So many of the health topics that I share you with, my clients, my friends & family are typically not discussed in mainstream media.

I’ve been chatting about GMO’s in my classes for about 15 years.

I’ve been ridiculed for oil pulling as a way to naturally whiten my teeth and using products that are not conventional such as essential oils, a super amazing floss and clay.

I’ve been ridiculed for saying that genetics only counts for about 5%-10% of your issues while your lifestyle accounts for 80+% …yeah, really, check it out - it's called epigenetics! And read about it in my book, Cookie Dough in the Dark.

So, today, this `Cool Healthy Chick` is talking about teeth, and yes, I was made fun of because when I was doing it, it wasn`t the `norm`.

People snickered behind my back, `crazy girl…cookoo`.

But whatever.

Today, I have better teeth than I had 15 years ago.

My dentist still suggests I use `dentist recommended` toothpaste.

Yah, no thanks!

Since I`ve switched to more natural tooth products, the health of my teeth have changed.

Since I started using Juice Plus+ my teeth and gums have improved.

Why?

Clinical studies have shown that taking Juice Plus+ helps reduce the depth of gum pockets and decreases gum bleeding.

I used to have horrible gum recession and gum bleeding, even with all the flossing and brushing and using dentist recommended toothpaste.

Not anymore.

Even my dentist is impressed. They still can’t believe the change over the last decade+.

Maybe you are ready to change and maybe you aren’t. But this is what I do know.

When you know better, you do better.

The seeds of change are planted and then you decide how much you want to water them!

For about 18 years I have been improving my teeth health.

Why, because your teeth reveal a lot about your health. As Trina Felber says, "Your mouth is not Vegas!  What happens inside your mouth does not stay in your mouth... it travels everywhere in your body!"

When I was 16 I was bulimic until I learned it rots your teeth because of the acids and stopped immediately. You can read more about that and more in Cookie Dough in the Dark - my raw and vulnerable story about overeating sugar and what I thought was a healthy diet.

I brushed too hard growing up (oh & to be honest still have to practice slowing down) because I felt the harder I brushed the more it helped my teeth get the sugar off).

Dentists always told me to keep brushing and flossing, yup, I do that, but they never told me how your diet affects your teeth because your blood feeds your teeth through your nerves and affects your health. 

It wasn't until I read Holistic Dental Care by Nadine Armetis from Living Libations (where I get the best floss (Dr. Tungs) from! plus Happy Gums and Yogi Tooth Serum) about 15 years ago that I really understood what happens in my mouth and how that affects my health. I have used all of her products since that day and my teeth thank me for it. I'd be happy to share my favourites with you.

In 2018 one of my molars broke in half (caused by a fine crack when I fell off my bike years before that), so I had to get that sorted and also had a cavity. When I was going through this dental journey, I unfortunately experienced "after pain" which lasted for months and it took going to see specialists to see what we could find out about this periodic shooting pain, which showed nothing in particular and luckily after almost 1.5 years disappeared - touch wood!

I really want to save my teeth from falling out, my gums from receding further and also keeping my mouth the healthiest it can be because your mouth is your front door. Open wide and exposure to bacteria, viruses and fungus are all around. Once inside your mouth… the party begins. Your mouth is connected to your nose and sinuses. The bacterial or viral party inside your mouth travels to your nose and mouth causing frequent sinus infections and cold/flu infestations. Therefore besides avoiding any dental work, I want to protect my mouth and teeth by supporting my saliva - which is a super important bodily fluid!

Helpful Tips...

Get Your Greens:

By adding cruciferous (broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel Sprouts, kale, etc.) veggies into your daily diet you can significantly reduce your toxic load (remember your blood supplies life (or rots) to your teeth). 

Not getting your 13 minimum daily servings of fruits, veggies and berries - here is the simple shift I use daily to bridge the gap. 

 

Your mouth is connected to your nose, sinuses, lungs and gut.  If the bacteria inside your mouth is not healthy, and you suffer from frequent sinus infections and colds, it's likely that your mouth is the culprit making you sick. It's so much more than picking our the right toothpaste!!

