Dr. Nathan Bryan

There's bacteria that live on our skin. There are bacteria that live in our colon. There are bacteria in women that reside in the vagina. And so all of these different ecologies of bacteria that live in and on the body are there to do things to help the human host. We call this symbiosis. We're providing benefit to the bacteria and the bacteria providing benefit to the human host.

There's bacteria that live on our skin. There are bacteria that live in our colon. There are bacteria in women that reside in the vagina. And so all of these different ecologies of bacteria that live in and on the body are there to do things to help the human host. We call this symbiosis. We're providing benefit to the bacteria and the bacteria providing benefit to the human host.

And so if we use antibiotics or antiseptics to kill the bacteria that live in and on our body, you get human disease. I mean, that's clear. And the best example is that there's no physician in the world that would recommend you or I take an antibiotic every day for the rest of our lives. Right? Do you agree with that?

And so if we use antibiotics or antiseptics to kill the bacteria that live in and on our body, you get human disease. I mean, that's clear. And the best example is that there's no physician in the world that would recommend you or I take an antibiotic every day for the rest of our lives. Right? Do you agree with that?

And why is that? Because the antibiotics are killing the good bacteria. They kill the infectious pathogen bacteria, but they also destroy the entire microbiome. And when you disrupt the microbiome, you get systemic disease.

And why is that? Because the antibiotics are killing the good bacteria. They kill the infectious pathogen bacteria, but they also destroy the entire microbiome. And when you disrupt the microbiome, you get systemic disease.

You get vascular disease, you get Alzheimer's, you get leaky gut syndrome, you get autoimmune disease, you get high blood pressure, you get yeast infections, you get overgrowth of candida, you get parasites. So the bacteria are really the police of the human kind of surveillance. So we have 10 times more bacteria cells that make up the human than we have human cells.

You get vascular disease, you get Alzheimer's, you get leaky gut syndrome, you get autoimmune disease, you get high blood pressure, you get yeast infections, you get overgrowth of candida, you get parasites. So the bacteria are really the police of the human kind of surveillance. So we have 10 times more bacteria cells that make up the human than we have human cells.

So we're 10 times more bacteria than we are human. And so if you destroy that microbiome, then it leads to systemic disease.

So we're 10 times more bacteria than we are human. And so if you destroy that microbiome, then it leads to systemic disease.

And again, you look at epidemiological data, kids who grow up in a rural area, they're out in the environment, they're rolling in dirt, they've got dirt on them, and they're inoculated with a lot of bacteria. Those kids are the healthiest people. And you look later in life, they have lower incidence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, they have better immune dysfunction, less autoimmune disease.

And again, you look at epidemiological data, kids who grow up in a rural area, they're out in the environment, they're rolling in dirt, they've got dirt on them, and they're inoculated with a lot of bacteria. Those kids are the healthiest people. And you look later in life, they have lower incidence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, they have better immune dysfunction, less autoimmune disease.

So there's this whole hygienic principle or hygienic hypothesis of disease. And I don't think it's a hypothesis anymore. I think it's proven out. So for me, I go back and I go, why are we doing this? Why are we using fluoride rinses in dental offices? Why is there fluoride in our toothpaste? Why is there fluoride in the municipal water of 72% of municipalities in the U.S.?

So there's this whole hygienic principle or hygienic hypothesis of disease. And I don't think it's a hypothesis anymore. I think it's proven out. So for me, I go back and I go, why are we doing this? Why are we using fluoride rinses in dental offices? Why is there fluoride in our toothpaste? Why is there fluoride in the municipal water of 72% of municipalities in the U.S.?

When fluoride is a known antiseptic, it's a chemical toxicant, it's a thyroid toxicant, it kills your thyroid, and it's a neurological toxin. And so when you go back and look at the history of dentistry, over 100 years ago it was first identified that oral bacteria can be found in the plaque that killed someone from an acute heart attack, right?

When fluoride is a known antiseptic, it's a chemical toxicant, it's a thyroid toxicant, it kills your thyroid, and it's a neurological toxin. And so when you go back and look at the history of dentistry, over 100 years ago it was first identified that oral bacteria can be found in the plaque that killed someone from an acute heart attack, right?

People who died from sudden cardiac death, they'll take the thrombus or the embolus that occluded that coronary artery, and they basically biops it, and they find oral bacteria in that plaque that caused the heart attack or stroke. So that told us there's an oral systemic link. There's bacterial translocation of the pathogens. That's why bleeding gums are a problem.

People who died from sudden cardiac death, they'll take the thrombus or the embolus that occluded that coronary artery, and they basically biops it, and they find oral bacteria in that plaque that caused the heart attack or stroke. So that told us there's an oral systemic link. There's bacterial translocation of the pathogens. That's why bleeding gums are a problem.

Because you've got bacteria in the mouth, you've got bleeding gums, there's open blood vessels for those bacteria to get into our blood supply. Now they become systemic, cause inflammation, plaque rupture, and heart attack and stroke. So 100 years ago, with reason, with good reason, they go, well, let's treat with an antiseptic.

Because you've got bacteria in the mouth, you've got bleeding gums, there's open blood vessels for those bacteria to get into our blood supply. Now they become systemic, cause inflammation, plaque rupture, and heart attack and stroke. So 100 years ago, with reason, with good reason, they go, well, let's treat with an antiseptic.