Why So Many Women Have TMJ, Anxiety & Insomnia | Toothpillow DMD Hilary Fritsch
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How does mouth breathing affect women's health?
Can sleep disordered breathing wreck your libido? When cortisol spikes, testosterone drops and estrogen and progesterone also drop from that cortisol spike. So it can absolutely kill your libido. Not only do you not have enough energy, but your hormones are just not there.
So your wife is not not into you. She's mouth breathing and she needs to see an airway dentist. Absolutely. Do women with airway issues tend to have higher cortisol?
Yeah, so what's happening is if our airways are collapsing in the night, our bodies get into fight or flight, and that spikes our cortisol in the middle of the night. Those women really suffer and feel like their sleep is terrible, and their HRV is impacted, and they're in fight or flight all the time, and they don't get into rest and digest, and their digestion is affected, and they feel irritated and stressed, and that's what's leading to a lot of depression and anxiety as well. And then everybody just thinks, oh, it's your job and motherhood, when really it's absolutely structural.
Your TMJ, tired mom syndrome, facial nerve pain, lack of libido, shrinking jaw, hormone issues, and more may all be caused by one thing, airway issues and mouth breathing. We've talked on the show about the problems that will arise if your child is mouth breathing and why it's important to correct that as soon as possible at three years old is ideal. But what if you're an adult who has an underdeveloped jaw, sunken face, and more? Dr. Hilary Fritch is an airway-focused biological dentist and one of the leading voices exposing why modern humans are developing smaller jaws, crowded teeth, and widespread sleep apnea. She specializes in non-surgical approaches that help children and adults improve breathing, sleep, and jaw development.
Today, she will educate families on how modern diets, lifestyle, and outdated orthodontic approaches may be contributing to the epidemic of airway dysfunction affecting millions. So whether you are an adult mouth breather or you have a kid who is one, this episode is gonna tell you exactly what to do to correct it and get your life back. Watch this episode on the Culture Apothecary Spotify or Real Alex Clark on YouTube. Obviously, pause, leave a five-star review if you've listened to the show just a few times or have been listening for years. That is like the number one way to help support me, my team, the work that we do.
What role does cortisol play in sleep and hormonal balance?
It helps us chart, helps us become discoverable, helps bigger guests come on the show. So it really means a lot. It takes like five seconds to do. Please welcome airway dentist, Dr. Hilary Fritch to Culture Apothecary. Are we literally becoming less attractive as human beings because from birth we are chewing less food?
Yeah, this is an actual problem that our faces are changing because of the way that we eat. So when we chew hard foods, we develop the muscles and then the muscles develop the bones. And when we breastfeed, we have to put our lower jaw forward. breathe through our nose and use all those muscles and that whole system helps develop our baby's faces and our adult faces too can start to lose bone and shrink and teeth become collapsed and crowded when we don't use the muscles.
How does your jaw form if you're not chewing very much?
It just doesn't form enough. It doesn't form forward or wide enough. Basically, like this whole mid face where our maxilla is, is all attached to the cheekbones, lip support, that whole thing. When it grows forward and wide, it makes your face look really beautiful. That's why people do that duck face to look good in their Instagram pictures, is they're basically faking a good airway and good jaw development.
That is crazy because I do. And maybe this is the millennial in me. And I know Gen Z, they don't do that. They kind of do this sunken dead eye look. It's millennials who do the duck face. And you're right. Like we are like elongating our face doing that. And I do feel like I look cuter when I do that.
Yeah, it's really popular also to get fillers to make your chin look like it's more forward.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How does mouth breathing affect women's health?
0:00–2:30
2
What role does cortisol play in sleep and hormonal balance?
2:30–6:59
3
Why are modern diets contributing to airway issues?
6:59–7:41
4
How can adults with underdeveloped jaws improve their breathing?
7:41–17:29
5
What are the signs of airway issues in children?
17:29–58:43
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