by Pride Dental | Jan 25, 2018 | General Health, Oral Health
How much time do you spend sitting each day? Probably more than you’d care to. Many of us spend the vast majority of our time every day seated – usually in front of a screen of some kind. Unfortunately, all this sitting is a major contributor to poor health. And it’s... 
by Pride Dental | Nov 30, 2017 | Diet & Nutrition, General Health, Oral Health
Here’s some refreshing news about Americans and soda: We’re finally drinking less of the stuff. Ten years ago, on any given day, over 61% of adults and nearly 80% of kids drank such beverages, none of which are particularly friendly to teeth (not to mention the rest... 
by Pride Dental | Jun 8, 2017 | Diet & Nutrition, Oral Health
How much juice should you let your kids drink? If they’re younger than one, zero, zilch, nada. That’s according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics. And that’s the best part of the news. Fruit juice offers no nutritional benefit to children under... 
by Pride Dental | Jun 11, 2015 | General Health, Periodontal health
The numbers are not encouraging. According to the latest numbers from Gallup and Healthways, the US obesity rate has climbed once again, nearing 28%. That’s more than one in four of us. Not just overweight but obese. Here in Texas, the rate is even higher: 30%.... 
by Pride Dental | Apr 17, 2014 | Diet & Nutrition, Oral Health
Though you often hear people talk about “science” as kind of a single, solid body of fact, it’s actually a process and a way of understanding the world. Ideas are tested and retested. Evidence builds up – sometimes in support of a hypothesis, sometimes against – but... 