Today I wanted to talk about a recent book that I read. I am a mother of 5 kids and needless to say, the trips to the dentist can get expensive. I personally go to the dentist and end up having 9 cavities that they have to work on. This has happened more than once in my trips to the dentist. Needless to say it was worth the effort and time to research better ways for my family to take care of their teeth. I was looking for a more healthy way and I wanted to save some money with less trips to the dentist. I found this book called “Holistic Dental Care” by Nadine Artemis.
This book was informative on not just taking care of your teeth but how your entire teeth and mouth were created to function as an integral part of your body. One interesting piece of information that I learned is that brushing lightly gets the teeth much cleaner then brushing harder. I have put this into practice and so far, I would agree with this advice. Another interesting thing that I added to my dental care was creating a salt rinse in a mason jar. The salt alkalizes the inside of your mouth before you begin your brushing routine. It also helps get bits of food between your teeth out even before you floss. It’s really easy to make your own salt rinse. The author did an amazing job of talking about how the tooth was created to heal itself but that process can be stopped based on nutrition. Our teeth are living tissues and what we put in our bodies greatly affects the dentin inside our teeth, therefore effecting our whole mouth. Brushing your teeth and keeping them clean is only part of having healthy dental care. It was an easy read and very informative about different scientific and practical things surrounding the subject of your dental care. I am having my family slowly start to put into practice the different ideas that this book presented. This book is worth checking out!
You can find the book at www.livinglibations.com which is Nadine Artemis’ website or you can find it on Amazon. You can also check out youtube videos on Nadine Artemis. She has videos on dental care that explains part of what she talks about in her book.
Bonus Healthy Tip:
This has nothing to do with teeth but does continue in the health category. My family has been suffering with coughs lately. The type of cough that will just not go away and keeps hanging on. I found on this wonderful blog a recipe for homemade cough syrup. Its easy to make and it works. All you need is violet leaf and raw honey. The recipe is found at www.thenerdyfarmwife.com. She does an amazing job of offering free natural recipes for different things your family might need. Check out her blog! The cough syrup has worked for us numerous times during our recent on going coughs. I have even made my husband a believer because it helped him in his recent on going cough and allowed him to actually sleep at night. Violet leaf is a natural immune booster but be sure to read her website on where to get the herbs and what type to get.
That’s my adventure for this week. Talk to you later.
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