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In Search of a Cure for Cavities

N
o longer do we need to allow ourselves to be fooled into believing that dental
treatments, fluoride, tooth-brushing and toothpastes are the only cure for
cavities. No longer should people suffering from gum disease or tooth
infections have the truth of the real causes of these afflictions hidden from them.
Originally, I never spent much time thinking about teeth. I assumed that my good diet
would keep me free from cavities for my entire life. Yet the glass of my limited beliefs
The underlying was shattered the day my partner and I observed a small, light-brown spot on the top of a
front tooth of our one-year-old daughter. I wondered to myself, "Is this a tooth cavity?"
cause of dental Days, weeks and months went by, and to our horror the spot grew and grew. Every day I
would look at my daughter's teeth with dreaded fear as this cavity rapidly progressed and
cavities and gum other teeth began to decay. Being a natural parent, which includes keeping my daughter free
from chemicals in the forms of processed junk foods, Western drugs and vaccinations, I was
disease is lack of extremely concerned with taking my precious little girl to a dentist for a dental treatment.
Wanting to avoid traumatic anaesthesia and surgery for my daughter and not wanting to
proper nutrition, have her teeth pulled left me in a grave dilemma: either I had to subject her to a dental
but remineralising treatment, which to me was inappropriately violent for a small child who was not
experiencing any pain or suffering, or I had to find the real cause of cavities. Only
with the kinds of through grace, persistence and hard work did I find a cure, and I share an important part of
it in this article. At the peak of my daughter's tooth decay, her teeth disintegrated so
foods originally rapidly that the one decayed tooth crumbled apart within a few weeks' time.
Meanwhile, I was diagnosed with four new cavities, and I was not prepared to have more
eaten by indigenous synthetic materials added to my overburdened body. Also, these four cavities did not even
address the places on my teeth where I felt a great deal of sensitivity: on the sides of many
people can prevent of my molars near the gum lines—a condition which I now know is called abfraction.
Today I write nearly three years later. My teeth, once sensitive and loose in my mouth,
and even reverse are now firmly embedded and strong. The sensitive spots have hardened dramatically.
these problems. Although my daughter's teeth continued to decay to some degree for a while, her teeth
have protected themselves. Even with two teeth worn to the gum line, she has no pain, no
sign of any infection and no problem eating hard foods like peanuts. These results are not
by way of some special product or dental treatment, but by food alone.

Your Teeth are Not Designed to Decay


I started to find hope when I read and re-read the research of the world's greatest
dentist, Dr Weston A. Price. In 1915, he was appointed the first research director of the
National Dental Association (its name was changed a few years later to the American
Dental Association). Dr Price did not seek to find the injurious factors that were causing
cavities in his patients, but instead sought to understand why indigenous people around
by Ramiel Nagel © 2008 the world were immune to cavities. (Note: Not all indigenous people are totally immune
to cavities, but many groups are.) In the early 1930s, he began a multi-year survey of
Los Gatos, California, USA indigenous peoples around the planet to seek the true nature of their immunity to cavities.
About 70 years ago, in the very same Journal of the American Dental Association that now
Email: yourreturn@gmail.com promotes amalgam fillings, fluoride and other chemical treatments for teeth, Dr Price revealed
the formula needed to cure cavities. He wrote regarding his field studies:
Website: "All groups having a liberal supply of minerals, particularly phosphorus, and a liberal
http://www.curetoothdecay.com supply of fat-soluble activators had 100 per cent immunity to dental caries."1
Dr Price visited the people of such places as the high plateaus of the Andes, the isolated

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Outer Hebrides off the coast of Scotland and remote villages in 4) When those three options do not work, you must have the
the Swiss Alps; he met hidden tribes throughout the depths of bacteria infestations removed from your mouth by a dental drill,
Africa, native Australian Aborigines, New Zealand's Maori, thus leaving your mouth bacteriologically clean.
islanders in the South Seas, native tribes in Florida, and Eskimos 5) When a dental drill cannot remove the bacteria and the
and Canadian Indians in far North America. After visiting these bacteria progress, the tooth root can become infected, thus
groups of different genetic lineages and finding that they were requiring root canal filling. The solution to the infected tooth root
highly immune to cavities, he could conclude only one thing: is first to remove the top of the tooth and then clean the inside of
"Tooth decay is not only unnecessary, but an indication of our the tooth with chemicals. Next, this traumatised tooth is filled
divergence from Nature's fundamental laws of life and health."2 with a synthetic material, thus leaving the inside of your tooth
bacteriologically clean.
