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 | Jun 23, 2016 | Diet & Nutrition
A recent article over at Vox goes into “the shifting economics of organic food.” But while some organic food is getting cheaper, the fact remains that it can be pricey. But as we point out in this post from October 2013, buying organic doesn’t have... 
by Pride Dental | Oct 2, 2014 | Dentistry, Mercury / Heavy Metals
Ready for some good news? At long last, the EPA has proposed its rule to limit mercury discharges from dental offices. The agency estimates that it will prevent 8.8 tons of metal – half of which is mercury – from from polluting our water supply. This is a very big... 
by Pride Dental | Apr 24, 2014 | General Health, Healthy lifestyle
What a not-so-long but rather strange trip it’s been…for the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) with respect to human health. In 2008, it was thought to be totally safe. In 2010, not so much…until 2012, when it was declared safe for adults but not for children. It... by Pride Dental | Oct 17, 2013 | Diet & Nutrition
You often hear complaints about how expensive organic food is. And if you rely on lots of processed food products or measure value only by calories-per-dollar, then foods grown with chemicals or bioengineered or manufactured in factories might seem the best deal. But...