Isn't it crazy to think of all the different kinds of foods so many of us eat

every day? Chips, cookies, burgers, fries, our bodies doodifully process whatever

it is we choose to swell regardless of whether or not what we could actually

harm us or shorten our lives. Our bodies are amazing. I said try to pull out

nutrients we'll talk to protect us from all the garbage so maybe just maybe we

should try and give our bodies a break. I'm Dr. Michael Greger and you're

listening to the Nutrition Facts podcast. I'm here to tell you that nutrition

matters. We could choose a diet proven to not only prevent antitreate

but reverse our number one killer heart disease along with other deadly

diseases such as type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure but many of us don't

make that choice. Our goal today is to help you make that choice and present

you with results of the latest and peer-reviewed nutrition and health research

presented in a way that's easy to understand. Your mouth is a window into the

health of your body. It can show signs of nutritional deficiencies for example

systemic diseases. Those that affect the entire body may first become apparent

because of mouth lesions or other oral problems whether you're 80 or 8 your

oral health is important and that's where toothpaste can come into play. Most

toothpaste contains sodium lural sulfate though which is a chemical used in

toothpaste to create the foaming action. There was a famous debunked hoax that it

could cause cancer but just because it doesn't cause cancer doesn't mean it

can't cause other problems. Sodium lural sulfate is a common detergent used in

toothpaste. The hoax that sodium lural sulfate in toothpaste and hair care

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