A Mediaeval Theory of Disease 6) Finally, when all those procedures fail to keep your tooth
Hundreds and thousands of years ago, when people were afflicted alive from the supposed onslaught of bacterial invaders, the tooth
with various types of ailments and diseases, it was a common habit must be removed—and a fake tooth or no tooth is what is left.
to blame evil spirits as the cause of these diseases and By the time the sixth stage is reached, many people have spent
disharmonies. People of the world still do this today, except that thousands of dollars on dental care. But no matter how much
these evil spirits now have a new name. Scientists, doctors, dentists money people spend on dentists and dental treatments, the real
and government officials will confirm this new "evil spirit" which cure for cavities seems still elusive. I guess that not enough
is believed to be the cause of our people have noticed that these
ills: micro-organisms, such as Tooth Decay over the Lifespan methods for treating teeth do
viruses and bacteria. not cure the problem; rather,
The germ theory of disease modern treatments limit some
became cemented in our minds pain and suffering while your
due to the so-called pioneering teeth continue to decay. To be
work of Louis Pasteur. Pasteur, clear, I am not opposed to
who was more like a salesman dental treatments: sometimes
than a scientist, promoted a they are the best option for
theory of disease that is now some people. But for the
the basis of most forms of majority of us, there is another
modern medicine. The theory way to halt, prevent and even
goes that pathogenic bacteria or remineralise decaying teeth.
some types of micro-organisms With reference to figure 1,
exist outside the body; when here you see the results of a
the body's defences are large study of about 16,000
lowered, the bacteria can individuals, conducted from
invade the body and thus cause 1999 to 2002 in the United
disease. States by a government agency.
Unfortunately, in our world As you can see from the chart,
which is filled with a substantial Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, with some slight variance at the
amount of corruption and 1999–2002; National Center for Health Statistics, CDC end, the older you get, the
darkness, this "science" has higher the likelihood that your
remained the status quo without Figure 1. CDC's Graph of Tooth Decay in the USA teeth will be decayed. In fact,
a good scientific debate since that time. The result of Pasteur's the statistics for people over the age of 40 in the USA are dismal.
science, which takes away responsibility from the individual for On average, 45.89 per cent of all teeth in this age group have been
disease, is our modern system of dental care. In this "modern" affected by decay. That average is nearly half the teeth in each
theory of dental disease, the superstition about tooth decay is as person's mouth having been affected by decay. This gets worse:
follows—and this is from the American Dental Association: by the time you reach the age of 60 and over, on average 62.36
"Tooth decay...occurs when foods containing carbohydrates per cent of all teeth have been affected by decay.4
(sugars and starches) such as milk, pop, raisins, cakes or candy are If dental drilling, root canal fillings, tooth-pulling, mass water
frequently left on the teeth. Bacteria that live in the mouth thrive fluoridation, tooth-brushing and toothpastes were the proper
on these foods, producing acids as a result. Over a period of time, treatment for cavities, then we would not see this increase of tooth
these acids destroy tooth enamel, resulting in tooth decay."3 decay over time. We would see a decrease over time, or at least
So, based on the combination of the belief that tooth decay is the level holding steady, because the older people get, in general
caused by bacteria (identified as Streptococcus mutans a n d the more they are flossing, brushing and having their teeth drilled.
Lactobacillus acidophilus) and the belief that bacteria eat foods in So, it follows that their tooth decay should not get worse, since
the mouth and produce acid, thus causing the physical structure of they are following the prescribed protocol. Are we to assume that
teeth to erode, the modern system of dentistry has developed. over 90 per cent of the population is not following the prescribed
According to this modern system: protocol? Or is something fundamentally wrong with this
1) You must brush your teeth all the time to eliminate these "modern" approach to halting cavities?
dangerous bacteria.
