How to Destroy Your Metabolism in 15 Easy Steps

Your metabolism is the engine that powers everything your body does—from breathing and digesting food to maintaining energy and regulating hormones. When it’s running efficiently, you feel energetic, maintain a healthy weight, think more clearly, and keep chronic health conditions at bay. But what happens when you sabotage this critical system? This post dives into all the ways you can ruin your metabolism (whether intentionally or not) and highlights the habits and lifestyle factors you should avoid if you want your body to thrive.

This is not advice to ruin your metabolism—it’s a tongue-in-cheek guide that shows you what not to do.

Diet, Behavior, Functional Medicine, General Health, MovementScott Solomons, DDSApril 28, 2025metabolism, Slow Metabolism, Thyroid Health, Poor Sleep, Low-Calorie Diets, Dehydration, Sedentary, Stress, Processed Foods, Fluoridated Water, Pesticide, Junk FoodComment

Fluorosis: A Dangerous Condition You Or Someone You Know May Have

I have written articles about systemic fluoride before, but today I want to focus on one manifestation of excess fluoride called fluorosis. Fluorosis means fluoride toxicity and its manifestations. The symptoms range from mild to severe and typically show up in teeth and bones but include other aspects of the body. Today, dental fluorosis has been trivialized, yet 8 to 51% of children in fluoridated communities suffer from dental fluorosis, and 3 to 26% of children in non-fluoridated communities suffer from dental fluorosis due to its presence in much of our food supply. In 2010, the Centers for Disease Control reported 41 % of American adolescents now have dental fluorosis. In this post, I will show you how to identify it, and talk about what you can do to prevent and cope with it.