by Pride Dental | Jun 22, 2017 | Diet & Nutrition
Ask a typical American where their food comes from, and they’ll probably say something like “the grocery store.” Beyond that, they might not even want to know – just so long as the food they want is there when they want it. The depths of food illiteracy were recently... 
by Pride Dental | Mar 23, 2017 | Healthy lifestyle
Not sure if you’re at risk of developing type 2 diabetes? The American Diabetes Association (ADA) wants to help you with its “Alert Day,” slated for March 28. The ADA has a free, quick, and anonymous risk test available you can use to find if you’re at risk for... 
by Pride Dental | Mar 16, 2017 | Diet & Nutrition, Mercury / Heavy Metals
During this Lenten season, those of us who give up meat on Fridays will be eating fish. We know including fish in our diet can offer nutritional benefits–a 6-ounce serving offers a hefty dose of B vitamins, some minerals, and those beneficial omega-3 fats. But... 
by Pride Dental | Feb 2, 2017 | Diet & Nutrition, Fluoride, General Health, Healthy lifestyle, Oral Health, Periodontal health, Uncategorized
Though we’ve blogged before on the benefits of green tea for healthy gums and its ability to relieve oral pain, we’ve not looked at the relationship between tea – green or otherwise – and fluoride A recent entry on the Nourished Kitchen blog, a traditional... 
by Pride Dental | Sep 29, 2016 | Diet & Nutrition, General Health
Unlike nitrous oxide, a.k.a. “laughing gas,” nitric oxide it is no laughing matter. Rather, it’s a signaling molecule that our body produces to help the trillions of cells in our body communicate with each other. Nitric oxide is made by the body’s blood vessel’s...