for avoiding Herpes. Lol
4:49
didn't gingivitis give people alzheimers, so lycopene or a teaspoon of tomato paste or one tomato is one possible 'cure'
Millions of years? Boo.
how the hell does anyone give this a thumbs down ???? just dont watch