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Cutting back on your daily calories could help reduce gum disease, says scientists

Research from King’s College London has found that calorie restriction of 500-1,300 could have more than just weight benefits as it could be used as a treatment for gum disease

Animals ‘ lives can be prolonged if their calories are restricted, and we also know that eating less is good for all kinds of reasons for us too.

In fact, if we did the same with our calories, it could even reverse a patient’s type 2 diabetes. I’d even go as far as to say our bodies love it when we up the time interval between meals. It gives the body time to rest, to do a bit of clean-up.

After my evening meal at 7pm I go more than 15 hours overnight until I eat again at 1pm. The effect is to even out your blood sugar levels which, in part, control appetite, prevent insulin ­resistance and ­help you to maintain a healthy weight. In addition to all that, new research from King’s College London shows calorie restriction (500-1,300 calories per day) could be used as a treatment for, wait for it, gum disease.

In the King’s review, the effect of eating less on both treatment response (usually measured as a reduction in gum pockets and bleeding gums) and on inflammation were studied. We all know periodontitis can have serious implications. It leads to inflammation, not just in the gums themselves, but throughout the whole body. This kind of ­inflammation is connected to heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

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