2) You must rinse your mouth with chemicals to eliminate more Lack of Proper Nutrition: The Real Cause of Cavities
dangerous bacteria. Dr Price realised that something fundamental is radically wrong
3) You must floss to eliminate the missed bacteria and food with the way we live. To help you understand what is wrong, I
particles. provide two telling examples of groups of people who were living

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virtually free of tooth decay and how they lost this immunity. milk of goats or cows. They ate meat once a week.
In 1931 and 1932, Dr Price travelled to the remote Loetschental In Dr Price's study of 4,280 teeth of children living in the high
Valley in the Swiss Alps, seeking the cause and solution to one of alpine valleys, he found that 3.4 per cent had been attacked by
our number one diseases: tooth decay. The people of the valley decay. But in the Loetschental Valley, he found only 0.3 per cent
lived in harmony with nature, which resulted in a seemingly of all teeth affected by decay.9
peaceful existence. Dr Price wrote of the Loetschental people: So, the Loetschental people were highly immune to cavities and
"They have neither physician nor dentist because they have so yet a significant part of their diet was a sourdough rye bread.
little need for them; they have neither policeman nor jail, because Bread is something that many dental associations believe to be a
they have no need for them."5 primary cause of cavities when it is left stuck on the teeth. The
This harmony is also evident in the production of food: people of Loetschental Valley did not floss and did not brush their
"While the cows spend the warm summer on the verdant knolls teeth. They even had typical deposits in their mouths but did not
and wooded slopes near the glaciers and fields of perpetual snow, suffer from tooth decay. Dr Price wrote:
they have a period of high and rich productivity of milk… This "[M]any primitive races have their teeth smeared with starchy
cheese contains the natural butter fat and minerals of the splendid foods almost constantly and make no effort whatsoever to clean
milk and is a virtual storehouse of life for the coming winter."6 their teeth. In spite of this they have no tooth decay."10
(Emphasis added in italics.) Meanwhile, during the same time period,
Reverend John Siegen, the pastor of the tooth decay was a major problem for
one church in the valley, told Dr Price about schoolchildren in modern parts of
the butter and cheese made with a high Switzerland, with 85–100 per cent of the
degree of harmony from the milk of the population affected. Modern Swiss children
grazing cows: of a similar genetic lineage, living in modern
"He told me that they recognize the towns with access to the most advanced dental
presence of Divinity in the life-giving This "due homage" techniques of the time, suffered from tooth
qualities of the butter made in June when
cows have arrived for pasturage near the
paid to butter is a decay. The people did not seem to know why,
and even tried regular exercise and suntanning
glaciers. He gathers the people together to far cry from today's of the children—with no relief from cavities.
thank the kind Father for evidence of his
Being in the life-giving qualities of butter
dietary dictators, The cause of cavities in these modern children
was not that they did not brush, and not that
and cheese when the cows eat the grass near who say that they lacked access to modern dental care: it
the snow line... The natives of the valley are had to do with the lack of vitamins in the
able to recognize the superior quality of
butter is bad for industrialised, commercialised foods
their June butter, and, without knowing our health because they were now eating.
exactly why, pay it due homage . " 7 The modernised Swiss no longer ate
(Emphasis added.)
of its high levels of their native diets of whole rye bread,
This "due homage" paid to butter is a saturated fat and summer butter and cheese, and fresh,
far cry from today's dietary dictators, raw goat's and cow's milk. They
who say that butter is bad for our health cholesterol. replaced their carefully prepared whole
because of its high levels of saturated rye sourdough bread with white-flour
fat and cholesterol. products. They substituted their summer
In reflecting on his time in butters and cheeses with margarines,
Loetschental Valley, Dr Price stated: marmalades, jams, canned vegetables,
"One immediately wonders if there is confections and fruits, all of which had
not something in the life-giving to be transported to the area. They grew
vitamins and minerals of the food that only a limited supply of their vegetables
builds not only great physical structures locally. But even in these modernised
within which their souls reside, but builds minds and hearts areas, some children did have a high immunity to tooth decay—the
capable of a higher type of manhood in which the material values ones who still ate their native diet. Dr Price noted:
of life are made secondary to individual character."8 "We studied some children here whose parents retained their
We can see, feel and hear a high degree of harmony with primitive methods of food selection, and without exception those
Nature in the description of the people and environment of the who were immune to dental caries were eating a distinctly different
Loetschental Valley. Not only are the animals and the land food from those with high susceptibility to dental caries."11
honoured in a sacred manner, so is the food. The people see and On average, the modernised Swiss had a rate of tooth decay
know the divine quality within their butter. And to see this eight times higher than those who still followed their native diet.
