{"id":37039,"date":"2009-10-18T07:52:12","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T11:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2015-12-29T06:34:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T11:34:43","slug":"avoid-gum-disease-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=37039","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Gum Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/iStock_Toothbrush.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1607 lazyload\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"iStock_Toothbrush\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/iStock_Toothbrush-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"iStock_Toothbrush\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/iStock_Toothbrush-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/iStock_Toothbrush-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/iStock_Toothbrush.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Diabetics are at high risk for gum disease.\u00a0 Studies have shown that poorly controlled diabetes can lead to gum disease.\u00a0 And gum disease, like other infections, makes blood sugar more difficult to control.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/care.diabetesjournals.org\/content\/31\/7\/1373.abstract\">Recent research<\/a> also indicates that people who have gum disease are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes later in life when compared to individuals without gum disease.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What should you do? Brush, brush, brush, floss, floss, floss, and don&#8217;t skip dental appointments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diabetics are at high risk for gum disease.  Studies have shown that poorly controlled diabetes can lead to gum disease.  And gum disease, like other infections, makes blood sugar more difficult to control.   Recent research also indicates that people who have gum disease are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes later in life when compared to individuals without gum disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1456],"tags":[1563],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Avoid Gum Disease | ASweetLife<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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