Podcast Summary
Facial health and breathing: Facial health impacts breathing and overall wellbeing, emphasizes Katrina Faye, highlighting the importance of proper protein intake for women to maintain muscle and support craniofacial health.
The health of our cranial facial system, which includes the bones, muscles, and fascia of our face, is not just important for aesthetics but also for overall health. Katrina Faye, a cranial facial health coach, emphasizes the connection between facial health and various aspects of our wellbeing, including breathing. Beef sticks from Paleo Valley, made with grass-fed and finished beef using old world fermentation methods, offer a convenient source of nutrient-rich protein. For women, ensuring adequate protein intake, particularly essential amino acids, is crucial for maintaining muscle and stimulating muscle protein synthesis. Katrina's personal journey led her to explore the impact of facial bone health on aging and the importance of addressing it through craniofacial functional medicine.
Facial development and airway health: Proper chewing habits and tongue posture are essential for facial growth and maintaining open airways. Encourage good habits, avoid mushy foods, and ensure proper tongue position to help children develop strong, broad faces and maintain good airway health.
The way we eat and use our facial muscles, particularly the jaw, plays a significant role in the development and maintenance of our facial features and airway health throughout our lives. Chewing properly and maintaining good tongue posture are crucial for facial growth and keeping the airway open. Unfortunately, modern diets and feeding methods often deprive children of the necessary jaw stimulation, leading to smaller jaw size and weaker facial structures. This can result in issues like mouth breathing, narrow faces, and poor airway health. To prevent these problems, it's essential to encourage good chewing habits, avoid overly processed and mushy foods, and ensure proper tongue position during feeding and throughout the day. By doing so, we can help our children develop strong, broad faces and maintain good airway health as they grow older.
Diet and Oral Health: Encouraging chewing on hard, natural foods and consuming ancestral diets with unprocessed foods can promote proper facial development, improve oral health, and lead to better overall health outcomes.
The way we eat and the foods we consume have a significant impact on our oral health and overall well-being. The shift towards processed foods and the lack of chewy textures in our diets can contribute to various health issues, including malocclusion and nasal problems. To help combat these issues, especially in children, it's essential to encourage chewing on hard, natural foods like dehydrated meats, which can promote proper facial development and improve oral health. Additionally, consuming ancestral diets with unprocessed foods and minimizing sugar intake can lead to better health outcomes. Coffee, a beloved beverage for many, also offers numerous health benefits, making it an excellent addition to a balanced diet. By focusing on these dietary changes and providing opportunities for proper chewing, we can set ourselves and our children up for a healthier future.
Airway and facial structure impact on health: The way we eat, breathe, and develop our facial structure can significantly influence our physical and mental health. Addressing issues related to airway and facial structure through face orthodontics can lead to improved overall well-being and better health outcomes for both children and adults.
The way we eat and breathe can significantly impact our physical and mental health, especially during critical developmental stages. The modern trend of preferring muscle meat over the whole animal and mouth breathing can lead to various issues, including anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, and facial development problems. These issues can manifest in children and adults alike, and addressing the root cause – the airway and facial structure – is crucial for overall well-being. Traditional orthodontic methods, such as clear aligners, have limitations, and it's essential to find practitioners who focus on face orthodontics to guide proper jaw growth and restore breathing. Adults can also benefit from face orthodontics, as bones can be remodeled and guided into better positions. Embracing this holistic approach to healthcare can lead to improved quality of life and better health outcomes.
Sleep and breathing: The quality and quantity of sleep, as well as proper breathing patterns during both day and night, are crucial for overall health, and poor sleep and improper breathing can lead to various health issues including cardiovascular disease, obesity, cognitive decline, and behavioral problems, as well as disrupt proper facial development and airway function.
The quality and quantity of our sleep, as well as our breathing patterns during both day and night, play a significant role in various health issues, including cardiovascular disease, obesity, metabolic dysfunction, cognitive decline, and even behavioral problems. Poor sleep and improper breathing can lead to hypoxia, or low oxygen levels in the body, which can negatively impact the brain and other organs. Additionally, modern diets and lifestyle choices, such as formula feeding, lack of chewing, and processed food consumption, can contribute to these health issues by disrupting proper facial development and airway function.
Facial structure and health: A deficiency in the maxilla can lead to various health issues including sleep disorders, learning delays, speech disorders, and aggression in children, caused by lifestyle factors and improper tongue position, can be improved through myofunctional therapy, tongue exercises, and restoring proper airway and sleep.
Facial structure and breathing play a significant role in overall health and development, particularly in children. A deficiency in the maxilla, or upper jaw, can lead to various health issues including sleep disorders, learning delays, speech disorders, and even aggression. This issue is not inheriting but rather a result of lifestyle factors such as not eating tough enough foods and improper tongue position due to pacifiers or thumb sucking. This can impact a child's self-confidence and academic performance. The good news is that these issues can be addressed through myofunctional therapy, tongue exercises, and other methods to restore proper airway and sleep. It's important to remember that faces should be labeled as healthy or unhealthy rather than beautiful or ugly, and taking steps to improve facial structure and breathing can lead to better overall health and well-being.
Facial muscles and aging: Freezing facial muscles with Botox and fillers can lead to long-term damage and even tooth loss. Maintaining facial muscle function through practices like mewing and tongue posture is essential for a healthy, youthful appearance.
Facial expressions and the health of our facial muscles play a significant role in maintaining a healthy, youthful appearance. The speaker expresses concern about the trend of freezing facial muscles with Botox and fillers, which can lead to long-term damage and even tooth loss. She also emphasizes the importance of maintaining facial muscle function through practices like mewing and tongue posture. Another issue discussed is the use of synthetic materials like coral to build up cheekbones, which can result in an unnatural appearance. Instead, the focus should be on encouraging natural bone growth and development through non-surgical methods. The speaker's book offers a comprehensive solution to understanding the link between facial structure, health, and symptomology.
Maxillary deflation and facial orthodontics: Addressing the root cause of health issues, like maxillary deflation, through facial orthodontics can lead to natural and long-lasting beauty and improved overall health.
True beauty comes from good health, and addressing the root cause of health issues, such as maxillary deflation, can lead to natural and long-lasting beauty. Facial orthodontics, like maxillary expansion, can help correct such issues and improve overall health. The speaker, Katrina, strongly advocates for this approach and has written a book, "Beauty is Bone Deep," which delves deeper into the science behind it. The book is available on Amazon and other online retailers, as well as on Katrina's Instagram account, @nurturinghealthyfaces. She also recommends seeking out registered providers of maxillary skeletal expansion for adults and early orthodontic care for children to help them develop the healthy faces they are destined for.