Comments by "" (@MrMiaumee) on "Prevent Tooth Loss as You Age" video.
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@fabianasensio1168 Dr. Ellie has already responded about the baking soda matter, so I think it's ok to leave it at that. But fluoride is actually more omnipresent than you think and is found in many places many would deem natural. It is for example found in soil, tea, seafood and in different concentration in ground water (in fact, that was how they discovered the link between fluoride and reduction of cavity).
And of course, It's not true that before fluoride everyone did just fine with oral health (I think there's a romantization of the past here). In science, they have something called the hierarchy of evidence, and the evidence you use—hunches—is at the very bottom of the ladder.
For the alkaline diet, we have to make a distinction between therapeutic use (which is temporary) and habitual use. Using alkaline diet to treat cancer tumor is very different from using it every day. Not only that, alkaline diet is far from being the only one with anti-cancer benefits. Other restrictive diets such as ketogenic diet and vegetarian diet also has similar benefits.
The problem with alkaline diet, if I may add, is not that veggies or fruits are bad, but that the diet—similar to the vegan diet—tend to be heavily nutritionally deficient in some aspect. And if you are constantly eating high-pH food, your body will never develop resilience against acidity. That is a serious consequence you have to consider before going full in.
To be fair, being critically minded is a good trait to have, but you are also falling into the appeal-to-nature fallacy which can be turn out to be harmful. Just because something is natural doesn't mean it is good (if you need an example how appeal-to-nature fallacy can be fatal just look at the case with Steve Jobs). If that were the case we would be better off living in the state of nature without any technology—which by the way is a terrible place to be.
But I get it. You want to believe that those natural toothpaste are better for your teeth. The problem I think is not that they are toxic (which they usually don't), but that many of them are far from being effective in what they do. Imagine using a suboptimal treatment every day for your health, and look at its cumulative effects in years and decades. This is a serious opportunity cost you want to consider before going gong-ho with any form of natural remedies.
And again, I can sympathize with your distrust with doctors. But this should be applied on a case-by-case basis to prevent foolishly denying authority. Keep in mind that Dr. Ellie developed the system and has 40+ years of experience in the field of preventive dentistry, so any improvement would most likely not come from hunches you came up on a whim.
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@fabianasensio1168 Dr. Ellie has already responded about the baking soda matter, so I think it's ok to leave it at that.
But fluoride is actually more omnipresent than you think and is found in many places many would deem natural. It is for example found in soil, tea, seafood and in different concentration in ground water (in fact, that was how they discovered the link between fluoride and reduction of cavity).
And of course, It's not true that before fluoride everyone did just fine with oral health (I think there's a romantization of the past here). In science, they have something called the hierarchy of evidence, and the evidence you use—hunches—is at the very bottom of the ladder.
For the alkaline diet, we have to make a distinction between therapeutic use (which is temporary) and habitual use. Using alkaline diet to treat cancer tumor is very different from using it every day. Not only that, alkaline diet is far from being the only one with anti-cancer benefits. Other restrictive diets such as ketogenic diet and vegetarian diet also has similar benefits.
The problem with alkaline diet, if I may add, is not that veggies or fruits are bad, but that the diet—similar to the vegan diet—tend to be heavily nutritionally deficient in some aspect. And if you are constant eating high-pH food, your body will never develop resilience against acid. That is a serious consequence you have to consider before going full in.
To be fair, being critically minded is a good trait to have, but you are also falling into the appeal-to-nature fallacy which can be turn out to be harmful. Just because something is natural doesn't mean it is good (and if you need an example how appeal-to-nature fallacy can be fatal, just look at the case with Steve Jobs). If natural things were always better we would be better off living in the state of nature without any technology—which, by the way, is a terrible place to be.
But I get it. You want to believe that those natural toothpaste are better for your teeth. The problem I think is not that they are toxic (which they usually aren't), but that many of them are far from being effective in what they do. Imagine using a suboptimal treatment just because it is natural, and then imagine its effect on you for years and decades. This is a serious opportunity cost you want to consider before doing any natural remedy.
And again, I can sympathize with your distrust with doctors. But this should be applied on a case-by-case basis to prevent foolishly denying any authority altogether. Keep in mind that Dr. Ellie developed the system and has 50+ years of experience in the field of preventive dentistry, so any improvement would most likely not come from the hunches you have on a whim.
