Hello everyone, this is Dr. Sarit Avraham,

Today, I am going to introduce you to a powerful tool that can greatly strengthen your overall health—and just as importantly, the health of your teeth and gums.

If there is anyone in the audience who doesn’t want to reduce their dental treatments, then perhaps this lesson isn’t necessary for you. But if your answer is that you do want to cut down on dental treatments, save time, avoid pain, save money, enjoy better breath, have healthy gums, strong teeth, and optimal health in general—then you’ll want to watch this lesson all the way to the end!

Anyone who knows me knows that my goal as a dentist is to provide people peace of mind from problems of the mouth and teeth. With that in mind, that’s how I treat people. In order for this to happen, two things need to occur:

1. Thorough, high-quality treatments at the clinic – We must carry out any treatments in the most effective and comprehensive way, with the mindset that once a treatment is done in the dental office, you shouldn’t have to repeat it over and over. Repeat treatments should only happen in very exceptional situations.
2. Proper maintenance of your health at home – In between dental visits, you need to know how to take care of your health on a daily basis at home.

As a dentist with over 15 years of experience, I can tell you that the most successful treatments have always been those that involved extensive cooperation between us (the dental team) and the patient. In our clinic, we do everything we possibly can to provide you with the best treatment: this includes keeping our finger on the pulse of up-to-date research, attending periodic advanced trainings, learning cutting-edge techniques, using some of the most advanced equipment and technologies in the field, and a constant search for the highest-quality biocompatible materials—and that’s just the beginning of the list. (Anyone interested can, of course, visit our website to find plenty of information about the advanced treatments we offer.)

But today, we are going to focus on what you can do at home to improve the health of your mouth, gums, and teeth. If you don’t know what you’re doing at home to strengthen your oral health—and to avoid habits and situations that cause problems—then it’s very likely you will return again and again to the same issues: if not in the exact tooth we treated, then in other teeth, in the gums, and so on.

It’s important to me to give you a broad set of solutions for your oral health, because I see oral health as a key pivot point for the health of the entire body. It’s also my personal mission to help people in this way. That’s why I created an entire course where I teach what can be done at home to maintain oral health.

In the lectures I give to my patients and to members of our WhatsApp group, I share advanced content from that course, focusing on the most important habits for the health of the mouth, teeth, gums – and the body as a whole.

Key Habits for Oral and Overall Health

In the upcoming lectures, I will be focusing on what I call “key habits.” These are habits that, once you start to implement them, you will quite quickly feel:

• You have more strength.
• You have more energy.
• It becomes much easier to incorporate even more good habits into your life.

And believe it or not – when you feel good, light, and strong, suddenly you have the desire to do more, and not just “check off the usual daily chores.”

Therefore, we will start with these key habits to help you embark on a wonderful journey toward better health for your mouth, teeth, gums – and your entire body.

Before We Begin: Not a Substitute for Professional Care

Before we get started, it’s important for me to emphasize: even though I’m talking here about powerful and effective habits for health, this information is of course not a replacement for a personal examination and consultation with your dentist. I strongly recommend getting timely, regular check-ups with a dentist you trust. Remember, the best treatment is the one done in time – before more advanced complications begin.

Now, with that said – let’s begin.

It’s Not About Time, It’s About Energy

On the face of it, you might expect that the first key habit I’d talk about would be related to brushing your teeth. That’s what most dentists talk about, and of course I also believe brushing is very important. However – after conducting an in-depth “internal research” by observing thousands of patients and their life habits, I realized that if we focus only on brushing habits, we might miss the whole picture.

The fact is, most people find it hard to adopt new habits – even when those habits are very simple and don’t take much time. Not only that – I often see that patients struggle even to listen and absorb the instructions they’re given. By the next appointment, they don’t remember what I said. Some even tell me upfront: “I won’t remember; I just can’t deal with that right now.”

This doesn’t happen because there’s something wrong with your memory or because you’re “not a serious person,” as some people label themselves. Most people actually have perfectly good minds, and very often – a lot more free time than we think.

