Today I want to discuss how you can have really healthy teeth, and how you can make sure your children have healthy teeth too.

So, let’s take a look at some of the lifestyle components that lead to a healthy, dazzling white smile.

Sunshine

One thing people probably never associate with good dental health is sunshine.

You see, sunshine helps us produce Vitamin D, which is the main hormone that causes the production of osteoblasts which lays down new bone.

Your teeth are bones.

So, one of the best things you can do to have healthy teeth is get out into the sun, lay down and soak up some Vitamin D.Nutrition

Now obviously you want to avoid artificial sweeteners, processed foods, and all the types of things that can decay your teeth.

You want to make sure you have a balanced diet with quality nutrition so you have all the nutritional components to not be calcium-deficient.

If you find it difficult to eat enough dark leafy greens (an essential part of a healthy diet), one of the products I’d recommend is my Greens. It will help to build your blood, and your blood is what builds everything else. It’s also really high in calcium.

Oral hygiene

There are a couple of foods that act like a toothbrush when you eat them.

One of the best things you can do for healthy teeth is eat an apple. Eating an apple strengthens your gums too. It cleans everything out.

Another one is celery. Celery contains a high amount of sodium that is needed to produce and lay down calcium as well. Celery also has Vitamin K, which is a key factor for solid and healthy bones.

Now the cool thing about celery is, when you eat it, it cleans your entire mouth and acts like dental floss. If you eat just one stick of celery a day, it’s like flossing your teeth and cleaning them.

I know most of you probably haven’t heard this but, eating an apple a day keeps the doctor AND the dentist away. Same can be said for celery.

If you already have a bacterial infection, gingivitis, or major dental problems, doing a saltwater gargle – take salt water (made with a high amount of Celtic or Himalayan salt) and swish it around in your mouth then spit it out. Do that three times a day and it will kill the infection and bad bacteria and help with the state of your teeth.

Tooth whitening

For whitening teeth and general oral hygiene, I recommend a good quality toothpaste that doesn’t have fluoride or toxic chemicals, but just natural ingredients.

Then I recommend using charcoal.

I use activated charcoal and it comes from coconut husks. Charcoal is actual minerals. It’s the leftover bits after you burn it all down. What I do is put a natural toothpaste on my brush, dip it in charcoal and then brush my teeth.

The charcoal locks all the calcium and minerals into your teeth. It detoxifies everything and whitens your teeth at the same time!

If I see a little bit of yellow, I brush my teeth once with charcoal and I can see the difference. If I brush my teeth two to three times a day that same way, I can see a big difference. I don’t use charcoal every single time, just a couple of times a week is enough.

I sometimes make my own toothpaste with just bicarbonate of soda and essential oils (typically wintergreen, peppermint or clove). These are fantastic for healing the gums and killing pain. So, I change up what I brush my teeth with.

So to recap, eating the right types of foods (including apples and/or celery) every day, focusing on increasing your nutrition, building your blood, good dental oral hygiene and getting out into the sun.

Now, if you want to take it to the next level, I have a program called the H•E•A•L (Heal Education And Lifestyle) where I teach you activities you can do to rebuild the gums, to help nourish and rebuild the teeth; actual physical activities that heal your teeth and your gums.

There’s lots of other amazing content in that program that will teach you the nutritional foundation you need so that you and your children can have healthy teeth for the rest of your life.