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@fabianasensio1168 Dr. Ellie has already responded about the baking soda matter, so I think it's ok to leave it at that.
But fluoride is actually more omnipresent than you think and is found in many places many would deem natural. It is for example found in soil, tea, seafood and in different concentration in ground water (in fact, that was how they discovered the link between fluoride and reduction of cavity).
And of course, It's not true that before fluoride everyone did just fine with oral health (I think there's a romantization of the past here). In science, they have something called the hierarchy of evidence, and the evidence you use—hunches—is at the very bottom of the ladder.
For the alkaline diet, we have to make a distinction between therapeutic use (which is temporary) and habitual use. Using alkaline diet to treat cancer tumor is very different from using it every day. Not only that, alkaline diet is far from being the only one with anti-cancer benefits. Other restrictive diets such as ketogenic diet and vegetarian diet also has similar benefits.
The problem with alkaline diet, if I may add, is not that veggies or fruits are bad, but that the diet—similar to the vegan diet—tend to be heavily nutritionally deficient in some aspect. And if you are constant eating high-pH food, your body will never develop resilience against acid. That is a serious consequence you have to consider before going full in.
To be fair, being critically minded is a good trait to have, but you are also falling into the appeal-to-nature fallacy which can be turn out to be harmful. Just because something is natural doesn't mean it is good (and if you need an example how appeal-to-nature fallacy can be fatal, just look at the case with Steve Jobs). If natural things were always better we would be better off living in the state of nature without any technology—which, by the way, is a terrible place to be.
But I get it. You want to believe that those natural toothpaste are better for your teeth. The problem I think is not that they are toxic (which they usually aren't), but that many of them are far from being effective in what they do. Imagine using a suboptimal treatment just because it is natural, and then imagine its effect on you for years and decades. This is a serious opportunity cost you want to consider before doing any natural remedy.
And again, I can sympathize with your distrust with doctors. But this should be applied on a case-by-case basis to prevent foolishly denying any authority altogether. Keep in mind that Dr. Ellie developed the system and has 50+ years of experience in the field of preventive dentistry, so any improvement would most likely not come from the hunches you have on a whim.
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@fabianasensio1168 Dr. Ellie has already responded about the baking soda matter, so I think it's ok to leave it at that.
But fluoride is actually more omnipresent than you think and is found in many places many would deem natural. It is for example found in soil, tea, seafood and in different concentration in ground water (in fact, that was how they discovered the link between fluoride and reduction of cavity).
And of course, It's not true that before fluoride everyone did just fine with oral health (I think there's a romantization of the past here). In science, they have something called the hierarchy of evidence, and the evidence you use—hunches—is at the very bottom of the ladder.
For the alkaline diet, we have to make a distinction between therapeutic use (which is temporary) and habitual use. Using alkaline diet to treat cancer tumor is very different from using it every day. Not only that, alkaline diet is far from being the only one with anti-cancer benefits. Other restrictive diets such as ketogenic diet and vegetarian diet also has similar benefits.
The problem with alkaline diet, if I may add, is not that veggies or fruits are bad, but that the diet—similar to the vegan diet—tend to be heavily nutritionally deficient in some aspect. And if you are constant eating high-pH food, your body will never develop resilience against acid. That is a serious consequence you have to consider before going full in.
To be fair, being critically minded is a good trait to have, but you are also falling into the appeal-to-nature fallacy which can be turn out to be harmful. Just because something is natural doesn't mean it is good (and if you need an example how appeal-to-nature fallacy can be fatal, just look at the case with Steve Jobs). If natural things were always better we would be better off living in the state of nature without any technology—which, by the way, is a terrible place to be.
But I get it. You want to believe that those natural toothpaste are better for your teeth. The problem I think is not that they are toxic (which they usually aren't), but that many of them are far from being effective in what they do. Imagine using a suboptimal treatment just because it is natural, and then imagine its effect on you for years and decades. This is a serious opportunity cost you want to consider before doing any natural remedy.
And again, I can sympathize with your distrust with doctors. But this should be applied on a case-by-case basis to prevent foolishly denying any authority altogether. Keep in mind that Dr. Ellie developed the system and has 50+ years of experience in the field of preventive dentistry, so any improvement would most likely not come from the hunches you have on a whim.
