Question from Lisa
Dear Debra,
I may need to have some orthodontic work done by the dentist, and wear braces for a time.
This is metal, plastic, and rubber in my mouth for an extended period of time.
There is a chance I may also need a retainer, too.
I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on this in terms of health.
Thanks!
Debra’s Answer
I am not sure I am qualified to give an opinion on this as I have not thoroughly researched this. But I’ll say this…
Whenever you have plastic or metal in your mouth for an extended period of time, it could leach into your body. How much or what effect it would have, I don’t know. Readers, anyone have experience with this?
I do want to mention that in the 1930s, Dr. Weston A. Price, a dentist, traveled around the world to study the diets of traditional cultures. Dr. Price had noticed that the children in his practice had dental problems that their parents did not–more tooth decay and teeth that did not fit properly into the dental arch, which were crowded and crooked. He subsequently studied “primitive” peoples and found that when they ate their traditional diet, they had all thirty-two teeth, perfectly fitting into the dental arch, and perfectly formed. When they began to eat a modern diet, they had dental decay and bore children, in the very next generation, with crooked and crowded teeth. This is well documented in his book Nutrition and Physical Degeneration.
Braces wouldn’t be necessary if we ate foods in their natural state, not just additive-free, but as nature intended.
