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Sodium bicarbonate, tooth decay and abscesses.

Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) has been known to rid people of tooth decay, search youtube and the internet for it. Use baking soda as a mouth wash, or occasionally as toothpaste. Don’t brush with it too often though, because baking soda is abrasive. Sodium bicarbonate is very alkaline and is therefore very effective at reversing an acidic condition and halting infection. It has even been used to treat cancer which can’t survive in an alkaline evironment.

Tooth decay is just your body rotting. An abscess is simply an infection that’s trapped, often caused by poor teeth health. An infection is your body breaking down. These natural things are just natures way of recyling us and our unhealthy bodies! Both of these can be prevented or helped by alkalising and mineralising the body. Lots of raw food, less fat, loads of green juices and smoothies is the way. Don’t forget vitamin D3 (or the sunshine), K2 (from greens and possibly supplement), B vitamins (especially b12 – possibly supplement) and magnesium (from greens). People with higher levels of k2 in their saliva tend to have less teeth problems, but that could just mean that they have more minerals in their body overall. If your saliva is more alkaline you’ll also probably experience less teeth problems.

Keep off dried food, dehydrated food and sticky food (eg whole dates, raisons, honey, cooked food, biscuits, sweets etc), these all stick to your teeth. I do eat some of these, but I hydrate them, or have them in smoothies. Keep off any acid forming foods, ie eat almost exclusively raw fruit and vegetables! Keep off fruit juices and snacks between meals. Brush your teeth regularly, especially if you do eat anything dried or sticky.

If you have an infection of any kind, one of the most effective ways at helping your body to heal is to do a fast, or at least fast regularly. Our body goes into healing overdrive when it doesn’t have to process food. How about doing a green juice fast for a week? ie consume just green juice like celery, lettuce and pak choi (bok choy). You’ll get many of the benefits of a fast and at the same time rapidly alkalise and mineralise your body.

You can have a dabble and possibly help your health, or you can do something radical and see radical things happen to your health! It’s up to you. Health is a bit like gambling, if you want to play the game and have a good chance at winning, then you need to use dice that are loaded in your favour!

Improve your teeth health and stop nose bleeds!

I’ve had teeth issues a couple of times over the past year. The first was about a year ago when I used to eat late and snack on dates, I had visible signs of enamel erosion and my teeth became very sensitive. Another time was when I wasn’t getting enough greens. I couldn’t get my usual quota of fruit and greens, so I had loads of dates and some honey to get me by. Again I had more signs of enamel erosion. I think I’m learning by my mistakes now!

I put in quite a bit of time reading up on teeth and bone health. For healthy teeth and bones, we need in particular:

Vitamin D. best obtained from sunshine, otherwise take vitamin D3 supplements, 2000+ iu per day.
Vitamin K2. from leafy greens and also from the flora in a healthy gut. I took a supplement for a few weeks to boost mine, as well as greatly increasing greens intake.
Magnesium. Best from leafy greens.
B vitamins help too.

For a couple of weeks, each day I sucked a calcium tablet last thing at night.
I occasionally brush my teeth with baking soda.

My nose bleeds story: We all fall over and cave in to temptation at times. At around the same time as the above, I caved in and I went through 2 or 3 weeks where I just scoffed loads of freshly shelled peanuts. They were so nice and I didn’t get fatigue so I thought I’d be OK. I didn’t know about the effect peanuts can have, until a non raw friend told me about it. Peanuts (and excess fat) can rob the body of vitamin K2. A sign of low vitamin K2 is nose bleeds. Strangely for the first time in my life I had nose bleeds for a couple of weeks! After my friend told me that peanuts can cause nosebleeds, I read up on it found out about the vitamin K2 thing, and I stopped eating them. I also made sure that I consumed my increased quantity of greens and I took my temporary emergency measures as described above. The daily nose bleeds stopped almost overnight, and my teeth felt much better not long after that.

I didn’t take the supplements for long, I used them more as a kick-start for my teeth health. Now I’m making sure that I have plus 2 pounds of greens a day. I usually have a litre of green juice, or about 10 to 12 glasses of green smoothie plus a salad a day! The large volume of greens helps massively with teeth health as does keeping fat levels in the diet really low.

My teeth very quickly settled down, and now they feel like they’d been polished at the dentist, although my enamel damage is still there.

In summary, my problems were self inflicted and caused by poor habits, like snacking and eating between meals and not brushing teeth, especially after dates. They were also possibly caused by low vitamin K2. Dates (and honey) are quite dry and really stick to teeth. I don’t generally have honey and as far as dates goes, I try to have them in smoothies. If I do have dates out of the box, then I have them all in one go and brush my teeth straight away. On 10th March I also made a blog post warning to be careful when eating dates – one of my favourite foods!!!

Do you love dates? I do, but be careful with your teeth!

Dates tend to be dried a little so they will really stick to your tooth enamel. It’s best to soak them first, or have them in smoothies. I do still eat them as they come, but I try to get through them in one go rather than snack on them over an hour or two. Then once I’ve got through them I brush my teeth really well. It’s not good enough just to eat something like a carrot or few pieces of lettuce afterwards. You need to ensure that no bits of dates are sticking to your teeth, especially near the gum line. The reason I say all this is that I did have teeth problems, this was more due to poor habits such as snacking, eating late, and not brushing after eating. I’ve taken measures to address these poor habits and to improve my diet further. Now most of the time my teeth feel like they’ve been polished at the dentist!