The Truth is in the Tooth: Braces, Cavities, and the Paleo Diet

Brush, floss, and forget: chances are, you only think about your
teeth when they cause you trouble. But teeth have tales to tell,
such as how old we are, how fast we grew, and how far we’ve
traveled… But, most intriguingly, teeth can tell us both what we
evolved to eat and what we actually have been eating. Paleo
diet fans insist that our modern teeth troubles—all those pesky
cavities—come from eating the wrong diet. If we only ate what our
ancestors ate—meat, berries, and no grains—we’d be fine, they
claim. But what do our teeth say? Tune in this episode to find out
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