How to deal with bleeding gums and chronic inflammation

If eyes are said to be the window to our soul, then the mouth can be a window to our health. Teeth are the closest we get to seeing the state of our bones, so…

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Easy to follow tips for avoiding added sugar in your diet

Following on from my last blog ‘Eight reasons to quit sugar’, this next blog of the series has advice on how to avoid added sugar. Feel free to share your own tips and experiences!

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Eight reasons to quit sugar

These are some of the recent headlines about sugar… “Removing sugar from diet for just nine days can have ‘dramatic results’, new study claims.”  Independent “Sugar is as dangerous as alcohol and tobacco, warn health…

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What is the ‘oral microbiome’ and how can you manage yours?

Most bacteria are good for you! The average mouth is teeming with around 296 different types of bacteria, officially known as the ‘oral microbiome.’ These bacteria can be sub divided into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ bacteria,…

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Bacterial Balance

Probiotics are regularly in the news, most notably for their benefits on digestive health. However, probiotics for oral health are a new and emerging field of research. With more than 600 species having been shown…

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Nutrition for Dentition

Nutritional Therapist Natasha Wilcock shares her top round-up of nutritional strategies to aid oral health.

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Sweet Freedom

Sugar has been in the news again with the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently issuing a conditional recommendation to reduce daily intake of free sugars from the current 10%, down to only 5%. We caught up…

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Extracting the Evidence

Over the past few months, the national news has been in uproar over the state of children’s dental health. So, we’ve enlisted the help of Nutritional Therapist Natasha Wilcock to provide this week’s blog. Specifically…

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