quality in the butter, they must also see and know this divine Of 2,065 teeth that Dr Price analysed in another study, 25.5 per
quality within themselves. This knowing, I hypothesise, is a cent had been attacked by dental caries and many teeth had
result of a way of living in accordance with Nature's fundamental become abscessed (infected).12
laws. And the people see evidence and are reminded of their own The difference between the two diets of the people of
divinity by seeing the "Father" and His "Being", His presence, in Switzerland in the 1930s indicates an important key to unlocking
the gift which He gave them: the gift of health, aliveness and the body's ability to remineralise cavities. The modern Swiss who
vitality through His butter and cheese. had a high degree of tooth decay still ate many similar foods to
The diet of the Loetschental Valley people in the early 1930s those on the indigenous diet. They ate bread and butter and drank
consisted of whole rye bread, summer butter and cheese (about as milk. But they also added new foods to their diet that were
large a portion as the slice of bread), eaten with the fresh, raw largely uncommon in the area: sweets.

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Often the problem is not that the general food we are eating is This degeneration is a result of our lifestyle. Yet the modern
wrong, but that there's an enormous difference in how the food is method of going to a dentist to fix the problem allows people to
prepared and where it comes from, e.g., whether the milk is remain ignorant of the fact that their dietary and lifestyle habits
pasteurised or raw, whether the cows graze on green grass or are are causing their teeth to decay. The pain or hole is temporarily
fed grains and hay and crammed into stalls, and whether the grains fixed, only likely to return a few years later because the real
come from nutrient-rich soils or not and how they are prepared. cause of the cavity has not been addressed.
The difference between the modern Swiss and the isolated
Swiss who were highly immune to cavities is not an enigma. Dr Protocol for Preventing and Remineralising Cavities
Price repeated his observations across the world. He found one of Dr Weston Price took food samples from all the indigenous
the most extreme examples in the Australian Aborigines. groups he studied. He brought them back to his laboratory and
Dr Price visited Australia in 1936. He discovered that the average analysed their vitamin and mineral content. He found that, on
rate of tooth decay among Australia's native Aborigines was zero per average, the indigenous diet which produces immunity to tooth
cent: they had total immunity to tooth decay. In contrast, he found decay contains four times as much of the water-soluble vitamins,
that the average decay rate of all teeth of modernised Aborigines such as B and C, and at least 10 times as much of the fat-soluble
living on reservations and eating modern foods was 70.9 per cent.13 vitamins, such as A, D, E and K, as the displacing diet that caused
His poetic words paint an important picture: tooth decay.
"It is doubtful if many places in the world Dr Price's anthropological testimony, the
can demonstrate so great a contrast in thousands of photographs he took and his
physical development and perfection of body nutrient analyses of various diets show us that
as that which exists between the primitive our modern diet does not provide our bodies
Aborigines of Australia, who have been the with the vitamins and minerals needed for life,
sole arbiters of their fate , and those
Aborigines who have been under the
This degeneration is a cavities. and that, as a result, many people suffer from
It makes sense that cavities get worse
influence of the white man. The white man result of our lifestyle. over time, since the effects of our deficient
has deprived them of their original habitats
and is now feeding them in reservations while
Yet the modern method of and toxic modern diet become more and more
a burden as we age.
