Why Our Ancestors Had Chiseled Faces & Didn't Need Braces?

[@Orthotropics]

One Generation of Modern Lifestyle on Indigenous People: www.reddit.com/r/orthotropics/s/igjI4Itqfa If you visit indigenous tribes today they continue to have these wide attractive faces with perfect teeth. It's all about Environment NOT Genetics!

[@mirailieva8849]

Some indigenous tribes have 0% baldness too. Modern ways of living cause baldness. Normalized, not normal. When you see a bald person, you immediately know they have a metabolic disorder. No health.

[@TheGrace020]

Thank you mike and john mew! ❤

[@MoonLightt57]

Oh boy this is gonna p*ss off the braces industry

[@Russeren01]

F*ck the orthodontic industry. They ruined my life.

[@misterace-ps6xe]

i dont think palate expanders and mewing will fix crooked teeth

[@fareshajjar1208]

Millions of them did and also, braces didn't exist.

[@yasseralsheri8271]

@@misterace-ps6xe yeah i agree it's fucked

[@harshthakur7204]

​@@misterace-ps6xe it did watch the brae jawline transformation his crooked teeth got better

[@ahunter107]

We were in the darkness of ignorance. We did not know that we were doing wrong things that caused the jaw not to grow and crooked teeth. Thank you Mike and john mew for pushing us into the light of knowledge. a real heroes

[@Pre-op8ut]

So since the beginning

[@MrNobodyMNY]

@WojackGainz maybe mewing doesnt change facial structure drastically, but your habits will affect how your face develops

[@Person-Man67]

John Mew, that’s CRAZY

[@davimedina5165]

​@WojackGainz Yes it does, it has lots of empirical evidence which is actually what matters

[@danielamaterna7348]

I wish I had known about mewing when I was a child and before orthodontists extracted 4 perfect teeth. I will never let my daughter have her face ruined like mine was.😢 You and your father are helping more people than you could imagine!!! ❤❤❤

[@theDurgaLove]

Same here. Now we know and we can help our kids. My ortho tried to explain that I needed to swallow differently but never explained any of this nor was it what he meant. I needed a palate expander like the ALF appliance ...

[@JohnBillow]

I respect that

[@TaxingIsThieving]

What happened to the gaps?

[@arian6565]

same

[@f_life2132]

I'm so angry, same thing happened to me

[@GIGACHAD148]

MEWING SAVED MY LIFE

[@aldoumene6201]

Can tell from the pfp

[@King_pankake]

IK

[@medika9651]

@@aldoumene6201shit gonial angle , downgrown jaw

[@a.i7538]

Why do you say that?

[@Bobby_T_]

I started mewing naturally by accident a few years ago, and I have to say besides people not recognizing my face and also getting recorded and mocked by weird incel tiktokers in public, I’d say my life has legit improved as a result. Sure it improved my looks but the important thing is physically I feel just way more comfortable around my nose and cheekbones etc. Breathing through my nose is now super easy and I never have to breathe with my mouth open when doing sprints or intensive cardio etc. My teeth are now perfectly straight like a cartoon character and even my speech and voice is much clearer and sharper. It’s a shame that in high school my orthodontist put on braces and basically ruined my face and my cheekbones but luckily I ditched the retainers and my face popped into the correct position before it was too late. The braces and other dental work really messes your entire face up more than people realize

[@alistaircrookes5825]

You are improving your speaking voice in these videos. This one feels far more natural. Bravo!

[@savednorwegian]

Its gotta be aused by his near perfectlt aligned jawa and teeth..jut kidding. Its just the audio tech

[@temperate_star]

I was born with pretty perfectly straight teeth- they're a tad small, but I never needed braces or anything beyond regular cleanings. I feel very fortunate.

[@t50-lk8qv]

Most people are born with that. Environmental factors are the deciding factor

[@h33e]

Same

[@itsoracle]

that's not genetics that's environment

[@chidiogoikeh4550]

Me too. Never had braces or retainers or anything. Or under or overbite. And my wisdom teeth are growing in fine, no pain 😭

[@chidiogoikeh4550]

@@t50-lk8qvwhat would those environmental factors include? Apart from diet

[@hoshimiii]

im so glad dr mew and mewing are getting the recognition they deserve, the internet is widely accepting mewing as a working method, a time there was when dr mew was struggling against a lawsuit by the nasty industry pigs, and now everyone is accepting mewing. im still struggling with face widening but my underbite is completely fixed, i started researching on mewing when it was not so popular and in its early stages 2-3 years ago and it changed my life, idk what would have happened to me if i just continued to mouth breathe, thank u dr mew for changing our lives for the better. u r what every doctor should aspire to become.