If you have roughly 30 minutes a day to watch videos, browse social networks or scroll on your phone (and most people have more than that), then theoretically you have time for six little 5-minute habits each day, right? So why, in practice, do you feel that you don’t have time to take better care of yourself? Why is it so hard to motivate yourself even for things that take only a few short minutes and could significantly improve your health – including reducing your need for dental treatments?

The real answer is that it’s not truly a lack of time – it’s a lack of energy.

You might be thinking right now that you don’t really understand what I’m talking about, and that’s fine. Listen through to the end and chances are you’ll be able to connect the dots better as we go.

Our lifestyle today is extremely demanding. We often feel we don’t have enough knowledge, don’t have enough money, don’t have enough time. We spend hours in front of screens, concentrating, being constantly available. Our system is in a state of near-constant alertness, and as a result, many people suffer from chronic burnout.

A lifestyle like this causes an increased release of certain hormones – one of the main ones is cortisol, the stress hormone. The body can handle cortisol at a certain level, but when it’s secreted in excess, it causes a cascade of problems throughout the body and immune system, and among other things, it affects the mouth, teeth, and gums as well.

High cortisol levels can be associated with, among other things:

• Dry mouth
• Clenching or grinding of teeth
• Imbalances in blood pressure and blood sugar (diabetes)
• Impaired immune system function
• Reduced sleep quality

There are all sorts of ways to begin lowering the levels of cortisol in the body – and we’ll talk about some of them in upcoming lessons. Today, I want to focus on one particularly effective way that will help you balance this hormone:

📌 By strengthening the good bacteria in our body – in a word, probiotics. (But don’t jump to conclusions; I’m not talking about the probiotics you already know. Stay tuned for the details.)

Harnessing Good Bacteria: The Power of Probiotics

For those who aren’t very familiar: what exactly are probiotics? In a nutshell, probiotics are groups of “good” bacteria that strengthen our digestive system and immune system and, among other things, also boost the health of our mouth, teeth, and gums. Probiotics don’t only come as a supplement – you can also get them from foods like fermented yogurt, kefir, pickled vegetables, kombucha and other fermented drinks, etc. These are beneficial bacteria that work for us, help balance the body from the inside, and contribute to the health of our teeth and gums far more than most people realize.

Many people, mistakenly, refer to various concoctions they make at home to strengthen themselves or to treat illnesses as “nature’s antibiotic.” Now, there are indeed medicinal herbs that have antibiotic activity – meaning, they kill bacteria directly. Usually, though, antibiotics – whether natural or from the pharmacy – kill bacteria indiscriminately, meaning they kill the good bacteria along with the bad.

I realize that in that little explanation I just gave, there’s a lot of information that requires some basic background to fully understand. But for our purposes, here’s the key point: Probiotics are essentially substances (whether in food or supplement form) that contain beneficial bacteria which work in cooperation with our immune system, strengthening it and helping us feel healthier. Unlike antibiotics, which simply wipe out bacteria (good and bad alike), probiotics assist the immune system in fighting off the harmful bacteria while preserving and boosting the good bacteria.

It’s fair to say that over the past two hundred years, both medicine and patients have come to clearly understand that tiny organisms – known collectively as the microbiome – can greatly influence our health, our mood, and many other aspects of our lives. In the first hundred of those years, conventional medicine’s focus was mostly on the bad bacteria and using various antibiotics to combat them. Today, modern medical research understands that there are also good bacteria, and that it’s very worthwhile to strengthen them in order to enjoy better health.

In this area of research, there is still a long road ahead to fully understand how probiotic (good) bacteria can be used in different areas of medical treatment. People who read the research in this field realize that in the future we will probably use probiotics far more than antibiotics. But the journey to that future is still ongoing, and it’s not the focus of our talk today. Our focus today is to understand how we can strengthen ourselves easily and start living healthier, happier lives. Because, believe it or not, the bacteria that reside inside our bodies have a huge influence on what we do every day.