In 2018, I stumbled across Trina Felber, a registered nurse, passionate about improving her family's health. She started Primal Life Organics and I am in love with her products and her information/education!

While also still using Yogi Tooth Serum, Happy Gums, copper Tongue Scraper and the best floss ever from Living Libations , plus my daily dose of Juice Plus+ and Juice Plus+ omegas (ask about kids free), I have added Primal Life Organic's Clay toothpaste, Dirty Mouth Toothpowder and Dirty Mouth Gum Serum because these are the best I have found on the market. 

Signs your mouth is in trouble:

Red and tender gums? 

Inflamed and bleeding gums are an open door for bacteria and viruses to travel directly into the bloodstream for internal invasion. Strong health gums are a strong defense against internal invasion.

Bad Breath? 

This signals you have an overgrowth of the bad bacteria… which creates acids to support their survival. Exposure to viruses, sugary food, alcohol-based mouthwashes, peroxide and other harsh toothpaste ingredients can increase acidity in the mouth, strengthen the infestation and weaken your immunity and defense.

Plaque buildup? 

Proof your mouth environment supports the wrong microbiome.
Tongue coated with white? Bacteria and acids are coating your tongue, strengthening the virus, and destroying your immune system.

Dry mouth? 

Your saliva is what protects your mouth 24 hours a day. It contains all the essentials to protect your entire mouth and your immune system: digestive enzymes, immune proteins, minerals, and acid-neutralizing properties. Less than optimal saliva creates a weakness in your defense against viral invasion.

The best defense against infections, including the common cold and flu virus, is a healthy mouth with healthy saliva production.

You should develop the healthy habit of brushing your teeth 2-3 times a day. However, brushing with the wrong products can make you sick by destroying your natural protection your mouth was designed to offer and leaves your front door wide open!

Brush Your Teeth with the Right Products

According to Trina, your Daily Routine should support a healthy mouth microbiome and saliva protection.

Dental products that will help prevent bacteria and viruses from surviving inside your mouth must be:

• Alkaline
• Mineral-rich (paste or powder)
• Detoxifying

Alkaline toothpaste or powder:

• cleans teeth and gum tissue
• supports the growth of healthy bacteria, reduces the risk of disease-causing viruses and bacteria
• destroys plaque
• allows minerals to go back into the enamel
• enables your saliva to protect you 24-hours a day
• supports gum health

Mineral-rich toothpaste or powder:

• provides the minerals that are essential for strong, cavity resistant teeth
• thickens the enamel for whiter teeth

Detoxifying with a blend of clay/charcoal:

• removes toxins (such as heavy metals and bacteria) from the gum tissue and mouth tissue
• dissolves plaque quickly
• prevents plaque formation
• removes surface stains and whitens teeth

Dirty Mouth Toothpowder and Toothpaste, along with our dental essentials (charcoal toothbrush, gum serum, dental floss, and tongue scraper) fulfill all three requirements for a healthy mouth and protects you against viral invasions. Most toothpaste (and powders), even natural brands, do not satisfy ALL three requirements and leave your mouth exposed and vulnerable to decay, bacteria overgrowth, gum disease, toxicity, and ultimately, viral infections.

Support Your Saliva

Your first line of defense against the bacteria and viruses lies inside your mouth. More specifically, in your saliva.

Saliva is the health drink for your teeth and mouth. The three pints produced by the salivary glands each day contain antibacterial and antiviral substances that protect teeth from cavities, your gums from disease and kills viruses and bacteria before it can invade your body. Saliva contains calcium and phosphorus that your teeth absorb. It also functions as an overall lubricant for the mouth, preventing food from sticking to your teeth and gums.

Saliva contains antibacterial and antiviral proteins to kill pathogens before they enter your body! This brings new meaning to the phrase “good health begins inside your mouth”!

Through the day, your mouth is detecting and analyzing viruses, bacteria, pollen, food, and toxins before they enter the rest of the body.

This means your mouth is a war zone of good and bad bacteria.

And if you have more bad (pathogenic) bacteria in your mouth than good, your immune system can be fatally compromised.

The secret to a healthy mouth is in your saliva. 

