19: Still Inflamed After Healing Your Gut? Your Mouth May Be the Reason (Oral Microbiome) with Dr. Jonathan Levine

You can do everything right for your gut and still feel inflamed, bloated, and tired if you are overlooking one thing: your mouth.

In this episode, I'm sitting down with Dr. Jonathan Levine, one of the country's leading oral microbiome experts and author of the new book Oral, to explore the connection between your mouth and the rest of your body. The mouth is the top of your digestive tract and the second largest microbiome you have, yet it is rarely part of the gut-healing conversation.

You'll learn: 

• What "leaky gums" are and how they mirror leaky gut
• How oral bacteria travel to your gut, brain, and heart
• Why gum disease can fuel autoimmune flares like Hashimoto's and rheumatoid arthritis
• Whether to address your mouth before a gut protocol
• The simple daily swaps that support your whole system.

Dr. Jonathan Levine is an advanced restorative dentist with more than 35 years of clinical experience, the founder of Smile House in New York City, and the creator of mouth mapping, a diagnostic approach that connects oral health to whole-body health.

GUEST LINKS:

• FREE: Dental Longevity Guide
• FREE: Oral Wellness Routine
• Website: drjonathanlevine.com
• Smile House: smilehouse.co
• JBL NYC: jblnyc.com
• Instagram: @drjonlevine, @smilehousetribeca
• Twice Oral Care: twice.co (clean, microbiome-smart toothpaste)
• GLO Good Foundation: glogoodfoundation.org

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🌿 Nikki is a board-certified functional medicine practitioner and registered dietitian specializing in gut health, hormone balance, and root-cause fatigue. She helps purpose-driven women 35+ heal leaky gut, restore metabo...