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Welcome to this week’s Gluten Free Works Health Guide Newsletter! Today we look at what our mouth tell us about our overall health and why disorders of the mouth should not be ignored.
Our Tip describes how to how to identify and correct mouth symptoms.
Be sure to review the mouth related symptoms in the Health Guide below.
Please email us questions or topic suggestions at info@glutenfreeworks.com.
Thank You!
-John Libonati, Publisher
Gluten Free Works Health Guide
Featured Article: What Can Our Mouth Tell Us About Our Health?
Our mouth can provide valuable clues about our health. Disorders of the teeth, gums, tongue and lips tip us off to bacterial invasion, dsybiosis (bacterial imbalance, malabsorption and/or unrecognized nutritional deficiencies that are causing health problems.
The mouth is one of the first places to look to find nutritional deficiencies and overall health. If the body has a problem, it usually shows up in the mouth.
Teeth, gums, the tongue, and lips should be checked regularly for dysfunction or abnormalities: sores, inflammation, improper color, pain. By abnormalities, we mean versus a normal mouth, not necessarily what the person considers normal for them.
Mouth symptoms can be chronic for years or decades because people do not realize they are symptoms or that they are correctable. People may think the cracking in the corners of their mouths is normal for them since they have always gotten them. Or they make think they are due to stress.
“It’s genetic” is a commonly used rationale to explain health problems. A person may believe their geographic tongue is hereditary since their mother and grandmother had geographic tongue. Genes may make a person more susceptible to a health condition, but that does not mean the person cannot avoid the problem. For example, if the grandmother, mother and child all ate the same diet, which was deficient in certain nutrients, and their genes predisposed them to geographic tongue without those nutrients, then they all would experience the same symptoms. Supplementing the missing nutrient would cure the geographic tongue.
Disorders of the mouth are never normal. Discovering the cause is important, because problems in the mouth can reveal problems elsewhere in the body. Tip: Log into the Gluten Free Works Health Guide. Click the Mouth Disorders link on the right sidebar of the home page. Look at your mouth and note any symptoms that match the posts listed in the results page. Click the symptom page and review the list of causes. Follow the 6 Step Process listed on the symptom page to correct the symptom. If nutritional deficiencies are causing the problem, click on the nutritional deficiencies listed on the page to take you to those deficiencies. Make a list of the dietary sources that are high in those nutrients to add to your diet and review any other symptoms those deficiencies may be causing. Do the same for your family members.
This is how your mouth can lead you to other health issues that you may not realize stem from deficiencies. Remember, the deficiency is not the root problem. Whatever is causing the deficiency is the problem. Fix that and you’ve fixed the problem and your health!
Author: John Libonati
Source: Gluten Free Works Health Guide
Mouth Symptoms
New medical research from around the world is being published regularly. As new information comes out, we make revisions. Stay current by reviewing this week’s updates.
Review these mouth related symptoms so you can quickly identify nutritional deficiencies and other issues in yourself and others.
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What Are Aphthus Ulcers? Aphthus ulcers, also called canker sores, are a chronic disorder of soft mouth tissue characterized by small, painful purpuric, papular, or erosive lesions that are often surrounded by erythematous (red) margins.1 Q: What soft mouth tissues develop Read more…
What Is Cheilosis? Cheilosis is a painful feature of nutritional deficiencies, especially riboflavin and/or pyridoxine deficiency, and less frequently, from vitamin B12, folic acid, and iron. It is characterized by redness of the lips with cracking and weeping in the Read more…
What Are Chronic Oral Mucosal Lesions? Chronic lesions of the oral mucosa are disorders of the mouth that are characterized by soreness and sores of the soft mucosal lining of the mouth. What Are Chronic Oral Mucosal Lesions In Celiac Read more…
What Is A Pale, Smooth, Burning Tongue? A pale, smooth, burning tongue is an alteration in tongue tissue characteristic of iron deficiency. The tongue is also swollen.1 Additionally, the sore tongue surface may be invaded by candida yeast which takes Read more…
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What Are Bleeding / Swollen Gums? Bleeding and/or swollen gums is an inflammatory disorder characterized by changes in gum integrity that may result in tooth loss. Sponginess of the gum (swelling) indicates inflammation, called gingivitis. Q: What causes gingivitis? A: Gingivitis that Read more…
What Are Dental Enamel Defects? Dental enamel defects (DED) comprise a variety of abnormalities in the dental enamel of the second or permanent teeth and of primary or baby teeth. Teeth may appear with pits, thin or missing enamel, non-white enamel (yellow, Read more…
What Is Beefy Red, Smooth, Burning Tongue? Beefy, red, smooth, burning tongue is an inflammatory alteration in tongue tissue characteristic of vitamin B12 deficiency. Inflammation makes the tongue red and sore which, when untreated, progresses to atrophied papillae (shrunken taste Read more…
What Is Sjögren’s Syndrome? Sjögren’s syndrome is a systemic autoimmune disease with a chronic, progressive course that primarily attacks the lacrimal glands of the eye and the salivary glands of the mouth, which are exocrine glands. Exocrine glands secrete the substances they produce Read more…
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What Is Candida Albicans Mucosal Infection? Candida albicans infection, called candidosis or candidiasis, is an opportunistic invasion of mucous membrane by candida albicans, an endogenous yeast found in 40 to 80% of normal human beings. Q: How does candida albicans Read more…
What Is Geographic Tongue? Geographic tongue is a painful alteration in tongue tissue that is characteristic of riboflavin (vitamin B2) deficiency.1 Q: How does the tongue surface appear? A: Areas of inflamed tissue with flattened papillae develop among areas of normal tissue, Read more…
What Is A Fiery Red, Smooth, Burning Tongue? A fiery red, smooth, burning tongue is an alteration in tongue tissue that is characteristic of advanced niacin deficiency.1 Q: How does niacin deficiency cause the tongue to be red and sore? Read more…
What Is Chronic Bullous Dermatosis Of Childhood? Chronic bullous dermatosis of childhood, also termed linear IgA dermatosis, is the most common acquired autoimmune blistering disorder of childhood and is characterized by itchy, urticated papules and plaques as well as polycyclic lesions (merged … Read more…
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