Oral Health/Nutrition Counseling
Better Oral and Systemic Health: A Nutritional Approach
If you drink green tea (link to: http://www.perio.org/ consumer/green-tea.htm) , eat tons of fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains and plenty of omega 3 fatty acids from fish or flax, you probably do not need to read the following.
One reason for bleeding gums is not enough anti-oxidants in your gum tissues (Link to :http://jada.ada.org/ cgi/content/ full/134/1/20) If you don't have sufficient anti-oxidants in your gums, it's safe to say, you won't have sufficient levels in any of the other cells in your body. When anti-oxidants are low, your cells oxidize much more quickly. Oxidation is rust. (cont)
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Rusted parts of the body create chronic diseases (Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/ is-your-body-burning-up-w_b_269717.html) such as arthritis or gum disease, or even cancer when your DNA rusts enough to break .Anti-oxidants prevent rust. Cut an apple in half and it turns brown, it's rusting. Squirt some lemon juice on the apple after you cut it and it doesn't turn brown. Vitamin C from the lemon juice is an anti–oxidant that inhibits the apple from rusting.
We believe it will be very valuable to you if you know your tissue anti-oxidant levels. And equally valuable to be able to periodically monitor your levels as you make dietary/lifestyle
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in an effort to improve. Knowledge can empower. As you increase your tissue antioxidant levels, you will slow down what we call aging by slowing down rusting, and help your bleeding gums.
We have a sophisticated scanner that measures tissue carotenoid anti-oxidant level by shining a green LED light (no radiation) on your palm for 90 seconds. It's built on Nobel Prize winning optometric theory (Raman Spectrometry). It will give a glimpse into whether or not you are eating sufficient enough fruits and vegetables to have adequate antioxidant levels.