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@fabianasensio1168
Dr. Ellie has already responded about the baking soda matter, so I think it's ok to leave it at that.
But fluoride is actually more omnipresent than you think and is found in many places many would deem natural. It is for example found in soil, tea, seafood and in different concentration in ground water (in fact, that was how they discovered the link between fluoride and reduction of cavity).
And of course, It's not true that before fluoride everyone did just fine with oral health (I think there's a romantization of the past here). In science, they have something called the hierarchy of evidence, and the evidence you use—hunches—is at the very bottom of the ladder.
For the alkaline diet, we have to make a distinction between therapeutic use (which is temporary) and habitual use. Using alkaline diet to treat cancer tumor is very different from using it every day. Not only that, alkaline diet is far from being the only one with anti-cancer benefits. Other restrictive diets such as ketogenic diet and vegetarian diet also has similar benefits.
The problem with alkaline diet, if I may add, is not that veggies or fruits are bad, but that the diet—similar to the vegan diet—tend to be heavily nutritionally deficient in some aspect. And if you are constant eating high-pH food, your body will never develop resilience against acid. That is a serious consequence you have to consider before going full in.
To be fair, being critically minded is a good trait to have, but you are also falling into the appeal-to-nature fallacy which can be turn out to be harmful. Just because something is natural doesn't mean it is good (and if you need an example how appeal-to-nature fallacy can be fatal, just look at the case with Steve Jobs). If natural things were always better we would be better off living in the state of nature without any technology—which, by the way, is a terrible place to be.
But I get it. You want to believe that those natural toothpaste are better for your teeth. The problem I think is not that they are toxic (which they usually aren't), but that many of them are far from being effective in what they do. Imagine using a suboptimal treatment just because it is natural, and then imagine its effect on you for years and decades. This is a serious opportunity cost you want to consider before doing any natural remedy.
And again, I can sympathize with your distrust with doctors. But this should be applied on a case-by-case basis to prevent foolishly denying any authority altogether. Keep in mind that Dr. Ellie developed the system and has 50+ years of experience in the field of preventive dentistry, so any improvement would most likely not come from the hunches you have on a whim.
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@fabianasensio1168
Dr. Ellie has already responded about the baking soda matter, so I think it's ok to leave it at that.
But fluoride is actually more omnipresent than you think and is found in many places many would deem natural. It is for example found in soil, tea, seafood and in different concentration in ground water (in fact, that was how they discovered the link between fluoride and reduction of cavity).
And of course, It's not true that before fluoride everyone did just fine with oral health (I think there's a romantization of the past here). In science, they have something called the hierarchy of evidence, and the evidence you use—hunches—is at the very bottom of the ladder.
For the alkaline diet, we have to make a distinction between therapeutic use (which is temporary) and habitual use. Using alkaline diet to treat cancer tumor is very different from using it every day. Not only that, alkaline diet is far from being the only one with anti-cancer benefits. Other restrictive diets such as ketogenic diet and vegetarian diet also has similar benefits.
The problem with alkaline diet, if I may add, is not that veggies or fruits are bad, but that the diet—similar to the vegan diet—tend to be heavily nutritionally deficient in some aspect. And if you are constant eating high-pH food, your body will never develop resilience against acid. That is a serious consequence you have to consider before going full in.
To be fair, being critically minded is a good trait to have, but you are also falling into the appeal-to-nature fallacy which can be turn out to be harmful. Just because something is natural doesn't mean it is good (and if you need an example how appeal-to-nature fallacy can be fatal, just look at the case with Steve Jobs). If natural things were always better we would be better off living in the state of nature without any technology—which, by the way, is a terrible place to be.
But I get it. You want to believe that those natural toothpaste are better for your teeth. The problem I think is not that they are toxic (which they usually aren't), but that many of them are far from being effective in what they do. Imagine using a suboptimal treatment just because it is natural, and then imagine its effect on you for years and decades. This is a serious opportunity cost you want to consider before doing any natural remedy.
And again, I can sympathize with your distrust with doctors. But this should be applied on a case-by-case basis to prevent foolishly denying any authority altogether. Keep in mind that Dr. Ellie developed the system and has 50+ years of experience in the field of preventive dentistry, so any improvement would most likely not come from the hunches you have on a whim.
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