Book Review: The Mouth <> Body Connection by Gerald P. Curatola, D.D.S.

The Mouth <> Body Connection
by Gerald P. Curatola, D.D.S.

The  28-Day Program to Create a Healthy Mouth, Reduce Inflammation, & Prevent Disease Throughout The Body

Last month my mother recommended this book, she enjoyed it and throught it would benefit my family and I. While reading it my eyes were opened to tons of truths about my body that I never new. When beginning this book I figured I wouldn't understand a bunch of doctor talk and figured either it would be totally over my head or the opposite, that he would end up dumbing things down for us normal folk, and make me feel stupid. Well, I am pleased to say that neither of those situations happened! I was pleasantly suprised at how informative the book was while through the eligance of his writing I could not only understand but relate to everything he was saying, as if he was speaking directly to me.He has very precise charts, relate-able patient stories and great sources for his proof/thoughts.
 This book touches upon everything that my close and extended families are going through. My Mother-In-Law is struggling with diabetes (and multiple other complications), my Grandfather is living with Alzheimers disease and my own father is trying to heal his ulcerative colitis. Mean while my husband and I are dealing with bad eating habits, stress and sleep deprivation.
 Some times we don't realize just how often what we put into our mouths really does effect our bodies. Eating right is not a diet, it is a life style choice.
 This book talks about signs in your mouth to look for that correlate with types of possible diseases in your body. It looks at dental heath and talks about the basics in dental cleanings with easy to read diagrams. After all of the extremely well researched evidence, towards the end of the the book you will find exercise plans, suggested meditation methods and schedules, meal plans and recipes. He does recommend a list of great tooth pastes but on top of that he sells his own!

I would rate this book about health a 10 out of 10 and highly recommend it. Even though I sucked up all of the information I still will be going back through it multiple times adding to my notes.  This is definitely one to keep out in a handy spot!

Grab this book HERE!

-Rachel