using them as laborers in modern industrial of going to a dentist Dr Price incorporated the knowledge from
pursuits.1 4 his field studies in a nutritional program he
Dr Price explained the importance of food to
to fix the problem developed for halting and remineralising
our overall health, and that even the Australian allows people to cavities utilising only food. His protocol was
Aborigines, who for thousands of years highly successful. Using nutrition, he
maintained near-perfect physical forms,
remain ignorant of helped 17 individuals with severe tooth
have lost their ideal beauty and health the fact that their decay reduce the rate of decay by 250
with the foods of the "white man": times. In this group, approximately half
"It is most remarkable and should be dietary and lifestyle of all teeth had been affected by decay
one of the most challenging facts that habits are causing prior to the nutritional program. After
can come to our modern civilisation that completion of the program, only two
such primitive races as the Aborigines of their teeth to decay. new cavities formed within a three-year
Australia have reproduced for time period, which is a recurrence rate
generation after generation through of 0.4 per cent.17
many centuries—no one knows for how Unfortunately, Dr Price never clearly
many thousands of years—without the spelled out his protocol for halting tooth
development of a conspicuous number decay, yet, given the keys within his
of irregularities of the dental arches. book, the research of Melvin Page, DDS,
Yet, in the next generation after these my own trial and error, and feedback
people adopt the foods of the white man, a large percentage of the from other people who have healed their teeth, we can reconstruct
children developed irregularities of the dental arches with them. Before you attempt this protocol, I want to be clear that in a
conspicuous facial deformities. The deformity patterns are minority of cases it may not work because of a factor of blood
similar to those seen in white civilizations."15 chemistry. Good food may not be able to restore everybody's body
We are left with a potent warning from Dr Price, which is as chemistry quickly enough to halt their tooth decay. Also, due to
important today as it was 70 years ago when it was written: injury from environmental toxins, a deficient diet and Western
"The rapid degeneration of the Australian Aborigines after the drugs including vaccines, many people have lost their ability to
adoption of the government's modern foods provides a absorb food well: chemicals have damaged their digestive tract.
demonstration that should be infinitely more convincing than In this article, I provide one solution to this problem. These
animal experimentation. It should be a matter not only of concern guidelines are like a map, and few people will be able to follow
but deep alarm that human beings can degenerate physically so them exactly. They are meant to point you towards what is
rapidly by the use of a certain type of nutrition, particularly the healthy for you. It is up to your own intuition and instincts,
dietary products used so generally by modern civilization." 16 through listening to your body and your appetite, to help you
(Emphasis added.) determine the best diet for yourself. This is not meant to be some
It is this alarm and concern that I want to be in the forefront of masochistic experiment where you force yourself to eat foods you
your awareness. Our bodies deteriorate because of the modern don't like and where you avoid foods you are craving—far from it.
foods we eat, and often this deterioration shows in either our This advice is a pointer to some of the most ideal foods for the
teeth or our gums, or both, as they're windows into our bodies. majority of people.

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Dietary Guidelines for Teeth Remineralisation vitamins and minerals, you help limit blood-sugar fluctuations
Dr Price found that the indigenous groups he studied that had the and nutrient deficiencies which promote tooth decay.
highest immunity to tooth decay, i.e., nearing 100 per cent, ate
liberally—that is, frequently, daily and perhaps in every meal—from Raw Egg Tooth-Building Formula
two of the following three principal vitamin sources: For those who have difficulty with absorbing nutrients from
1. Unpasteurised dairy products from pasture-fed animals. foods, organic or high-quality raw eggs help heal this problem.
2. Organs and muscle meat from wild fish and shellfish. But I warn you, you may initially get sick if you do not regularly
3. Organs of pasture-fed or wild land animals. eat this special food. Raw eggs can promote an intense
You will see that the dietary guidelines encourage the daily detoxification as your body cleanses old, stuck chemicals. (One
intake of two of these three special food categories, and that, over a time I ate raw eggs from the farm, and valium, a drug I had taken
week's time, all three special food categories will be eaten. If you 15 years earlier, started detoxifying from my body. I knew it was
are allergic to dairy or it is difficult to obtain, you will get the best valium because of its unmistakable feeling, and I was violently ill
results from utilising categories two and three daily or almost daily. for about one day.) So, try this blend:
These guidelines have helped many people remineralise their 1 cup raw milk
1
dental cavities: ⁄2 cup raw cream
• Eat 1⁄2 –4+ tablespoons organic/wild liver 2–3x daily with 2 raw eggs
meals, together with Optional: a small amount of unheated honey or stevia for
• 1⁄2–2+ tablespoons of yellow butter 2–3x daily with meals. sweetness; vanilla extract, carob powder or nutmeg for flavouring.