We all know that when we feel strong, when our body is functioning well and we’re happy, we somehow find the time to take care of ourselves and even do more tasks in a day than we thought we could. On the other hand, when we’re exhausted, it’s hard to imagine adding even a single small five-minute habit to our day.

Let’s circle back to the example of the hormone cortisol that we mentioned a few minutes ago. I explained to you – and in another lesson soon we’ll go a bit deeper into this, so for now you’ll just have to take my word for it – that when this hormone is over-secreted, we actually become weaker. The purpose of cortisol release is, essentially, to give us strength and power to run, to flee, to defend ourselves. However, to put it briefly, our need for this hormone in the lifestyle we live today – where we don’t often have to literally run away from a lion in the jungle – is much, much less than that of our ancient ancestors.

Now, think about this: if cortisol was released in your body because you were facing a lion in the jungle, and you ran and managed to escape that predator, the cortisol release probably helped you tremendously – because even if you ended up getting ill later from the stress, at least you’d still be alive. In our modern lifestyle, on the other hand, this hormone mostly causes people to get sick rather than protecting them.

There are many reasons our current way of life causes elevated cortisol levels and, with it, numerous problems for body and mind. But today we will focus first on how we can reduce the secretion of cortisol, clear its excess from the body, and get back to being strong and focused on the things we truly choose to do – instead of feeling like we don’t have enough strength or time for what really matters to us. And truthfully? We usually can do much more each day than we think. When our body is strong and balanced, believe it or not, the sky is the limit. You just need to stick with me here.

Okay, so to sum up our situation: we’ve identified a certain substance (cortisol, a hormone) that, for one reason or another (we’ll learn more about those reasons in later lessons), causes us issues in our mouth, our body, and even our mind. This hormone interferes with many bodily functions, significantly reduces our sleep quality, and thereby causes our body’s energy to plummet. As a result – in the best case – we struggle to learn new things, to listen and absorb information, and to implement changes. We end up quite disconnected from ourselves; even if we’re not officially sick, we’re not really healthy, and we have a hard time doing what would actually improve our health. In the worse case, we actually become ill, which can manifest in a wide variety of ways, including both physical diseases and mental health issues.

So how, exactly, will the good bacteria we talked about earlier help us? The good bacteria have an immense impact on our body’s functioning. Just as bad bacteria can cause disease, good bacteria can promote health. One of the things harmful bacteria trigger in our body is excess cortisol secretion – that very hormone that disrupts our health. Good bacteria, on the other hand, help lower cortisol levels and thus, among other benefits, allow us to enjoy better health.

Remember: health is not simply the absence of disease, but a state of optimal functioning. This is something that people – and many doctors – haven’t fully internalized over the years. And to be fair, that’s understandable; we’re in the midst of an evolutionary process in medicine and health awareness, and right now we’re talking about the next stage in our evolving health consciousness.

Let’s Get Practical: Boosting Your Good Bacteria

Alright, so let’s get down to practical matters. In the next lesson, we’ll talk about what causes us to lose good bacteria and which habits are worth reducing to avoid that. But in this lesson, we’re going to learn, hands-on, what can help us easily and effectively improve the quantity and activity of the good bacteria inside us.

So how do we strengthen the good bacteria in our body?

One option is to go out and buy a probiotic. You head to a health store, a pharmacy, or go online to a site like iHerb, purchase a probiotic supplement, and take it. Most people, however, don’t really feel a significant change after using store-bought probiotic capsules. Maybe one day that will change, but as of now, there still aren’t enough truly effective probiotics being sold in capsule form that make a big difference for our bodies.

Why is that? So far, manufacturers haven’t figured out how to cultivate these bacteria in a capsule such that there’s a sufficient quantity of them and that they survive the time sitting on the shelf (and then survive the harsh acid in our stomach). There are live probiotics (refrigerated liquid or powder forms) which are more effective, but they tend to be very expensive, usually only last a short while, and generally aren’t practical for long-term daily use—so their impact is short-lived. That said, they can sometimes be incorporated as part of a specific treatment protocol, especially after a course of antibiotics. (If you’re interested, I can dedicate a lesson to choosing and purchasing a high-quality live probiotic; just let me know so I can gauge interest, and we’ll do a session on it if enough people want that.)

