Dr. Nathan Bryan

So for me, it's been all about blood flow and circulation.

And everything that the so-called experts were recommending made us more susceptible.

You know, social isolation, wearing masks, rebreathing carbon dioxide, using antiseptic, you know, antibacterial wipes, sterilizing our environment.

using mouthwash, everything made us more susceptible.

And it was a vicious cycle that made no sense from a biochemical, physiological standpoint.

I never drank it.

That's always, you know, for 30-something years, I've published over 100 peer-reviewed papers.

And, you know, we made this observation that, you know, there's oral bacteria that are responsible for the production of nitric oxide that are regulating blood pressure.

So anything that kills oral bacteria will decrease nitric oxide production and cause an increase in blood pressure.

But that's the headline grabber.

Watch this causes high blood pressure.

I know, but you get, look, I always look back and say, why were we doing this?

Why was this ever introduced?

And I think it was with good reason because 100 years ago was first this oral systemic link.

People with bleeding gums, poor oral hygiene, had higher heart attacks and strokes, incidents of heart attack and stroke.

So the solution back then, well, let's kill all the bacteria.

Let's use chlorhexidine, let's use fluoride, and let's sterilize the oral environment.

But now fast forward 100 years, we know that there's a microbiome.

There's bacteria that live in the mouth, on the skin, in the gut, and if we kill these good bacteria, it causes systemic disease.

So we know better, and we've got to do better.