How Diet Shapes Your Child's Face, Airway, & Future, With Dr. Steven Lin Your Mouth Matters podcast

How Diet Shapes Your Child's Face, Airway, & Future, with Dr. Steven Lin

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This week on Your Mouth Matters, functional dentist Dr. Steven Lin joins us to unpack how nutrition affects not just our teeth but also our facial structure and airway.

Author of The Dental Diet, Dr. Lin’s discovery of Dr. Weston A. Price’s pioneering research from the 1930s completely changed his perspective on dentistry. Price documented how indigenous populations around the world maintained perfect dental arches and minimal decay until they shifted to a modern processed diet. Within a single generation, significant dental problems emerged - findings that have been validated by modern science, particularly our understanding of fat-soluble vitamins A, D, and K2, which work together to guide proper bone development and calcium utilization.

Importantly, most orofacial development happens early, before the age of 8, with the critical window being the first 5 years of life. The good news is that simple dietary shifts can dramatically affect a child’s developmental trajectory - changes such as replacing cereal with eggs and quality animal proteins, incorporating nutrient-dense foods, and making sure they get enough fat-soluble vitamins. Dr. Lin shares practical strategies for making these changes, even with picky eaters and our challenging food environment.

Listen and learn about how rising rates of airway issues and numerous chronic conditions that we see today may all link back to the nutritional deficiencies that begin with inadequate facial development. This episode provides practical tips for parents to harness the power of nutrition for optimal oral and whole body health and well-being.

https://www.drstevenlin.com/the-dental-diet/

Chapters

1. How Diet Shapes Your Child's Face, Airway, & Future, with Dr. Steven Lin (00:00:00)

2. Introduction to The Dental Diet (00:00:16)

3. Dr. Lin's Journey to Nutritional Dentistry (00:07:16)

4. Weston Price's Research and Modern Science (00:21:26)

5. Functional Dentistry's Role in Healthcare (00:34:40)

6. Essential Foods and Nutrients for Oral Health (00:47:43)

7. Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Their Critical Functions (01:02:06)

8. Childhood Nutrition and Facial Development (01:13:12)

9. Multi-Generational Effects of Poor Nutrition (01:20:53)

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