Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminate Fasting Podcast, where Dr.

Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight.

You know, growing up I had the worst teeth. I had cavities in every single tooth. I was always

at the dentist. The only thing good about the dentist is they would give you a lollipop and I really

wish I would have known, but I know now back then because it could have saved me a lot of

problems with my teeth. But I want to share with you the best two foods that you should be eating

for your teeth. You can't get forward to get right to those two foods, but I want to first talk

about why you should consume these two foods. The first thing is vitamin A in relationship to your

teeth and gums. Vitamin A supports a lot of things, but it's especially important in the

internal skin and mucus membranes of your body, especially the gums. And vitamin A increases the

resistance to infection of the mucus membranes. So if you're deficient in vitamin A, you're

much more susceptible to getting an infection, especially of the gums. And there is a condition

called pyrea, which is basically gum disease that occurs when you're vitamin A deficient.

And so there's various degrees of gum problems. It starts out with inflammation of the gums,

called gingivitis. And then it can progress into something more serious called peridontitis,

which involves more complications with the gums, redness, chronic holotosis, bad breath,

infection, placking, things like that. One thing you should know about the plaque on your teeth

or tartar, that's not just bacteria. That is also Candida type of fungus that can grow. So in your

mouth, you have friendly bacteria and you have friendly yeast or fungus that have to keep everything

in check. It's only when things get out of balance that you start developing an overgrowth of yeast

and fungus and bacteria. And that can develop tartar and plaque. And the byproduct of those guys

is acids that then create cavities. Now, of course, the thing that starts the whole thing

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