Cass Nelson-Dooley, MS, studied medicinal plants in the rain forests of Panama, in 2003 as a Fulbright Scholar, and then launched a career in science and natural medicine. She researched the pharmacology of medicinal plants at the University of Georgia and AptoTec, Inc, and then joined the innovators at Metametrix Clinical Laboratory and Genova Diagnostics. She enjoys teaching, presenting, writing, and researching how to address the underlying causes of disease, not just the symptoms. She has over a decade of experience teaching doctors about integrative and functional laboratory results. In 2013, she started Health First Consulting, LLC, a medical communications company with the mission to improve human health using the written word. She created innovative videos and patient education handouts to improve practice efficiency and motivate patients. Ms. Nelson-Dooley is the author of Heal Your Oral Microbiome and has published case studies, book chapters, and journal articles about natural medicine, nutrition, and laboratory testing. Learn more at www.healthfirstconsulting.com.

Julie and Cass kick off this episode by defining what an oral microbiome is and discuss some of the negative health conditions that can arise from an unhealthy oral microbiome. They discuss things to look for that will help you evaluate the health of your oral microbiome.

To wrap up the episode, Cass shares some things to start doing today to help support a health oral microbiome:

Diet and Nutrition

Whole food based diet

Ditch the sugar

Eat the rainbow

Get your vitamins and minerals

Focus on your Breathing

If you breathe through your mouth, you may be harming your microbiome

Work on breathing through your nose, especially at night.

Dental Hygiene

Brushing

Flossing

Tongue scraping

Focus on balancing the microbiome if you are experiencing dysbiosis ( you would do these things under the care of professional)

Antimicrobial herbs

Probiotics (oral chewable) and prebiotics

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