Maintaining a balanced PH level in the body is often considered crucial for good health. However, the concept of PH balance has led to several dietary trends and fads that claim to affect the PH of our blood. It is generally believed that a slightly alkaline body PH is healthy, but the persistent myth that we can significantly alter our blood PH through diet alone needs to be debunked. In this post, I will delve into the science behind blood PH, the body's complex mechanisms for regulating it, and explain why diet alone cannot substantially change this vital parameter and could cause problems like tooth decay and demineralization.
Read MorePoor sleep is often caused by poor breathing, which, in turn, is often caused by poor jaw development. In 2016, the American Heart Association released a "scientific statement" on the connection between poor sleep and heart disease; you can find it here. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine states that severe sleep apnea doubles one's chance of dying from heart disease. I have spoken at length about the connection between facial development and obstructive sleep apnea before. In my post today, I am going to focus on the pressure changes to the body that sleep apnea causes and their consequences.
Read Morewe all absorb news hoping that we will have a better understanding of the subject when we finish reading or hearing the facts. Journalism has taken on an air of entertainment as well. Many of us enjoy reading and listening to the news. I have no problem with that. The payoff after hearing news is that we feel entertained (sometimes) and smarter. Little do we suspect that the "payoff" in many instances depends on us not understanding the entire complex subject. I don’t go so far as to use the term fake news often. It’s usually just faulty. What might also be faulty is our belief that The author is an expert who did all of the required research into the matter, and we are now experts in the subject he spoke about in his article as a result of his exhaustive digging.
Today I am going to highlight some commonly used knowledge gaps in a recent New York Times article entitled, "Manure, Belching Cows, And All Those Feedlots."
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