Oral bacteria linked to Parkinson's via the gut-brain axis (medicalxpress.com)

Original article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63473-4

Yes one more way our sugary diet is killing us.

There is some evidence that the infecting agent (bacteria? prions?) travels from the gut to the brain along the vagus nerve.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5440238/

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Anecdotal but my dad had Parkinson's and prior poor dental history, so this interests me. My own teeth are better but no means perfect; based on this I'll have to pay scrupulous attention to hygiene and checkups, just in case.

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