[@farazilyas4139]

Ur underbite got fixed by mewing only?. I have an overbite and i have been mewing. My palate has widened significanlty and i hv achieved lots of forward and horizontal growth but i still have the overbite because both my upper jaw and lower jaw moved equally forward

[@kassaken6521]

​@farazilyas4139 Its natural for your teeth to have a slight over bite btw. Way better than a underbite imo.

[@farazilyas4139]

@kassaken6521 yeah better than underbite but mine is actually kinda severe. Teeth do touch each other

[@anewagora]

How did you get your teeth to stay aligned when you were asleep? I've applied some of the mewing technique like shifting my teeth to be aligned for years now, but it never works longterm since my teeth fall back into the natural bite when I'm asleep. I've never found a solution for this on Dr. Mew's channel or otherwise.

[@zakosist]

Maybe it helps, but the real main focus should be implementing more hard foods from the start when children are growing up. Mewing may be the adult solution where its already too late to alter the full development, it probably still would be a better result if we started doing the right thing from early childhood

[@Mr.Deko86]

Finally, my cro-magnon jaw structure has a purpose. 👍👍👍 I still have my wisdom teeth, no cavities and no orthodontal work.

[@t3rm1nat0rxii2]

Same my brother, same. Cromagnons aka true Homo Sapiens Sapiens aka Homo Superior have huge jaws and china and vertical large and wide foreheads, wide, high and outwards protruding cheekbones. While hominids do NOT have chins.

[@A8Y9N]

bro been mewing since birth

[@doofythegamer9283]

Will removing wisdom teeth mess up jaw?

[@chaz7]

​@@doofythegamer9283yep

[@Mr.Deko86]

@@doofythegamer9283 Im not sure, but many have them removed because of the lack of space once they start growing in. I'm one of the lucky ones because of the size and shape of my jaw I think.

[@gingy2222]

Great work finding a new editor and upping the quality of the videos. Much more enjoyable and easy to digest.

[@difficultyOnHard]

Valuable Information>>>>>video quality

[@gingy2222]

@@difficultyOnHard yes. But the biggest problem is this information needs to get out to those with short attention spans. The average person is unable to pay attention to something unless it’s formatted in this way. If you want to spread your message, this is the way.

[@difficultyOnHard]

@@gingy2222 my bad, you're right

[@Cyantist13]

@@gingy2222 If someone isn't gonna pay attention they must not want the information anyway

[@gingy2222]

@@Cyantist13 this is poor simplistic black and white thinking.

[@itz_yeastic]

the editing on this one is crazy, keep getting better dr mike, your knowledge must capture maximum attention

[@VictorMarsot]

Thought u said “edging” 💀💀💀💀

[@ggamelol3919]

I never knew I was gonna stumble into a video and see the inventor of mewing💀 Edit: 300 likes my most wow

[@CRJ08]

When he said his name, oh Mew, how ironic, like mewing, wait, what? 😱

[@ggamelol3919]

@@CRJ08 I was so surprised when he said he was the inventor of mewing

[@Lord_Maxtor]

same

[@therealsushi423]

yeah this is the first lookmaxxer

[@SalSanchez-dy6cn]

Basically don't need strong skull and strong muscles to grocery shop 💅🏼

[@tanaminogarashi]

It's more than just diet. Good oral posture comes with good posture in general. Weston Price observed that Native American babies were carried in cradleboards - a hard flat surface for your back as opposed to cushy strollers. Native Americans slept on mats on the floor and/or wooden bedsteads. They used their teeth as tools (eg softening animal hides and plant fibers for making clothes) and not just for eating. A nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle is also lighter and less backbreaking than a settled, agrarian one. Look at how hunched over the guy in the ancient painting at 3:28 is, it looks like forward head posture. Modern life with its soft mattresses, soft foods, and desk jobs have literally and figuratively made us soft. Forward head posture, forward rotated shoulders, lordosis, anterior pelvic tilt - see how many people around you have at least one of those. These conditions often go together. I've been sleeping on a yoga mat for the past few months, and it feels much easier to chin tuck. The head and neck are supposed to be tall and regal, and feel light and balanced rather than bent over and heavy. Many people when they first experiment with laying down on a mat, their lower backs don't make contact with the mat because of a curvature in their spine. How you are laying down is how you are standing up. Last but not least, hunter-gatherers from an early age regularly squat instead of sit. A modern adult on average is probably too stiff to do a deep squat, and would have to consistently practice to achieve decent mobility and flexibility, which are key ingredients to good posture.

