The Mouth-Body Connection: The 28-Day Program to Create a Healthy Mouth, Reduce Inflammation and Prevent Disease Throughout the Body

by Gerald P. Curatola DDS, Diane Reverand

Overview

Acclaimed oral health expert and wellness pioneer, Dr. Gerry Curatola, explores the bi-directional relationship between the health of your mouth and your body, and provides a groundbreaking program for creating a healthy mouth that will help maintain a healthy body.

The mouth acts as mirror and a gateway and reflects what is happening in the rest of your body and the health of your mouth appears to have a profound impact on the rest of your body. Chronic, low-grade oral disease is a major source of inflammation throughout your body, which can sometimes result in serious systemic problems, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and premature birth.

The Mouth-Body Connection educates the reader on the natural ecology of the mouth. The oral microbiome consists of communities of 20 billion microorganisms of more than six hundred types-keeping these communities balanced is the key to well-being.

Dr. Curatola's program, thirty years in the making, helps to restore microbiome balance and reduce health-destroying inflammation. The Curatola Care Program fosters a healthy oral microbiome by means of diet, supplements, exercise, and stress reduction. Four weeks of meal plans and fifty delicious recipes will convince you that eating for balance can be a treat. There are supplement schedules for each stage, two high-intensity band workouts that take only 15 minutes twice a week, relaxation techniques, and yoga postures to fight inflammation.

In just four weeks, you will reboot your body and begin to take control of your health. Best of all, your brilliant smile will prove that you have never felt better.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781546082545
Publisher:	Center Street
Publication date:	06/20/2017
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	1,140,017
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Dr. Gerry Curatola, a dentist with more than thirty years experience, is the founder of Rejuvenation Dentistry®, a holistic approach to oral and overall health care. Dr. Curatola studied neuroscience at Colgate University and attended dental school at the New York University College of Dentistry where he now serves as Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care. He studied nutrition and wellness at the Pratt Institute, Harvard Medical School's program in complementary and alternative medicine, as well as numerous programs on natural health. He lives with his wife Georgia in New York City and Southampton.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Mouth Matters 1

Part I The Mouth↔Body Connection 9

Chapter 1 Worlds Within 11

Chapter 2 A Mirror: From Your Body to Your Mouth 16

Chapter 3 The Gateway: From Your Mouth to Your Body 27

Chapter 4 When Balance Is Disrupted 45

Chapter 5 The Ecological Catastrophe in Your Mouth 59

Part II The Fundamentals 67

Chapter 6 Climate Control: Time to Clean Up 69

Chapter 7 The Triple A Diet: Anti-inflammatory, Alkalizing, Antioxidant 106

Chapter 8 Dr. Gerry's Superfoods 123

Chapter 9 Moving Just Enough 143

Chapter 10 Calm Counts 166

Part III The 28-Day Curatola Care Program 181

Chapter 11 Week 1: Rethink/Clean Up 183

Chapter 12 Weeks 2 and 3: Restore/Shift the Balance 197

Chapter 13 Week 4 and After: Renew/The New Lifestyle 212

Chapter 14 When Needed: Refresh/Getting Back On Track 224

Chapter 15 Superfood Recipes for Balance 226

Afterword: Balance Is Everything 285

Acknowledgments 287

Selected Sources 289

Index 295

Editorial Reviews

"Inflammation is the final common pathway in a host of diseases, often starting in the mouth with gum disease. Untreated, major diseases in all organ systems can and do result. Dr. Curatola delivers an excellent, easy-to-follow program to combat inflammation while maintaining the critical balance of our oral microbiome, the unique ecosystem of the mouth. Solidly scientific, informative and engaging. Will bring the reader to new heights of health and well-being. Highly recommended!"


—Nicholas Perricone, MD, FACN, CNS, and author of The Perricone Promise and The Perricone Prescription

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