Aging Well

STRONG TEETH=STRONG BRAIN
"Maintaining your teeth may also help you mantain your memory as you age, according to new reserach from Sweden. The study links a lack of teeth with a loss of cognitive function and lack of teethvwith losss of cognitve function and a higher risk of dementia.

Having a few or no teeth makes chewing difficult, which may lead to a reduction in the blood flow of the brain. Researches determined that older adults who had difficulty chewing hard foods such as apples had a higher risk of developing cognitive imparmantes. Weather chewing ability was sustained with natural teeth or dentures had no bearing on the effect."
*Source "chewing abikity linked to reduced deementia risk" Karolinska Institute and Taste for life Magazine