National Nutrition Month

National Nutrition Month

Apparently March is National Nutrition Month! I know- it seems like there’s a month, week or day for almost everything! But it does give me the opportunity to discuss some dentally relevant nutritional information, namely added sugars and sugary drinks. Obviously I’m not qualified to offer nutritional advice, but being a lifelong sugar addict, I…

Sugar and health – Everything You Were Afraid To Know

Sugar and health – Everything You Were Afraid To Know

And what you can do about it. Sugar is not just the bane of your average dentist but of the entire health care community as well. There is an excellent article in this month’s (August 2013) issue of National Geographic outlining the history and general relationship of sugar and health. Although the American Heart Association…