On today's episode of the Real Foodology podcast, you know, the gut microbiome has been like front and center for the past decade. Well, now little kid's sister, oral microbiome is coming in and people are understanding, wow, I can't have a healthy gut without a healthy mouth. And I can't have a healthy mouth without a healthy gut.

Hi, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of the Real Foodology podcast where we dive into all things

health and wellness.

If you're new here, welcome.

My name is Courtney Swan.

I have my master's of science in nutrition and integrated health.

I'm the creator of Real Foodology, which started out as a website slash food blog 11 years ago when I was

getting my master's. And it has since morphed into my Instagram, which is an educational based

Instagram. And then now this podcast. Today's episode was really fun for me to record.

Stacey Whitman is amazing. I feel like we became very fast friends. We got connected through

a mutual friend who also was a guest on this podcast, Dr. Tyler Jean. He's also known as

Functional Foods on Instagram. If you guys have not heard that episode yet, by the way,

definitely go check it out. He is such a wealth of knowledge and I just adore Tyler. Stacey is a functional pediatric dentist.

We talk about what that means exactly. What is a functional dentist? How you can find one.

We also dive into what actually really causes cavities. And I think you're going to be surprised by what she has to say.

She talks about her favorite toothpaste, another thing that will probably be new to you.

And we talk all about the oral and gut microbiome connection as well as its connection to overall health.

I find this topic so fascinating because there is still so much of this that I'm learning.

And it's such a reminder of, you know, that saying the more you learn, the less you know.

I love it.

I consider myself forever a student and I love doing these podcast episodes because I am right

there next to you learning alongside you.

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