One of the leading voices in the field of health who talks about using probiotics to treat a wide range of ailments is Dr. William Davis, a Canadian cardiologist. He researched the positive effects of probiotics on health for many years. Dr. Davis discovered an easy, simple way to make an effective probiotic at home – one that really works – and the best part is, anyone can do it, even with very basic kitchen skills. You don’t need any special equipment – just the ability to get hold of a certain probiotic strain, which initially is not expensive at all, and using a very simple process you can actually produce more than the initial amount you started with.

Now, I could talk to you about other ways to prepare probiotics at home, but I chose to present this specific probiotic method to you for many reasons. One reason is that it involves a truly therapeutic bacterial strain, with a whole host of scientific studies behind it. These studies range from research examining its impact on balancing blood sugar levels and blood pressure, all the way to articles in dental medicine that even discuss its positive effects on oral health – such as faster healing of mouth sores (whether aphthous ulcers or even healing of incisions after oral surgery, gum surgeries, dental implants, etc.). This is a strain of bacteria that has very powerful activity. Once it enters our digestive system, it tackles a variety of issues and even recruits an entourage of other strong good bacteria around it, so it’s almost like a kind of “prime minister” of the bacterial community in your gut.

Everything I’m telling you right now is backed by scientific research, and I will attach references supporting these claims, so you can see that these things are scientifically based.

So, we’ve understood up to now that our inability to reach our full potential – the difficulty in doing even small additional tasks (even if they’re easy and quick), the inability to deeply listen, remember, and apply new things – stems from fatigue, which is caused in part by an imbalance in the secretion of a certain hormone called cortisol.

Before we move on, I want to acknowledge that some of you listening might be thinking, “Wait, I’m not actually tired. I don’t think this applies to me.” The truth is, you might not feel tired at all – because as long as you have chronically high cortisol levels, your body is in a state of vigilance, and you might not necessarily perceive the fatigue. So don’t use tiredness alone as your gauge. Try to assess whether the other things I’ve mentioned throughout this lesson apply to you.

Before I guide you on how to easily make, at home, a probiotic using the L. reuteri bacterial strain, you should know what benefits you can expect to gain from it. If you start consuming this probiotic regularly, you can look forward to:

• Significantly improved oral health – including fresher breath, a major reduction in gum bleeding and gum inflammation, a sharp decrease in new cavities forming, and faster healing of oral wounds (such as mouth ulcers or even post-surgery healing in the mouth).
• Deeper, more restful sleep, and a feeling of much greater strength and resilience throughout the day.
• Enhanced collagen production – some people even notice improvements in skin wrinkles, as well as a reduced tendency for bone fractures, thanks to better collagen levels.
• Lower susceptibility to seasonal viruses and an overall stronger immune system. (In other words, you might find you catch colds and flus less frequently.)
  
• Better regulation of blood sugar and blood pressure, and improvements in a host of other health metrics and conditions. (Yes, there are studies documenting these effects as well.)
  
• If you’re a parent, studies have reported improvements in children’s behavior, mood, attention, and concentration with this probiotic.

Now, I am not saying that you’re going to suddenly cure any and all health issues on your own just by consuming this probiotic. If you have diagnosed health conditions, you should of course stay under close supervision of a physician, and do not stop taking any prescribed medications on your own. But yes – this probiotic has so many benefits to offer us that I firmly believe information about it belongs in every household!

The Special Probiotic Strain: Lactobacillus reuteri

Okay, so what is the probiotic strain that Dr. William Davis uses to address such a broad range of health issues and to improve health markers in his patients? It’s a bacterium called Lactobacillus reuteri, or for short, L. reuteri. (For convenience, I’ll use the abbreviated name from now on.)

Before you rush off to order it, take note: even within L. reuteri, there are many different sub-strains – some are more potent, some less so. So if you want to make this probiotic and have it be sufficiently effective, you need to obtain a probiotic product that explicitly lists on its label L. reuteri ATCC PTA 6475 and L. reuteri DSM 17938 (these are the two specific strains identified and recommended by Dr. William Davis, sometimes collectively noted as “LRDR”).