What you brush your teeth with makes a HUGE difference in how well your saliva can protect you. Brushing with the wrong products (triclosan, sodium lauryl sulfate, glycerin, artificial ingredients) can prevent your saliva from doing its job.

A healthy habit is to brush your teeth for two minutes, twice a day. But what about the other 23 hours and 50 minutes of every day?

Have you ever wondered how your mouth stays healthy?

Saliva.

The secret is out!

Keep your saliva healthy and your mouth will be more resistant to cavities, gum disease, viruses, bacteria, and your internal health will also improve. Healthy saliva and a healthy mouth is the root cause of good health!!

Healthy saliva contains minerals, digestive enzymes (yes, digestion and immunity start inside your mouth), and antiviral/antibacterial proteins.

Here are a few suggestions for maintaining healthy saliva:

Take your Juice Plus+ whole food nutrition!

If your body is mineral-depleted, your saliva will also be depleted of the minerals that keep your teeth healthy. 

Keep your gut healthy by taking probiotics. 

A healthy gut will absorb nutrients from supplements and foods instead of passing them through your body which will keep your saliva healthy.

Avoid caffeine. 

Caffeinated beverages can be dehydrating. Studies have found that drinking caffeinated coffee or tea causes dry mouth.

Limit alcohol use. 

Alcohol may dehydrate, which can contribute to dry mouth. When experiencing dry mouth, try drinking water instead of alcohol.

Stop smoking. 

Smoking tobacco can also dehydrate. Cutting down or quitting may reduce dry mouth symptoms.

Drop sugar. 

Caffeine, alcohol, smoking and sugar can dehydrate you. If you can, try cutting down on sugary foods and beverages (including kombucha) to reduce dry mouth problems. Read Cookie Dough in the Dark for great suggestions on cutting down on your sugar consumption which will leave you empowered to make different decisions.

By keeping your mouth healthy and your saliva flowing, you have a chance to prevent a viral invasion. The common cold and flu viruses are only a threat if your immune system is compromised. Since you now know your immune system starts inside your mouth, protect your gatekeeper with the right oral wellness protocol.

Boost Your Immune System

Boosting your immune system will help prevent you from getting sick when exposed to viruses that cause the common cold and flu.  Click here for the things I do, don't do and what I take.

And that can be as easy as changing the way you brush your teeth – seriously!

The Oral Biome is the front line of your immune system and if you’re using alcohol-based mouthwash or some other toxic sludge for your oral care, you’re at risk of harming the good bacteria that protect you against viruses.

The best way to protect your health is to brush your teeth twice a day. Make this a habit and watch your health improve drastically!

Are you confused about when to brush, floss, scrape your tongue and apply the gum serum?

Morning Routine:

Do this first thing in the morning, before taking a sip of water, to detox your mouth of the toxins your body was cleansing while you slept.

• Scrape your tongue 3-4 swipes to remove the toxic garbage coating
• Brush with Dirty Mouth Toothpowder for TWO minutes (sing the alphabet slowly in your head) up and down (not side to side) to remove waste. Living Libations now has tooth powder and paste that I enjoy using.
• Do not rinse your mouth – floss (add Yogi Serum to floss)  to move the powder between your teeth to detox your gums and remineralize between your teeth.
• Apply Dirty Mouth Gum Serum or Yogi Tooth Serum or Happy Gum Serum to your gums and mouth tissue.
• Take your Juice Plus+ and JP Plant based Omegas

Evening Routine:

Do this before bed to remove toxic waste and food remnants.

• Scrape your tongue 3-4 swipes to remove the toxic garbage coating
• Floss with Floss from Living Libations with Yogi or Happy Gums BEFORE BRUSHING to detox between your teeth and remove the food buildup.
• Brush with Dirty Mouth Toothpowder for TWO minutes (sing the alphabet slowly in your head) up and down (not side to side) to remove waste. Living Libations now has tooth powder and paste that I enjoy using.
• Apply Dirty Mouth Gum Serum to your gums and mouth tissue.

• Take your Juice Plus+ and JP Plant based Omegas and CALM or other magnesium

Support your immune system and protect your mouth!