• Drink 2+ cups daily of raw/unpasteurised milk from grass-fed
cows, goats, sheep, camels or buffalos. Drink as much milk as Special Food Sources
your body desires. Drink at room temperature if possible. Being that this is an international publication, I cannot provide all
• Drink 2 cups daily of fish stock, made from wild fish the information to locate the best sources of the foods I recommend.
carcasses which include at least the head and ideally the organs Usually, buying from farmers' markets and directly from farms is the
(recipe at www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/broth.html). best way to obtain high-quality foods from pasture-fed animals,
• Eat 2–4 tablespoons daily of bone marrow from wild or including unpasteurised milk (unfortunately, unpasteurised milk
pasture-raised animals. cannot be legally sold in some locations). Many fish merchants
• Eat as much as you desire, preferably daily or several times provide the whole fish caught in the wild. You can also contact a
daily, of uncooked wild fish or uncooked pasture-raised meat. local chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation (a list of chapter
(Cooking meat is fine, but it is usually just easier to digest it contacts is at www.westonaprice.org/localchapters/index.html).
uncooked. You can also marinate the meat and fish or cook it rare Some chapters will be able to refer you to high-quality food sources.
or medium rare.) Yellow butter contains an important factor that Dr Price labelled
• Eat as much as you desire, preferably at least once daily, of as "Activator X", which helps the body bond minerals to the bones.
raw, fresh oysters, clams or similar molluscs. When cows eat rapidly growing green grass, the fat in their milk
• Eat substantial quantities of vegetables such as beet greens, contains this factor. This usually occurs during the spring and
kale, chard, zucchini, broccoli, celery, string beans and carrots. summer time, depending on the environment. Ideally, this butter
• Eat the various organs of any pasture-fed or wild animal three should come from unpasteurised milk sources. If you have
times weekly or more often. difficulty finding local yellow butters, two large producers have
• Drink 2–4 cups of raw fresh vegetable juice daily, in between high-quality pasteurised yellow butter that should be available in
meals. Make sure to limit the use of sweet vegetables such as many parts of the world: Kerrygold Butter from Ireland
carrots and beets. The juice should primarily consist of a celery (www.kerrygold.com) and Anchor Butter from New Zealand
and parsley mix. Use one bunch of parsley per one bunch of (www.anchorbutter.com).
celery, as described in the Primal Diet 1 8
suggestions. This juice may require a small
amount of clay to neutralise toxins.
I would advise that people who have
difficulty digesting animal protein should eat
it in small portions: about 1–2 ounces per
meal, spread over up to five meals per day.
You can eat as much protein as you desire.
Protein should be eaten with plenty of fat. I
do not recommend or encourage eating lean
cuts of meat or meat with the fat removed.
For some people, too much protein is
difficult to digest. You should eat protein
with lots of green vegetables or you should
drink vegetable juice often. (Estimates from
the Melvin Page food plan suggest that if
your ideal body weight is 90 pounds, you
need to eat six ounces of protein per day; if
150 pounds, you need 10 ounces per day;
and if 200 pounds, you need 13 ounces per Figure 2. Cavities Remineralising. Nature can close an exposure of the pulp due
day.) By eating several meals per day that to dental caries by building a protecting wall within the pulp chamber when the
include protein and other foods high in nutrition is adequately improved.
