{"id":824,"date":"2014-12-04T17:23:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T01:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/?page_id=824"},"modified":"2016-09-12T21:03:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T04:03:03","slug":"march-29-2014-holistic-dental-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/events\/march-29-2014-holistic-dental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"March 29, 2014: Holistic Dental Health with Rupam Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px\" src=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/files\/2016\/09\/2014-03-RupamHenry.jpg\" alt=\"Rupam Henry\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/>We had a very interesting and lively gathering with Rupam Henry! About 18 people came from Marin, SF and the East Bay with a delicious array of foods ~ two chicken liver pates, green salad, zucchini saute, water kefir, acai kefir soday, egg frittata, several tasty krauts, cheese and crackers.<\/p>\n<p>Rupam combines her experience as a hygienist in conventional dentistry for 20 years with her wisdom of herbs and medicine making. She is also a holistic health counselor.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of her tips, recommendations and bits of wisdom for a healthy mouth:<\/p>\n<p>1. Eat a nutrient-dense diet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raw dairy<\/li>\n<li>Raw, fresh vegetable juices (not overly sweet)<\/li>\n<li>Wild fish, raw or slightly cooked<\/li>\n<li>Raw, pastured egg (smoothies)<\/li>\n<li>Fermented foods (sauerkraut, for example)<\/li>\n<li>Organic organ meat of fish and land animals<\/li>\n<li>Whole fish or poultry broth<\/li>\n<li>Avoid all processed and denatured foods<\/li>\n<li>Limit fruit to 1-2 pieces\/day<\/li>\n<li>Use these sugars sparingly: maple syrup, rapadura or jagari, stevia, raw honey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Good oral home care includes flossing, brushing, tongue scraping, oil pulling, Waterpik. She recommends the Sonicare.<\/p>\n<p>Bacteria don&#8217;t cause cavities ~ it&#8217;s the acid that makes the cavities. So it&#8217;s important to focus on the environment of the mouth so the bacteria don&#8217;t like it. Focus on how to stay pH balanced.<\/p>\n<p>3. Use pH strips to see if the diet you are on is working for you. First thing in the morning test your saliva and urine. Saliva should be 7 and urine should be 5.8.<\/p>\n<p>If the body is too acidic, that will rob the body of minerals. These help with alkalizing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nettle, spearmint, oatstraw, red clover (Daily mineral tea ~ nettle, oatstraw, spearmint, red clover, horsetail and rose petals. She likes Mountain Rose Herbs and Pacific Botanicals for herb companies. )<\/li>\n<li>Alkaline water<\/li>\n<li>Himalayan salt<\/li>\n<li>Alkalizing foods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4. Healing Cavities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Healthy teeth = phosphorus + raw dairy + organs of land and sea animals + activator X \u2013 processed or overly sweet foods<\/li>\n<li>1\/8-1\/2 teaspoon of fermented cod liver oil, 2-3 times\/day or \u00bd to 4 tablespoons liver with<\/li>\n<li>1\/8-1\/4 teaspoon of high vitamin butter oil, 2-3 times\/day; or 1-2 tablespoons of yellow, high vitamin, organic butter\/meal<\/li>\n<li>Acitvator X: Vitamin K1 (from rapid-growing green grasses), synthesized into Vitamin K2, found only in dairy products (milk, cheese, butter, butter oil) from grass-eating animals during the spring and summer.<\/li>\n<li>Phosphorus sources: pumpkin, sesame and sunflower seeds, fish and shellfish, roots, soaked almonds, raw dairy, hard cheese, muscle meats, grains, leafy vegetables, lentils, nuts, fish eggs, oats<\/li>\n<li>Good sources of minerals: Himalayan rock salt, seaweeds, nettles, oatstraw, red clover, spearmint, bone broth, fish broth, raw organic dairy, raw milk, leafy greens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some conventional mis-information about cavities and gum disease: bacteria are not the cause. Acid + lack of good nutrition + use of processed foods + overly sweet foods = cavities and gum disease.<\/p>\n<p>Fluoride is not recommended because it destroys 83 enzymes in the body. It destroys connective tissue. It penetrates the blood-brain barrier. It lowers IQ and depresses the nervous system and it is linked to ADD and ADHD.<\/p>\n<p>5. Tidbits<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Swish mouth with water after eating to bring the pH back to alkaline. While eating, saliva becomes acidic to help break down the food.<\/li>\n<li>Wait 40 minutes after eating before brushing. While you eat, your mouth becomes more acidic to help digest the food and the teeth will be in a &#8220;soft&#8221; state.<\/li>\n<li>Activated charcoal to remove stains (open a capsule of activated charcoal, sprinkle on wet toothbrush and apply to clean teeth; wait 3-5 minutes then rinse). Or use baking soda on a wet Q-tip to gently rub away stains.<\/li>\n<li>Oil pulling ~ started in Russia. As you pull the oil through the mouth, toxins and bacteria are removed. Spit out after 15-20 minutes then rinse with water.<\/li>\n<li>With receding gums you want to harden what is exposed to take the sensitivity away.<\/li>\n<li>Brush in tiny circles.<\/li>\n<li>Herb to strengthen the immune system: Siberian ginseng, ashwaganda, reishi mushroom, holy basil, maca root, rhodiola, shisandra, astragalus, olive leaf, propolis, echinacea, rosehips<\/li>\n<li>Doesn&#8217;t recommend hydrogen peroxide ~ says it&#8217;s harsh on the cells of the gums; baking soda is too harsh on gums but she says you can use on a wet Q-tip for stains: tooth whitening in a dentists office is too harsh; toothpaste has vegetable glycerin which is sticky and tooth powders shred the gums.<\/li>\n<li>Suggests waving hand over food three times to align energy of food with your own personal energy.<\/li>\n<li>Gratitude ~ It switches us into a different state of clear guidance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To contact Rupam Henry at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rupamherbals.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rupam&#8217;s Herbals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px\" src=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/files\/2016\/09\/2014-03-RupamPotluck.jpg\" alt=\"Rupam Henry Marin WAPF Potluck\" width=\"490\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">By Karen Hamilton-Roth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a very interesting and lively gathering with Rupam Henry! About 18 people came from Marin, SF and the East Bay with a delicious array of foods ~ two chicken liver pates, green salad, zucchini saute, water kefir, acai kefir soday, egg frittata, several tasty krauts, cheese and crackers. Rupam combines her experience as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/events\/march-29-2014-holistic-dental-health\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":0,"parent":308,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-824","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/824\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapters.westonaprice.org\/marincountyca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}