Lon Peckham DMD, FAAOSH, Dip ACLM
Wholistic Functional Dental Medicine Expert
What’s the Deal With Probiotics? You’ve probably been hearing a lot these days about probiotics and probiotic supplementation. But how many of us really know what they are, how to tell if you need to supplement, and if so, what supplement is best? Basically, a pro-biotic is a “good” helpful biotic [...]
I think it is pretty common knowledge that stress can cause a whole host of physical problems and diseases, upsetting our hormonal and neurologic balance, thereby initiating multiple pathologic cascades (including dental disease) many of which we are just beginning to understand. In fact, stress management is now considered to be [...]
f not, why not? In their bestselling book Younger Next Year, guess what authors Crowley and Lodge identify as the best way to start reversing the deleterious effects of aging and to actually feel younger next year than you do now? That’s right, making a serious commitment to EXERCISE. Sitting is [...]
“Cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health.” This tagline has been in use since God-knows-when. But even with all the warning signs displayed on cigarette packs and advertisements, millions of people are still users. For some, it is a way to calm the nerves and release stress. For others, it’s [...]
OK, I admit it. I’m a sucker for a little brain candy once in a while and have probably frittered away way too many rainy Sunday afternoons on my favorite movie genre – classic westerns. Ya I know, who would have guessed:) So when I hear that phrase, “the dirty [...]
OK, let’s be real. This virus is not going to just up and disappear, and civilization will not survive if we continue to “isolate” as we are. Even if a miracle drug or vaccine gets invented, it won’t be soon enough, who knows what the side effects are going to [...]
According to the International Diabetes Federation, around 463 million adults between the ages of 20 to 79 years old were living with diabetes in 2019. These figures are expected to escalate to 700 million people by 2045. In a sample size of 232 million people, half are expected to have [...]
“What you are is what you eat.” That has been a common saying since who knows when. Diet plays a crucial role in how our body grows and develops, and how it fights off all those bad and pesky diseases that would never stop trying to get into our systems. [...]
When you first take a moment to think about your teeth and mouth in general, the heart may not be the thing that you would correlate to it. But for some time now, research has been suggesting that they are more related than they seem. But wait, let’s backtrack a [...]
Breathing is an instinctive and natural process. Air goes into the lungs, and it goes out the same way it went in- either through our nose or mouth. People rarely think about “how” they’re breathing unless exposed to certain stimuli, or when they’re experiencing extreme emotions such as distress. At [...]