There are two products on the market that contain both of these strains:

• BioGaia Gastrus – a probiotic supplement (in tablet form) that contains both of the above L. reuteri strains. In Israel, this product is relatively easy to get, since it’s sold in health-food stores and also available on iHerb (for those unfamiliar, iHerb is an online health store where you can find many good supplements, and shipping to Israel is often free for orders above a certain modest amount).
• Dr. Davis’s “LRDR” probiotic by Oxiceutics – a newer product developed by Dr. William Davis himself, through a company called Oxiceutics. The only downside is that, since this product is fairly new, it hasn’t yet started shipping to Israel through local suppliers, and ordering it from their online store comes with a shipping cost to Israel that is actually much higher than the cost of the product itself.

Personally, I have experience using the BioGaia Gastrus probiotic – I was using it even before Dr. Davis collaborated on a product of his own – and I know that excellent results can be achieved with the BioGaia product. The advantage, ostensibly, of the product Dr. Davis formulated is that it contains a much larger quantity of bacteria per dose: his product comes in capsules, and according to the company, one capsule of his product is equivalent to ten BioGaia tablets in terms of bacterial count.

However, my philosophy is to make things as easy as possible. BioGaia’s Gastrus works very well (in fact, Dr. Davis himself used it for many years before developing his own product), and it’s easy to obtain here in Israel. Plus, after you prepare your first batch of probiotic yogurt using 10 tablets of Gastrus, you can actually use that to make an even larger quantity of probiotic (I’ll explain how in a moment). There’s no need to drive yourself crazy figuring out how to get Dr. Davis’s product – unless you happen to have someone who can bring it to you from the U.S. or Canada, which would make things easier.

For our purposes, since the BioGaia product is straightforward to get here, I’ll explain what to do with it to create a large amount of probiotic yogurt. From just 10 tablets, you can make over 5 liters of probiotic yogurt! That means from a pack of 30 tablets, you could potentially produce 15 liters (and often even more). So honestly, if it’s simpler for you, just go ahead and order the BioGaia Gastrus product – it’s reasonably priced, and you’ll be able to produce a very large quantity of probiotic from it.

So, what’s the next step?

A few minutes ago, we talked about how it’s hard to get sufficiently good results from a probiotic that’s just been sitting on the shelf – often the bacteria are dead by the time you use it, or if not dead on the shelf, they might be killed by the high acidity in our stomach before reaching the intestines. Therefore, for the probiotic to give us the benefits we’re looking for, we need to bring it to life and multiply the bacteria so that they’re strong enough to get past the hurdles they face on the way into our gut. In other words, before we consume the probiotic, we’re going to put it through a short process that will make it much more effective.

There is my easy recipe (which has worked for me many times), and there is Dr. Davis’s original recipe. I’ll explain what I think about Dr. Davis’s recipe and how I suggest using it, but let’s start with the easy recipe. It produces really great results, and it helped me feel stronger and more energetic – it even helped me overcome some health niggles that weren’t officially illnesses but were bothering me. Sometimes the simplest approach works the best!

Simple Homemade Probiotic Yogurt Recipe (L. reuteri Yogurt)

To prepare your own L. reuteri probiotic yogurt at home, follow these steps:

