Summary of Steven Lin's The Dental Diet

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#1 Don’t be afraid of fat! It’s not unhealthy; it’s essential to your health.

#2 Norman was a type 2 diabetic with high blood pressure. He had severe gum disease, which meant his last teeth would have to be extracted before he could be cleared for heart surgery. His dental disease was severe, but he wasn’t an outlier.

#3 As a dentist, you should be able to put people at ease, and build their confidence in their ability to take care of themselves.

#4 Norman was a type 2 diabetic with high blood pressure. His dental disease was severe, but he wasn’t an outlier. People with bad teeth often can’t get jobs with good salaries, which makes their bad teeth even worse, which makes it even harder for them to find good jobs.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350033144

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Don’t be afraid of fat! It’s not unhealthy; it’s essential to your health.

#2

Norman was a type 2 diabetic with high blood pressure. He had severe gum disease, which meant his last teeth would have to be extracted before he could be cleared for heart surgery. His dental disease was severe, but he wasn’t an outlier.

#3

As a dentist, you should be able to put people at ease, and build their confidence in their ability to take care of themselves.

#4

Norman was a type 2 diabetic with high blood pressure. His dental disease was severe, but he wasn’t an outlier. People with bad teeth often can’t get jobs with good salaries, which makes their bad teeth even worse, which makes it even harder for them to find good jobs.

#5

There is a link between dental disease and chronic diseases that harm the entire body. It saddens me to think that, by the time I met Norman, his rotten gums and teeth had already led to a lifetime of disease that eventually left his wife a widow.

#6

The food program found in The Dental Diet helps prevent disease not only in the mouth, but in your bones, gut, immune system, and brain as well. By following the recommendations in these pages, you’ll be setting yourself up for a lifetime of good health.

#7

Our modern experience with diseases like tooth decay and crooked teeth are placed into sharp perspective with a quick scan of the human fossil record. Dental disease was present yet rare among ancient Egyptians, and most of them had perfectly straight teeth. Mesolithic hunter-gatherers had mouths with little to no cavities or gum disease.

#8

Your mouth is your gateway to good health, and the food you eat plays a huge role in shaping your health. Dental disease is an easy-to-see warning sign of other health problems.

#9

The food program in The Dental Diet helps prevent disease not only in the mouth, but in your bones, gut, immune system, and brain as well.

#10

Price’s hypothesis was that dental disease leads to systemic disease. -> The food program in The Dental Diet helps prevent disease not only in the mouth,