Mouth taping for dry mouth, CPAP and snoring is my topic on this Primal Diet - Modern Health podcast with Nicholas Michalak. I don't use a CPAP machine and I don't mouth breathe during the day but I learned years ago I was mouth breathing at night. I've been taping my mouth at night ever since. When we lie on our backs, gravity tends to let our jaw drop. We then breathe through the mouth instead of the nose. The resulting vibration of air on ... Keep Reading >
Snoring & Apnea
The Oral Microbiome and Dental Health for Babies
In "The Dental Diet", Dr. Steven Lin writes on dental health for babies and the wonders of the oral Microbiome. Lin gives terrific info on the health of your airway, tongue, jaws and gut. In this fast-moving Primal Diet - Modern Health podcast we talk about the role of Vitamin K2, how Weston A . Price changed nutrition and dentistry, and how to help your kids grow better jaws to hold straight teeth with fewer braces and extractions. And ... Keep Reading >
5 Reasons I Tape My Mouth at Night
Yes, I tape my mouth at night and you should too. We're not talking duct tape here or even masking tape as this eye-catching graphic shows. It's special lightweight tape made just for taping the lips at night. It works! Mouth taping lets you breathe through your nose not your mouth. The difference this makes in sleep, dental health, sinuses, lungs, energy, nitric oxide and carbon dioxide blood levels is staggering. Listen in to my Primal ... Keep Reading >
How To Stop Snoring Naturally
Want to know how to stop snoring naturally? And your partner too? Snoring can be a simple issue, or it can be a complicated one. Some people resort to surgery on their tongues and palates, but there are many things to try before that. Here's just a few areas to address to stop snoring naturally. Find more help in more of my blog posts and podcasts on Sleep. 1). FOOD INTOLERANCES: An intolerance to cow's dairy is a top factor I see in ... Keep Reading >
Sleep Aids For Better Sleep – Cheap!
Got $20? Want better sleep? This blog post on sleep aids is for you! Here's three inexpensive gadgets that help me sleep better... Number one? Earplugs! I'm a light sleeper and any sound might wake me. My stomach growling, the heat coming on. You name it! If I lived with dogs or a mate, I'd definitely use earplugs daily. As it is, I use them some nights and not others, depending on what's happening and how I feel. If I'm ... Keep Reading >
Posture,TMJ and Dental Health
Did you know that your bite and TMJ joint affect your posture? And that posture affects your TMJ and dental health? Your posture affects your health? Follow me closely here. This is a lengthy but worthy post.... Dr. Weston Price wrote about the degeneration of our health due to processed food lacking minerals and the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, and K. The loss of these nutrients leads to an infant's poorly formed mouth, crowded dental ... Keep Reading >
Is Over-Breathing Making You Sick?
Here's one of the biggest health issues you never heard of.... Over-breathing! A cause of fatigue, insomnia, asthma, anxiety and poor exercise tolerance. And both the cause and effect of feeling stressed! Overbreathing is one of the biggest health issues no one talks about. Taking in excess air depletes valuable CO2, an important regulator of many functions in the body. Just the opposite of what we've been told, taking in too much air ... Keep Reading >
Facial Structure, Sleep and Anxiety: “Not Just Paleo” Interviews Beverly
Facial structure, sleep and anxiety are discussed on this excellent interview today. And we've got lots of surprise topics too! Evan Brand at NotJustPaleo asks about my recent TMJ discoveries and the effects of distorted facial and dental structure on our mental and physical health. As predicted and researched by Dr. Weston A. Price in the 1940's, we now ARE the people with problems. Dr. Price told us how to prevent these issues in children ... Keep Reading >
Sleep, Snoring and Airway Disorders
The connection between your airway, sleep, snoring and TMJ is a recent discovery. It's so new that 99% of dentists and doctors are unaware of it. Snoring and airway - yes. The bite and TMJ being part of the snoring problem? No! POINT#1: It's not just the sleep disorder docs who are unfamilair with this. Even "holistic" or "biological" dentists (the only ones I have recommended in the past) may know nothing about the snoring/bite ... Keep Reading >
Address TMJ Disorder Symptoms and Change Your Life
What if it really IS all in your head? Could your TMJ Disorder symptoms be confused with other problems? Can a good TMJ dentist change your life? FACT #1: It's entirely possible the CAUSE of many of your health concerns has been completely overlooked. FACT #2: If you don't think YOU have dental, bite or airway issues, you're probably wrong. This is a long article so plan on studying it over time. Find and follow the Resource Links at ... Keep Reading >
How To Do a Food Challenge (and Why?)
Want to know how and why to do a food challenge correctly? What if I were to tell you this is ONE important thing you could do NOW to improve your longevity, skin, weight, digestion, arthritis, sleep, immune system and energy? Your risk of having gall bladder, heart or colon surgery? Maybe reduce your medical expenses, and generally improve the quality of your life in every way? Wouldn't you want to do that? How about if your depression ... Keep Reading >