1. Sterilize a glass jar: Take a clean 1-liter glass jar (the ratio is 10 tablets of Gastrus per 1 liter of milk to start with. If you plan to make more at once, scale up the number of tablets in proportion to the amount of milk). It’s important that the jar is very clean, so I recommend sterilizing it with hot water. You can pour boiling water into the jar (carefully, to avoid cracking the glass) after washing it with soap and water. Alternatively, use a heat-resistant container like a Pyrex dish with a lid, which makes sterilization easier. Some people sterilize jars in the oven at ~200°C, and others boil them in a pot of water. In my experience, simply rinsing the jar with boiling water (after a thorough soap wash) works fine for this recipe.
2. Crush 10 probiotic tablets: Take 10 tablets of the BioGaia Gastrus probiotic and grind them into a fine powder. You can use a small pill grinder, a mortar and pestle, or even put them in a plastic bag and crush them with a heavy object (like a rolling pin or a meat tenderizer). The finer you can grind the tablets, the better they will dissolve and release the bacteria.
3. Mix with milk: Pour 1 liter of milk into your sterilized container and add the powdered tablets. Stir or whisk well to distribute the probiotic powder throughout the milk. (Note: You can use regular dairy milk, which tends to yield the best-tasting result. If you are avoiding dairy, you can use full-fat coconut milk instead – more on that in a moment.)
   
4. Ferment at a warm temperature: Cover the jar or container and keep it in a warm environment, roughly 36–40°C (97–104°F), for about 24 hours. If you have a yogurt maker, you can simply use that. If not, an easy trick is to place the jar in your oven with just the oven light on – the light bulb inside many ovens will generate a gentle heat of around 37–40°C, which is perfect for fermentation. (Do not turn the oven on to full heat; just the light or a proofing setting if your oven has one. No special equipment is necessary beyond this.)
5. Wait 24 hours for the yogurt to form: After roughly 24 hours, if you used dairy milk, you will find that it has turned into a tangy, fermented yogurt-like product. It may have a consistency similar to drinkable yogurt or a loose yoghurt (it’s technically a fermented milk, not exactly a store-style yogurt, but we’ll call it “yogurt” for simplicity). I personally let mine ferment for the full 24 hours without disturbing it, to ensure maximum probiotic growth.

Using Coconut Milk vs. Dairy Milk: If you chose to use coconut milk instead of dairy milk, be aware that the final product will not set into a thick yogurt-like consistency – it will remain quite liquid, more like a kefir or runny yoghurt drink. Dr. Davis has suggested adding a thickening agent (such as agar-agar) to coconut milk if you want a spoonable yogurt texture. However, using agar requires boiling the coconut milk with the agar and can result in a texture that’s too thick (essentially a coconut gel). To keep things simple, I recommend not using a thickener: just ferment the coconut milk as-is and consume the result as a probiotic drink. (You can also mix the fermented coconut milk with chia seeds to create a kind of chia pudding if you prefer a thicker, pudding-like treat.) If you do attempt the agar-agar method, use only a tiny pinch of agar – that will give a slightly thicker, creamy texture without turning it into solid jelly. Some people enjoy the “coconut jello” consistency, but personally I didn’t love it.

I should also mention that I personally had a sensitivity to dairy for many years, and initially I was reluctant to use regular cow’s milk in this recipe. That’s why, at first, I made my L. reuteri yogurt with coconut milk. After I experienced the health improvements from this probiotic, I found that my tolerance for dairy improved, and I eventually switched to using dairy milk – the taste and texture come out better with dairy for this particular probiotic. (In a future lesson, I’ll introduce you to another probiotic strain whose fermentation in coconut milk is absolutely delicious – I actually use that one as a dessert after meals, especially after eating meat. But for the sake of simplicity, I recommend starting with this L. reuteri yogurt using dairy milk.) Trust me on this: focus on this one strain for now. Once you see how much this probiotic yogurt boosts your health, you’ll naturally become curious about other strains and recipes, and I’ll be happy to share those as we go. But don’t try to do everything at once. First get comfortable with making and using this yogurt – get to know it, benefit from it, maybe even fall in love with it – and we’ll move on to the next level later on.

