Why Ancient Humans Had Better Teeth Than You!
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Ancient skeletal remains consistently show perfect teeth, while 75% of modern kids need orthodontics, braces, or have cavities. Crooked teeth are not genetic; they are caused by something else. Understanding this reveals insights into modern health.
In the 1930s, a dentist spent 10 years traveling to remote places on the planet. He found and photographed evidence that questions modern nutrition advice. This applies beyond teeth to overall nutrition.
Number of the teeth have decayed cavities in them. And that has happened because he's not eating enough fish.
A modern dentist states: if everyone ate a carnivore diet, cavities would largely not exist, and dentists would only be needed for acute situations like a broken tooth from trauma. Dr. Stock said there wouldn't even be a need for dentists routinely.
Crooked teeth signal issues with the entire body. Those who ate foods of commerce degenerated and died rapidly.
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In 1928 Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Weston A. Price observed daily patterns in his dental office: cavities, crooked teeth, narrow jaws, children needing teeth pulled.
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He sought the root cause, closed his practice, and traveled the world with his wife to find the healthiest humans.
Number of the teeth have decayed cavities in them. And that has happened because he's not eating enough fish or not getting enough milk.
In 1933, Dr. and Mrs. Price visited Alaska to study the Eskimos. He spent 10 years documenting isolated populations untouched by modern food, comparing them to those who adopted Western foods: same genetics, environment, locations, different diets.
Faces of traditional eaters: wide, strong, every tooth perfectly aligned in broad, well-formed dental arches, zero cavities. Same villages, genetics, sometimes families, but those eating displacing foods of modern commerce—white flour, sugar, canned goods, vegetable oils—had dental issues.
The evidence is hiding right under your nose... our teeth tell us a lot about what we should and shouldn't be eating... all evidence points to a heavy meat-based diet. The fact that your diet would rot your teeth just is massive incongruence.
Humans are the only species whose teeth don't fit in their own heads. Price examined over 2,000 individuals; cavity rates among traditional eaters less than 1%, close to zero—some groups had zero in 2,000+ people. This pattern repeated: Swiss valleys, Pacific Islands, African tribes, Arctic communities, Native American reservations, different climates.
Inuit: Seal, caribou, fish, organs; 90+% calories from animal sources. 6-8 months with virtually no plant foods due to Arctic winter.
Maasai warriors in Africa: During certain seasons, blood, meat, raw milk.
For those who ignored tribal nutritional laws, characteristic types of deformity and tooth decay frequently developed.
We're the only animal whose teeth don't fit into their own heads... In the archaeological record up until basically the industrial revolution... you didn't have all these malocclusions like crooked teeth. The problem today started with the industrial revolution; our jaws have gotten smaller.
None of the healthy groups Price studied were plant-based or vegetarian—zero out of all worldwide populations.
Swiss villagers: Winter diet (6 months snow): raw milk, butter, cheese, meat, little rye bread, zero vegetables. Modernized Swiss children had widespread tooth decay, facial and dental arch deformities, greater disease susceptibility from refined flour, high sweets, chocolate, sweetened fruits, reduced dairy.
Archaeological record: Transition from hunter-gatherer to agriculture (farming grains/crops as primary food) caused average height drop by 6 inches, jaw size decrease by 10-12%, tooth decay appearing for the first time in human history.
With the agricultural revolution... dramatic rise in cavities in the fossil record... even healthy whole grains... not GMO... cultivated for the first time.
The evidence indicates that a very important factor in the decline and fall of the various cultures had to do with the changes that took place in their food and nutrition.
There was like you didn't have all these malocclusions... jaws have gotten smaller... teeth have not shrunk... leads to malocclusion... epigenetic component.
Smithsonian 2018: Pre-agriculture people had significantly lower rates of cavities.
Teeth are the hardest substance in the body, harder than bones. If modern diet deforms teeth, it harms everything else more severely.
On carnivore... getting a cavity should be close to impossible.
Price documented indigenous women on traditional diets had wide pelvic bones, easy childbirth; one generation on Western diets led to pelvic deformities making childbirth dangerous/difficult/deadly.
Price discovered Activator X (now vitamin K2). High K2 intake: zero cavities, perfect physical development.
Sources of K2: grass-fed butter from cows on rapidly growing grass, organ meats, fish, eggs, organs, aged cheese from grass-fed animals, animal fats. Impossible to get adequate K2 from plants.
Healthcare ignores diet. Dentists' nutritional counseling is inadequate; MDs know little about nutrition. Dietitians' training influenced by special interests.
Orthodontics industry: $6 billion annually. Dental industry: over $140 billion. Built on nutritional ignorance; proper human diet would eliminate much of it.
Cavities are the most common disease in the world... completely 100% preventable with diet... unhealthy mouth makes unhealthy body.
It is clear that a primary factor in the production of the tragic conditions of modern civilization has been the gradually increasing decline in the efficiency of our modern nutrition.
Crooked teeth reveal what modern nutrition has done to the body.
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