by Pride Dental | Apr 2, 2020 | Diet & Nutrition, General Health
No sooner had we blogged about sugar’s tendency to displace other nutrients in your diet, we ran across some other recent research suggesting that sugar may shorten your lifespan in more ways than you think. Of course, sugar is a major contributor to tooth decay. It...
by Pride Dental | Mar 26, 2020 | General Health
With so many of us having to stay put right now, lots of folks are stepping up online to help families with the challenges of homeschooling. But who says you have to be a kid to benefit from learning a new thing or two or five? Lifelong learning can mean more...
by Pride Dental | Mar 19, 2020 | General Health
Back in January, the EPA repeated their claim that glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the US, isn’t a carcinogen and poses no threat to human health. Of course they did. But like the California jury that awarded $2 billion to a couple who claimed Roundup...
by Pride Dental | Apr 25, 2019 | General Health
Earlier this year, new research showed just how profoundly the switch to organic food can affect our exposure to pesticides. It was a small study, involving 4 diverse families of 16 people total. Pesticide levels were tested in urine samples from each participant....
by Pride Dental | Mar 14, 2019 | Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Oral Health
Natural sugars eaten in whole foods are one thing; added sugars are quite another. Among other things, too much sugar fuels chronic inflammation that can drag down oral and systemic health alike. And that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. As Robert...
by Pride Dental | Nov 29, 2018 | General Health
Imagine waking up dozens or even hundreds of times each night. Doesn’t sound very restful, does it? Yet that’s the reality for people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) – about 25 million Americans at last count, if not more. And it’s a reality that puts them at risk...
