The Ultimate Health Podcast: Lifestyle, Nutrition, Fitness, & Self-help

This week's guest is paediatric dentist and biochemist, Dr. Roger Lucas. He is leading the movement for a practical, diet-first approach to cavity prevention. Roger is the author of More Chocolate, No Cavities: How Diet Can Keep Your Kid Cavity-Free. In this episode, we discuss: Diet alone can prevent 100% of cavities Carbs are the starting point of all cavities Dry fruit leads to more cavities over fresh Carbs convert to lactic acid which wears away your tooth enamel Although juice can be nutritious, it can also be problematic for your teeth Certain foods have an affinity to stick to your teeth It takes repeated exposure to turn your kids onto new foods Strategies to get your kids eating their veggies Sipping water after a carb heavy meal Are cavities reversible? Surprise cavities aka cavities between the teeth Do cavities in baby teeth matter? We need to stop blaming genetics for our poor oral health A number of foods that won't cause cavities Jesse needed 13 fillings from eating too much fruit Is lemon wa