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Home › Podcast › Podcast Episode #111: “Your Tongue Can Help You Lose Weight”: Connection Between Dental Care and Dietary Choices

Podcast Episode #111: “Your Tongue Can Help You Lose Weight”: Connection Between Dental Care and Dietary Choices

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Could your tongue be the unsung hero in your quest for better health and weight management? It’s time to explore this fascinating possibility with me, Dr. B, as we delve into the intricate dance between taste perception and our eating habits. On this episode, we uncover the startling research that flips the script on traditional beliefs about satiety, revealing the immense power of our taste buds in signaling when we’ve had enough.

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Key points from this episode:

0:03:31 – Fluoride and Satiety

0:08:24 – Tongue’s Role in Weight Loss

0:12:56 – Neurons’ Role in Food Intake

0:16:54 – Oral Diseases and Taste Perception

0:21:40 – Importance of High-Quality Food

0:25:31 – The Impact of Oral Microbiome Dysbiosis

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About Mark Burhenne, DDS

I’m on a mission to empower people everywhere with the same evidence-based, easy-to-understand dental health advice that my patients get. You can read my story here. I have been a dentist in private practice for 35 years. I graduated from the Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, CA in 1987 and am a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM), Academy of General Dentistry (Chicago, IL), American Academy for Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH), and Dental Board of California.

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