Disease Proof : Disease Proof : Health & Nutrition News & Commentary : Dr. Joel Fuhrman

Not everyone has a supermodel smile. Sometimes I think I have a mouth like a bad boxer. Now, in addition to brushing your choppers and avoiding rock candy, nutrition may play a role too. Recently, a brief Q & A about teeth and a healthy diet ensued in Dr. Fuhrman’s member center:

Question: Every so often I see something about a relationship between healthy teeth and gums or taking care of one's teeth and gums and overall health. Do you think the relationship is the kind of diet that causes healthy teeth and gums is also causing health through the body, or something else?

Dr. Fuhrman: Poor dental hygiene can be a source of bacteria that seed the bloodstream that could be relevant in a person with poor nutrition and impaired immunity.

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Ladies, please stay thin. A new study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism reveals obese women have unhealthier ovaries, associated with poorer reproductive outcomes. The excess fat may alter the metabolism of eggs which is harmful to embryo formation. Scientists followed 96 women looking to get pregnant and determined obese women had altered maturation of ovary follicles, metabolism and androgen activity, the precursor of all estrogen; ScienceDaily investigates.

Obesity is bad. That’s obvious. Obesity costs the United States $150 billion in healthcare spending each year. And recently reports show obesity leads to migraines, thyroid inflammation and even gum disease. In the experiment, obese mice had 40% more bone loss in their tooth sockets. Pretty hard to eat cheese with no teeth! Then again, eating cheese is a bad idea. It’s yucky.

An often overlooked danger of obesity is the link to global warming. We burn more fuel hauling around heavier people than skinnier people. Fat people are Hummers and thin people are Mini Coopers.

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