What Is Your Mouth Telling You About Your Overall Health?
The Dr. Hyman Show
Dr. Mark Hyman
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🗓️ 13 August 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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What Is Your Mouth Telling You About Your Overall Health? | This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens
Traditional medicine approaches the body by isolating single organs and dividing them up into medical specialties. Yet, by seeking to identify the root cause of symptoms and correcting imbalances, long-lasting healing can be attained. It comes as no surprise then that oral health is connected to full-body health in myriad ways. From infectious and chronic diseases, chronic low energy, inflammation, and even protection from Alzheimer’s—it appears everything is tied to the health of your mouth, gums, teeth, and saliva.
In this mini-episode, Dr. Hyman speaks with Dr. Cynthia Li about how a trip to the dentist’s office led to valuable insight in her journey through autoimmune disease. He also speaks with Dr. Todd LePine about the important link between oral health and systemic health.
Dr. Cynthia Li received her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She’s practiced as an internist in many settings, including Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco General Hospital, and St. Anthony Medical Clinic serving the homeless. She currently has a private practice in Berkeley, CA and is the author of, Brave New Medicine: A Doctor's Unconventional Path to Healing Her Autoimmune Illness.
Dr. Todd LePine graduated from Dartmouth Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, specializing in Integrative Functional Medicine. He is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Prior to joining The UltraWellness Center, he worked as a physician at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, for 10 years. Dr. LePine’s focus at The UltraWellness Center is to help his patients achieve optimal health and vitality by restoring the natural balance to both the mind and the body. His areas of interest include optimal aging, bio-detoxification, functional gastrointestinal health, systemic inflammation, autoimmune disorders and the neurobiology of mood and cognitive disorders. Dr. LePine teaches around the world, and has given lectures to doctors and patients at American College for Advancement in Medicine (ACAM), Age Management Medicine Group (AMMG), the University of Miami Integrative Medicine Conference, The Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, and is on the faculty for American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M). Dr. LePine is the head of the Scientific Advisory Board for Designs for Health and a consultant for Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory. He enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking, camping and golfing in the beautiful Berkshires, and is a fitness enthusiast.
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Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Cynthia Li, “How a Doctor Cured Her Autoimmune Disease with Functional Medicine” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/CynthiaLi
Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Dr. Todd LePine, “The Functional Medicine Approach To Oral Health” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/92CPnu7E
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy. |
| 0:02.6 | Going deeper and then in my research I came across gluten and gluten causing an amelde |
| 0:08.0 | effects, gluten, you know, causing inflammation in the gut, which therefore could translate |
| 0:13.3 | into poor oral hygiene and or just conditioning of the gums and the teeth. |
| 0:19.6 | And so that was just kind of another step in that process. |
| 0:24.6 | Hey everyone, it's Dr. Mark. |
| 0:26.0 | My main goal with diet is to use food as medicine, but even when we eat super well, most of us |
| 0:30.2 | are missing out on certain essential nutrients. |
| 0:33.1 | Our soils have become depleted and our digestive tracks just aren't working so great. |
| 0:37.4 | They're compromised by stress and toxins and they just can't absorb nutrients as efficiently |
| 0:41.8 | as they should. |
| 0:43.3 | And that's why I always used and I recommend to my patients a multivitamin mineral as nutritional |
| 0:48.8 | insurance. |
| 0:50.4 | It covers the basics for all our day-to-day body functions, all the things that we need |
| 0:55.8 | that our food might be missing. |
| 0:58.1 | But there are so many products out there I wouldn't go near because they contain artificial |
| 1:01.7 | fillers or inactive ingredients and you have to be pretty picky. |
| 1:05.7 | The one I trust and take myself is athletic greens. |
| 1:09.0 | They use high quality, highly absorbable forms of vitamins and nutrients from real-whole |
| 1:13.2 | foods. |
| 1:14.6 | Athletic greens comes in a powder that tastes great and mixes easily with water or smoothies |
| 1:19.3 | and specifically supports my gut health, immunity, energy and recovery. |
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