Dr. Nathan Bryan

If you tongue scrape and use antiseptic mouthwash, that's the absolute worst scenario.

Just think about this.

You're tongue scraping, you're opening up the pores, and now you're using mouthwash.

It's better to easily penetrate deep in the crypts of the tongue and more effectively kill the bacteria.

Absolutely.

And no antiseptic mouth rinse.

Yeah.

No, I think that's a good proactive practice because you need to look at the health of the gum tissue and the gingival tissue.

And a routine clean and scraping the plaque off the teeth and making sure you have good mineralization of the enamel of the tooth is good, but never let them do a fluoride rinse on you.

Yeah, there's also data showing that if you use mouthwash, you lose the cardioprotective benefits of exercise.

So think about this.

We know that diet and exercise is the best medicine.

And many people aspire to do that.

They go and they try to eat good.

They avoid the temptations of sugars and sweets.

They exercise every day to try to increase their longevity and cardiovascular health.

If you do that and you're using mouthwash, you no longer get the benefits from exercise.

And we've already established you don't get the nitric oxide benefits from diet.

So two out of three Americans wake up every morning and use a mouthwash.

And two out of three Americans have an unsafe elevation in blood pressure.