I use this LED Teeth Whitening System from Primal Organics as I will NOT USE anything else to whiten my teeth. I have found that by switching to all of these natural products above and occasionally oil pulling that my teeth are much whiter than before!

If you have been considering a teeth whitening system, check out Primal Life Organics' LED Teeth Whitening System is peroxide-free. 

Peroxide is the main ingredient it whitening gels, strips, and dental teeth whitening procedures.

Peroxide breaks down gum tissue and causes gum disease.

This results in "leaky gums" and allows bacteria, viruses, and toxins to easily enter the bloodstream - NOT WHAT YOU WANT.

Peroxide also destroys the healthy, protective bacteria inside your mouth and leaves you at risk of the overgrowth of the harmful bacteria.

Lastly, peroxide harms the enamel of your teeth, weakening it over time.

Instead, opt for a whitening system that skips the peroxide and uses LED light technology along with activated charcoal, oils, clays, and essential oils to whiten the teeth and help protect the gums.

Pick up your supplies today....

Juice Plus+ , ask about free kids and membership to save $$

Living Libations for your Smart floss, Yogi Tooth Serum, Happy Gum Drops, Mint + Myrrh Tooth Serum, Wild Child Happy Gum Drops (not as strong), Neem Enamelizer Toothpaste, Triple Mint Enamelizer Toothpaste, Copper Tongue Brush, Sonic Shine Mini Toothbrush, Velvet Toothbrush....YES I buy all of these products!!!  I also like Primal Life for the clays and toothpower)

Primal Life Organics for Clays and toothpower. Email [email protected] for your discount code. 

Cookie Dough in the Dark to get real life tips from me, who has been through the journey to vibrant health!

Healthy Hugs,

Tanya

I’m a wife and mum, personal trainer, fitness/pilates instructor and body transformation coach, author of Cookie Dough in the Dark, creator of Vibrant Living Membership - your ONE STOP shop for health, fitness and nutrition..... among many other things!!  I’ve had many issues dealing with the scale going up and down, a muffin top that wouldn’t disappear, emotional eating binges that did not involve carrots and struggling with insecurity! Through all of this I just wanted to feel normal. I wanted to be happy like everyone else!

In my teens and 20’s I wanted the quick fixes, the magic pills, the fairy dust – whatever I could get my hands on to make me a lean, happy and sexy machine. Yup, found out it doesn’t exist. I wanted to cry!! I was so frustrated. I felt like I was going around and around until I was completely exhausted and back at the starting point. And when I talk with other women they feel that way too. So, I delved further into holistic health – the emotional, mental and physical – wrote a book, and have been in this field for many years helping 1000’s of women.

I discovered that by being smarter, not working harder, I could get the results I wanted and also for my clients. It started with some really small shifts that I will share with you over time. With this new knowledge, I felt ALIVE, VIBRANT and COMFORTABLE in my own skin. And my clients felt this way too!

My mission is to continue to help women step into the body they WANT. To feel confident & sexy, in control of their food choices and have their clothes fit just as they should while having the energy to live a VIBRANT life.

Ready to elevate your health? As a certified Behaviour Change & Nutrition Coach, I'd be happy to chat with you. Contact me at [email protected].

Healthy hugs,

Tanya

https://tanyawillis.juiceplus.com/ca/en 

https://affiliates.livinglibations.com/aff_c?offer_id=1&aff_id=1074 

https://www.primallifeorganics.com/ - USD 

https://player.vimeo.com/video/347820324 - Complete Health and Dentistry Video

https://www.primallifeorganics.com/blogs/primal-life-organics-blog/how-to-boost-your-natural-immune-system-and-stay-healthy-during-cold-and-flu-season

Click here https://www.drmariza.com/podcast/ and put teeth is search bar and listen to Episode 102 - Why Brushing Your Teeth is Hazardous to your Health with Trina Felber

Watch Root Cause on Netfix - this may have been deleted!! - This documentary is more than just teeth - it's the root cause of so many health issues we are plagued with today. I had my wisdom teeth out when I was 19 and will be looking for a dentist that has a 3D Cone xray!! I am so about prevention and I've been sick and don't want to go there again.

Check out the book The Toxic Tooth by Robert Kulacz and Tthomas E. Levy