Inflammatory Damage is the Root Cause of Most Lifestyle Diseases

Both gum disease and heart disease actually have the same underlying cause: inflammatory damage. In fact, the old paradigm of cardiology that believed saturated fat and meat was bad for you, and that "cholesterol clogs your arteries" is outdated. Of course, big pharma prefers thd old paradigm of medicine, since it's what sells their drugs, so they do their best to make sure medical schools have the allopathic medical ideology of treating symptoms with drugs rather the addressing the underlying cause of the disease. Functional medicine and integrative medical doctors actually encourage their patients to read books about their health condition and about nutrition and lifestyle changes that can, for example, treat type II diabetes with a ketogenic diet. In fact, as much as 1/3rd of Alzheimer cases can be treated effectively with a ketogenic diet.

That is why I recommended everyone see a functional or integrative medical doctor if possible.