Clean Your Teeth
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
BBC
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Taking good care of your teeth can prevent tooth decay and boost your oral health - but, surprisingly, the benefits extend well beyond your mouth. Keeping your teeth and gums clean can help your heart and your brain, reducing the risk of diseases from diabetes to dementia. To find out why, Michael Mosley speaks to Dr. Sim Singhrao from the University of Central Lancashire School of Dentistry. She reveals bacteria in your mouth can travel from your gums into your blood causing problems in other organs, including your brain. Meanwhile, our volunteer Lowri has a go at brushing and using interdental brushes every day to see if it’s something she’d like to fit into her lifestyle.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds. |
| 0:02.0 | Hello everyone, it's Michelle Vassage, and welcome to my podcast Rule Breakers. |
| 0:06.0 | But you sit down and be bright. |
| 0:08.0 | Celebrating women's voices. |
| 0:10.0 | You're very welcome to now you're asking with me, Marion Keys Keys and me Tara Flynn. |
| 0:14.8 | This is juicy. No limits, no limits. |
| 0:17.2 | Celebrating women. |
| 0:18.8 | Where to be a woman is the podcast celebrating the best of women's well-being. We're on a quest to find out |
| 0:24.4 | where in the world women are living their best lives. Celebrate yourself. |
| 0:28.8 | Lesson on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:33.0 | BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:37.0 | We would all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, but we're inundated with often conflicting advice. |
| 0:47.5 | So if you were going to try just one thing to improve your mental and physical well-being, |
| 0:52.8 | what should it be? |
| 0:53.8 | Perhaps the martial art of Tai Chi |
| 0:56.5 | to improve your immune system. |
| 0:58.6 | Maybe a few nuts to slow aging. |
| 1:01.2 | Or how about cleaning your teeth to give your brain a boost. |
| 1:05.0 | I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode will |
| 1:11.0 | explore one thing you can start doing today to improve your health or life |
| 1:16.2 | in ways you might not expect. |
| 1:18.6 | I'm at my bathroom sink and I just finish off doing something that should not only reduce my risk of tooth decay, but may also protect my heart and my brain. |
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