Oral microbiology

If you've not listened to that one, it's not a precursor or a requirement, but it's a really great episode to pair with today's.

So we're talking about the oral microbiome.

That's the bacteria that live inside of your mouth.

You're familiar with the gut microbiome.

Well, it's, it's part of the alt pathway, but we, we, we, uh, we maximize the system.

We maximize the efficiency of the NO production, and then we, we understand the biochemistry and enzymology to the extent that we can maintain function of the enzyme, restore function of the enzyme, and because it's an oral disintegrating tablet, it's changing the oral microbiome and improving the diversity, improving nitric oxide production from both pathways.

Right.

So f- for example, I take, uh, you know, a, I fill my water bottle, uh, for long bike rides sometimes with a powder that, uh, N01 makes, which has the name No Beets.

No, that makes a lot of sense.

Okay, so if we're going to remove root canals and cavitations from the conversation entirely, What does mainstream media already tell us about, like, the oral microbiome that's correct? Like, what's the tried and true?

Yeah, so it's finally getting there.

Like, when you look at these articles released recently about one of the oral pathogens, proformylase gingivalis or P. gingivalis, with Alzheimer's, right? There's a link to it, right? So they're finally understanding there's the oral microbiome is a cause of it.

Now, there's over 700 different microbiomes in the mouth.

But I stop there.

Exactly.

They're all connected.

It controls microorganisms.

You have what's called an oral microbiome.

You've heard me and I'm sure many other practitioners talk about the gut microbiome, but you also have an oral microbiome.

You have a skin microbiome.

For a woman, listen to this.

There's a vaginal microbiome.

Again, there's a number of different microbiomes.

And so Saliva helps with that oral microbiome environment.

What we don't often pause to consider is what we might crudely call our tasting gear.

Our mouths, teeth, tongue, gums, soft tissue, throat, saliva… even our oral microbiome.

The truth is though that wine impacts all these bits of our tasting apparatus and conversely all these bits can influence the way we taste the wine.

So the immediate questions that arise are what effect is wine really having on these things and how can we best ensure we taste as well as we can and do as little damage as possible?

Eating or drinking things that are acidic or sugary means the pH in your mouth drops.

In other words, it becomes a more acidic environment.

This weakens your tooth enamel and disrupts your oral microbiome.

Wine is pretty acidic and can be sugary too.

This was not dentists doing it.

They believed it had an effect on the oral microbiome, which we know affects placental possibility of bacterial infection.

And then, you know, maybe...

The biome of the vagina even could be affected.

um you know they're um I'm on an advisory board for a toothpaste called Even Mouth, and it idealizes the microbiome in the mouth.

Okay, the oral microbiome.

Imagine, they've figured out in populations in this world that have never seen a dentist, never had caries, and never had periodontal disease, what is the oral microbiome? And if we can guide that, you will be much less at risk for all of these problems, including caries, including Alzheimer's, colorectal cancer, low birth weight, premature babies, cardiovascular disease, diabetes.

That's the ultimate prevention.

And we can own that.