Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Are you using mouthwash daily? It's time to reconsider! 🚫⁠

27 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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Aaron Hartman, MD warns that daily mouthwash use raises cardiovascular disease risk, increases blood pressure, and disrupts gut bacteria. Your mouth bacteria seed your gut, so oral health directly affects digestion and inflammation.

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Your mouthwash is killing you. That's right. You heard me right. Your mouthwash is killing you. What do I mean by this? How can mouthwash increase your risk for cardiovascular disease? How can mouthwash increase your systemic inflammation? How can it disrupt your gut and cause a whole host of other issues? How can mouthwash increase your blood pressure? These are all scientifically proven facts. There's a big focus on your gut microbiome right now, gut bacteria, etc. But did you know that your gut microbiome actually seeded by bacteria in your mouth? So having actually a well balanced PH in your mouth and having happy healthy bacteria in your mouth actually seeds your GI tract? So having a healthy mouth actually impacts your gut.