Extending and Maintaining Your Yogurt Culture

Now that you’ve made your first batch (about a liter) of L. reuteri probiotic yogurt, here’s the great news: you can keep it going and make many more batches from it, without needing to add new tablets each time. Here’s how to extend the life of your culture:

• Reuse as a starter: For your next batch, take about 2 tablespoons of the yogurt from your previous batch and add it to a fresh 1 liter of milk (just as you did initially). Incubate this new batch in the same way (warm 36–40°C environment for ~24 hours). You can repeat this process for at least 4–5 additional batches using the original culture. In practical terms, this means that from one set of 10 tablets and 1 liter of milk, you can propagate at least 5–6 liters of probiotic yogurt in total!
• Know when to start fresh: You might be wondering how to tell when you’ve stretched a culture as far as it will go. The rule of thumb is: as long as each new batch of yogurt smells and tastes much like the previous batch, your culture is still going strong. If you notice a change in the flavor, texture, or aroma (for example, if it starts smelling off or not fermenting as well), that’s a sign the bacterial colony might be weakening, and it could be time to start a new batch from scratch with fresh tablets.
• Pro tip – save a “starter jar”: To maximize the longevity and strength of your probiotic culture, it helps to set aside a small amount from a fresh batch as a dedicated starter. For example, when your first batch is done, spoon 3 tablespoons of that yogurt into a small clean jar, seal it, and do not open it until you’re ready to inoculate the next batch. Use the yogurt from this small starter jar (instead of from the main jar you’re eating from) to start your subsequent batch. The reason behind this is that every time you open the main jar to eat from it, you introduce oxygen and other microbes from the air, which can slightly diminish the strength of the culture by the time you want to make the next batch. By having a separate starter jar that remains closed and uncontaminated, you ensure a stable, potent population of bacteria to carry on your yogurt-making for many generations.

Dr. Davis’s Enhanced Recipe (Optional)

For those who are interested, Dr. William Davis has also shared a more complex version of the L. reuteri yogurt recipe. His method is a bit more involved. The rationale behind Dr. Davis’s recipe was to produce as high a count of bacteria as possible. To achieve this, he added additional nutrients (like certain prebiotic fibers to feed the bacteria, for example) to help the bacteria multiply even more robustly.

Over the years, I’ve tried his recipe and followed his updates and refinements on it. My personal conclusion is that the simpler method I described above tends to work better in practice for most people. Often, simplicity just wins out.

However, if you’re curious and want to experiment with Dr. Davis’s approach, I will attach a recipe booklet where you can see a detailed explanation and demonstration of his method, including a section of Q&A that addresses common questions and issues. I’ll also provide a few links to excellent demo videos by people who have made this yogurt and shared their insights.

My recommendation is to start with the easy recipe. I had excellent results with it, and like I said, sometimes the simplest approach is the most effective.

Conclusion & Next Steps

I hope this lesson has helped you and given you plenty of motivation to open a new door to your health. The probiotic yogurt we discussed is a powerful tool, and it’s surprisingly easy to incorporate once you get the hang of it.

Coming up soon, I will be sharing more lessons covering other key habits that will help you enjoy healthier, stronger teeth (and better health overall). For example, in future lessons we’ll explore:

• Optimizing Your Nervous System: How you can encourage your nervous system to work for you (instead of against you), shifting your body into modes that promote healing and balance.
• Crucial Eating Habits: Habits related to how you eat that are even more important than what you eat — these are rarely discussed, but they have a huge impact on your oral and general health.
• Improving Your Sleep Quality: How to improve your nightly sleep so that your body can enter a state of repair and regeneration every night, providing you with optimal health (and yes, this ties back to oral health too!).

…and much more. So keep an eye out – it’s going to be fascinating and empowering!

A final word before we say goodbye: As I emphasized at the beginning of this lesson, in our clinic we will always provide the most advanced, up-to-date, and highest-quality treatment for you. It’s thanks to this commitment that people come to us from all over the country, and even from abroad. But in the end, you are the one who lives with your teeth day in and day out. You are the one who can choose to maintain your health. I truly want to see you healthy, thriving, and coming to see me only for routine check-ups over the years. Trust me, it’s possible. It’s not always easy to change habits, but believe it or not, you can do it – and it’s so worth it. I encourage you to follow along with me and try out the recommendations I share.

Please don’t forget to write to me about how things go for you with the information I’ve given here. If you’re left with any questions, send them my way, and I will do my very best to create a lesson that addresses those questions.

Always here for you,

Dr. Sarit Avraham

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