The connection between diet and health is quite powerful. Diabetes can be caused by eating foods rich in sugar and red meat accelerates the effects of heart disease. Sadly, many of these debilitating conditions can be prevented with education and application of basic nutrition principles known today. Smoking could also be considered part of one's "diet" as it is ingested and processed by the body similar to some foods that are eaten.
Smoking causes cancer and certain respiratory diseases and periodontitis, while stress can impact or trigger autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. In an article I read, “Periodontitis is generally a chronic disorder characterized by the breakdown of tooth-supporting tissues, producing a loss of dentition. It is the most prevalent chronic inflammatory human disease, affects 30% to 40% of the population over the 35 years of age and is considered a major global burden of oral diseases.”(Bullon, P., Cordero, M. D., Quiles, J. L., Ramirez-Tortosa, M., Gonzalez-Alonso, A., Alfonsi, S. Battino, M., 2012).
Bullon, P., Cordero, M. D., Quiles, J. L., Ramirez-Tortosa, M., Gonzalez-Alonso, A., Alfonsi, S. Battino, M. (2012). Autophagy in periodontitis patients and gingival fibroblasts: Unraveling the link between chronic diseases and inflammation. BMC Medicine, 10(1), 122. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-10-122
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