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Foods, Beverages and Products to Avoid In order to restore the ratio of calcium and phosphorus in our
Knowing what not to eat is almost as important as knowing blood and to enable minerals to bond onto the teeth, it is usually
what to eat. It is important not to cheat on this advice, which also not sufficient just to avoid eating too much sweet or processed
relates to beverages and other products. food. We must eat building foods containing potent amounts of
So, avoid these items: minerals and vitamins to create a chain reaction that will build
• Sugar: white sugar, brown sugar, organic sugar, evaporated glassy-hard tooth structure in place of decayed tooth structure.
cane juice, corn syrup, commercial jams (exceptions: totally
unheated honey, organic untreated maple syrup, rapadura, stevia). Freedom from Tooth Decay
Many sweeteners still encourage tooth decay; if you have a severe This article describes some key aspects of how you can be free
or difficult case, only use stevia and avoid all other sweets. of tooth decay and avoid those pesky root canal fillings. Our teeth
• Flour and grain products: white flour, wheat flour, organic can rebuild themselves and cover themselves over with a hard and
flour, any unsoaked grain products (examples: bread, crackers, glassy layer, provided that we give ourselves the right kind of
cookies, doughnuts, breakfast cereals, muffins, pastries, tortillas, nutrition. My book, Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent
bagels and sandwiches). Most store-bought flour products, even Cavities with Nutrition, describes how to live without tooth decay
from the health food store, need to be and how to heal your teeth with good
avoided. nutrition. It provides a more detailed
• Hydrogenated oils: margarine When our blood chemistry description of the special foods to eat
and low-quality vegetable oils, and a more in-depth analysis of tooth
soybean oil, Crisco®, canola and is out of balance, primarily decay and its various aspects.
safflower. Replace these with organic from the consumption of You can minimise your tooth
coconut oil, organic palm oil, organic decay, prevent it entirely and even
olive oil or butter, suet or tallow. processed foods (especially heal tooth decay once a cavity has
• Any type of junk or convenience
food or modern fast foods.
sugars), the ratio of calcium formed, provided that you make good
choices for yourself based on
• Coffee, soft drinks, Nutrasweet® to phosphorus in our blood knowledge of decay-free indigenous
(aspartame) and anything with
artificial flavours, artificial colours or
deviates from normal. peoples. Learn these lessons and take
the wise approach to healing and
artificial ingredients. preventing tooth decay using
• Soymilk, low-quality protein unprocessed foods as nature intended.
powder and excess tofu. You can learn how to live without tooth decay. You can heal
• Pasteurised milk, even if it is organic. and prevent cavities. ∞
• Non-grass-fed meat and eggs, and farm-raised fish.
• Alcohol and cigarettes. About the Author:
• Drugs including most recreational drugs, prescription drugs Ramiel Nagel, based in Los Gatos, California, has a BA in Legal
and vaccines. Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He has a
background in intuitive energy healing as well as in hatha and bhakti
The Secret to Halting Cavities yoga. Rami became deeply interested in natural health because his
Through blood tests, dentist Dr Melvin Page pinpointed the daughter was suffering from tooth decay. He has developed many
cause of tooth decay in modern people. When our blood chemistry free Internet health resources in the spirit of serving others. He is the
is out of balance, primarily from the consumption of processed author of Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent Cavities with
foods (especially sugars), the ratio of calcium to phosphorus in our Nutrition, available from website http://www.curetoothdecay.com as
blood deviates from normal. (Dr Page advised that the ratio should a digital or print copy (see review in this edition). Rami is completing
be 2.5 parts calcium to one part phosphorus, and that a critical a manuscript, Healing Our Children: A Revolutionary Guide to
point of 8.75 mg of calcium and 3.5 mg of phosphorus per 100 cc Preconception, Pregnancy and Early Childhood Health, to give
of blood, with normal blood sugar levels, creates immunity to parents the tools to understand and thus prevent many disease
tooth decay. 20) When this happens, minerals are pulled from the conditions of pregnancy and childhood (see the websites
dentin and bones, causing tooth and other bone loss. So, sugar http://www.healingourchildren.net and http://www.preconception
causes tooth decay because it depletes nutrients from the body, not health.org). For professional enquiries, email the author at
because bacteria eat it and produce acid. yourreturn@gmail.com.

Endnotes aag/oh.htm (regarding figure 1); 13. op. cit., p. 441.


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