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🤐 What more could go wrong:

You’ve probably had a cavity or two. Cavities are the most common disease in the world.

Imagine the bone that holds your teeth in place getting eaten away by a chronic infection…that’s periodontal disease (aka “gum disease”), and it’s happening right now to about 50% of the adults in the US.

Most kids have crooked teeth and need braces. Getting your wisdom teeth extracted (because your mouth is too small) is basically a rite of passage to adulthood.

What more could go wrong with our mouths?

Well, the odds are high that you breathe wrong with it, that the tongue is too big for it, and it’s ruining your sleep and your health.

This is all very common. But it’s not normal.

No other animals have the dental problems that we do. In the wild, animals rarely develop cavities or crooked teeth or stop breathing in their sleep.

Likewise, it wasn’t normal for our ancestors.

The fossil record shows that ancient humans didn’t have impacted wisdom teeth, rather they had robust jaws that accommodated all 32 teeth. They came in straight and didn’t develop cavities or gum disease.

These ancient teeth endure for millions of years in the fossil record, but we struggle to keep our teeth for one lifetime today.

Mother Nature designed our teeth to be stronger than steel, but now we have to use special daily care to preserve them.

In the scales of evolutionary biology, the downfall of our mouths has happened in the blink of an eye.

Why?

It’s because of what we’re putting in our mouths.

There is a mismatch between the foods we’re eating and the foods which our teeth and jaws evolved to chew on.

🦷 How are they so strong:

Your teeth are an engineering marvel of Mother Nature. 

They break food without getting broken, designed to withstand millions of chops throughout a lifetime.

Their secret… 

Teeth are hard and tough. 

Hard 

The outer cap of enamel makes them stronger than steel. 

Imagine dried spaghetti. 

You snap one easily, a handful is a bit more difficult, a thousand bunched together…good luck. 

Enamel rods are like this, but each is 1/1000 the width of a hair and they bundle together in tens-of-thousands per square millimeter. 

Tough 

Under the enamel cap, dentin makes a tooth tough. Its organic fibers give flexibility to the structure that resists the spread of cracks. 

This design was no accident. 

Discordance 

Teeth, critical to survival, have undergone strong selective pressures. They are built strong and tough. Built to last. 

As I mentioned, they endure for millions of years in the fossil record, but we can't keep them from rotting out in one lifetime. 

That's how incongruent the modern diet is to human health.

✈️ What he discovered:

Nearly 100 years ago, Dr. Weston Price travelled the world, studying how different diets impacted oral and physical health.

Dr. Weston Price found that tribes eating natural diets, rich in animal foods, had excellent teeth and jaws.

...but when they started eating "the displacing foods of modern commerce" their oral (and physical) health was destroyed.

Today we have the same problems, plus a new one that Dr. Price never got to see...

💡How to change your life:

Your entire life will change the moment you stop [X] and start [Y]...

Sahil Bloom pondered this statement and kept a running journal. 

• Stop gathering more information and start acting on the information you already have.
• Stop expecting immediate results and start embracing delayed gratification.
• Stop complaining about things you can’t control and start taking ownership over the things you can.
• Stop fearing the regret of action and start fearing the regret of inaction.
• Stop worrying about what others are doing and start focusing on what you’re doing.
• Stop tolerating people who tear you down and start spending time with people who lift you up.
• Stop relying on motivation and start leveraging discipline.
• Stop focusing on what you don’t have and start expressing gratitude for what you do have.

🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:

"Practice gratitude for the simple blessings of everyday life, for they are the true source of happiness."

💪 What's strong but looks weak:

The Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF launched with lackluster performance, mirroring the post-halving slump bitcoin has had the last 2 weeks.

But nothing is out of the ordinary.

Analyst Juan Leon pointed out that historically bitcoin’s price during the month after a halving is weak.

“On average, the price of bitcoin has risen 19.03% in the month preceding the halving, versus 1.70% in the month following the halving. 

If you zoom out a bit further, a different picture emerges...

Zooming out, however, the reverse is true: On average, bitcoin has risen 3,224% in the year following the halving, versus 185% in the year preceding it.”

For those new to bitcoin, like those who started to dip their toes in with the ETF approvals, it's easy to lose emotional control with downside volatility. 

It's helpful to know that with bitcoin this is normal, 30%+ drawdowns even during a bull market, is par for the course.

Stomaching the down-swings is the price of getting to participate in the upside volatility.

🍽️ How to save time:

This is how you never have to unload a dishwasher again. 

I hand wash everything. But this is still genius.

As always, it's an absolute pleasure and honor getting to spend some time with you, hope you have a great weekend!

Kevin

P.S. 

This snake popped up on me twice last week.

Two heart attacks later, I realized I needed to take a page out of this girl's book.

May the 4th be with you.

Dr. Kevin Stock
Meat Health, LLC

NED LLC (The Snore Solution)
 

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