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eyes/ears/nose/throat
periodontal disease
nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• High fiber
• Calorie percentages: 70% complex carbohydrates, protein 12-15%, fat 15-18%

therapeutic foods:
• Foods rich in bioflavonoids, Vitamins A and C
• Eat foods rich in fiber to chew well and massage gums

specific remedies:
• Take two pieces of pickled plum (plums soaked in vinegar), including the pits, and crush. • Add a little table salt and one cup of boiling water. Mix and when cool use as a mouthwash to gargle two to three times daily (Yin-fang and Cheng-jun, p. 36)

avoid:
Decrease sucrose consumptionsucrose increases plaque formation and decreases PMN chemotaxis.
• Meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, coffee, caffeine, sweet foods and sugar
Avoid flossing with petrochemicals (waxed dental floss). Consider using botanicals and other nutrients in dental floss. Consider making mouth wash. (Marz, p. 341, 1997)



supplements

Vitamin C 3-5 g per day (Stephens and Snyderman. J Immunology 128:1192-7, 1982)
- maintains membrane & collagen integrity
- decreases wound healing time
- decreases free radical damage
- improves PMN function
Zinc picolinate 30 mg per day and 5% solution as mouthwash wash twice daily Periodontal disease is inversely related to zinc status and directly related to copper status. Copper is a free radical cofactor. Zinc is marginally deficient in many of the elderly. (Marz, p. 341, 1997)
Zinc functions:
- stabilizes membranes
- antioxidant activity
- inhibits plaque growth
- decreases mast cell degranulation
- increases PMN chemotaxis & phagocytosis
- decreases wound healing time (Marz, p. 341, 1997)
Vitamin E 400-800 IU per day
- antioxidant activity
- decreases wound healing time
- decreases membrane permeability (Marz, p. 341, 1997)
Selenium 400 mcg per day, acts as an antioxidant and is synergistic with vitamin E.
Coenzyme Q10 150 mg per day, involved in mitochondral oxidative phosphorylation and is an effective antioxidant. (Folkers and Yamamura, North Holland Biomedical Press, Amsterdam, 1977. 294-311)
Folate 2 mg per day and mouthwash with 1/2 oz 0.1% sol. twice daily Folate has been shown to bind onto plaque derived endotoxin. Epithelial cells of the cervix and the oral cavity appear to undergo the same changes associated with folate deficiency. Its use is particularly indicated for pregnant women and for oral contraceptive users.
Quercetin 500 mg three times daily three times daily, prevents mast cell degranulation by stabilizing cell membranes.
Vitamin B6 as mouthwash (especially in pregnancy)


footnotes

Folkers and Yamamura. Biomedical and clinical aspects of Coenzyme Q. North Holland Biomedical Press, Amsterdam, 1977. 294-311.
Abstract: 70% of 332 patients with periodontal disease responded favorably to supplementation.

Stephens and Snyderman. Cyclic nucleotides regulate the morphologic alterations required for chemotaxis in monocytes. J Immunology 128:1192-7, 1982.
Abstract: In patients with Chediak-Higashi syndrome, an autosomal recessive trait presents in which patients PMNs have compromised chemotaxis and phagocytosis. This syndrome responds remarkably well to Vitamin C supplementation.