Anyone reading who’s a current patient has probably caught on to the idea that I’m a health and fitness enthusiast.
This makes a certain amount of sense – the body is one big ecosystem, and keeping everything healthy assists in keeping the mouth healthier, at least indirectly.
Anyway, one thing that’s caught my eye recently is something called the Slow Food Movement. It’s a cultural thing as much as a health thing, but interesting nonetheless.
It strives to preserve traditional and regional cuisine and promotes farming of plants, seeds and livestock characteristic of the local ecosystem. It was the first established part of the broader Slow Movement, a cultural shift toward slowing down life’s pace.
If you really wanted to break it down to the baseline level, what the Slow Food Movement is about is growing and eating the foods that grow naturally in any one region.
Or, stop putting a McDonald’s where an organic garden could grow more of what’s supposed to grow in the area.
That’s not entirely realistic to see happen, but I hope you can see the intent. It’s about hanging on to the natural and cultural importance of any given region’s foods.
Of course, the more natural you eat, generally the more healthy you’re eating. The more healthy you’re eating, the more healthy you are in general, which leads indirectly to a healthier mouth. (Yes, you’ll still need to floss.)
There’s a lot more info on the Slow Food homepage – it’s interesting stuff and I’d encourage you to check it out.