[@pigeonhawk4832]

I've been doing mewing exercises since I was about 19, and it made an enormous difference. Unfortunately I was talked into having all of my Wisdom teeth removed, just because of one or two small cavities. I had enough room in my jaws for all of my Wisdom teeth. All I wanted was the cavities filled. I really regret getting them removed. My mother was nagging at me to get them taken out, as she didn't believe in dental care or treatment, ( she had some realy weird hang ups about health in general)and I think oral surgery to have them removed is a scam for more money. It hasn't affected my appearance or jaw structure, but there was no need to remove them. But anyway, I continued with Mewing and jaw exercises as well as eating tough and unprocessed food for my entire life. I'm now 56, and continue with Mewing . It definitely improves jaw muscles, facial structure , neck structur and like other exercises, a way to relieve stress. I've never had issues with snoring, breathing issues or sleep apnea. I breathe through my nose as is normal. Love the information you give to people. Crooked teeth and recessed jaws are not normal nor attractive.

[@omokok1877]

Take responsibility for your own actions.

[@lucv_krt]

I have a question. (M17, Germany) So im going to get braces bcause my jaw is way to narrow so i have some crooked teeth. Do you think I should get braces or something else.

[@nathanmyles1]

@@lucv_krt hey, ich (M23, auch aus deutschland) kann da auch was zu sagen, ich hatte zwei zahnspangen, die erste mit 14, die zweite mit 18. Jetzt ist es immer noch so dass ich probleme mit der kieferstellung habe, weil sich bei mir nur um die zähne an sich gekümmert wurde. deswegen bin ich jetzt noch einmal zu einer anderen kiefer orthopädin losgezogen, auf empfehlung von einem bekannten. Sie arbeitet auch mit den geräten die in diesem video kurz erwähnt wurden, also quasi der weitung des kiefers über zeit, damit genug platz entsteht für alle zähne. in zwei wochen gehts los und ich kann es kaum erwarten. ich würde dir empfehlen, dich damit noch einmal intensiv auseinander zusetzen, vielleicht auch was von James Nestor angucken und dann eine zweite Ärztliche fachmeinung einholen. (da muss man auch aufpassen, als ich eine zweite meinung eingeholt habe, meinte der orthopäde man könnte bei mir nichts mehr machen aufgrund des alters, es würde nur noch eine op infrage kommen.) Ich bin sehr gespannt auf die behandlung bei meiner neuen ärztin und hoffe meine erfahrungen bringen dir etwas

[@LittleMan2300]

@@lucv_krt Braces

[@marino5652]

What do you use fer mewing? Any product?

[@gabriellaftothyoga]

Mike is a great storyteller with a renewed zest and energy! Great dynamic in the video! Excellent job! Congrats!

[@mediocremuffin6770]

Zest 😂

[@marshallwayne-uf4pq]

Thank you Mr. Mike and John Mew, we are very thankful for your service!

[@quangdang3590]

Great video as always. I'm hoping you can cover the effect of mewing on older people in the near future cause i'm sure many(including me) adults are interested in improving our facial infrastructure

[@holistic.health]

So just start mewing! What are you waiting for? I guarantee you I'm older than you... been mewing for a year now and have a drastic difference in my face... breathing way better... no colds... no double chin... no saggy jawline... teeth have changed.. spread out a little... still mewing.. not going to stop 👍🏻

[@Pow3rfull_Today]

@@holistic.healthhow much time per day do you mew on average?

[@holistic.health]

@kkluczyk i try for 24 hours a day... but doing it while sleeping is sometimes out of your control... you just need to make it a natural position which takes time... I've been doing it for just over a year now, and the effect is stunning

[@LuckySylux]

i got so much respect for mike and john

[@thepunisher3287]

you and your father have created a revolution, taking us back to get what we have lost all those years ago. great salute to your dad and you man!

[@Dejan27]

This has to go viral

[@fluxpistol3608]

Well done! Really takes the notion of "you are what you eat" to a whole different level.

[@Argonaut3]

Thank you Dr. Mew, never stop your work. I have all 4 wisdom teeth, two descended, and two undescended. My Jaw has never looked better and I have more room within my mouth for my tongue. I should have been chewing carrots and yams from a young age instead of eating chicken nuggets and fries. Now I have to work backward through time.

[@brandiwatch]

As a speech pathologist, we never learned about any of this in school😒. It was hearing about mewing that cured my own snoring n bad tongue posture 5 years ago! I'd probably still be with neck pain & on my way to obstructive sleep apnea. I also have all of my young clients chew hard foods and educate families. So i appreciate these videos 😀

[@consistentme22]

Love the new video editing. It makes listening more interactive and it pulls and holds me in. Great work people!

[@hamodahmahmoud3737]

Dr Mike the way this video is made and edited and also the way you speak makes this subject way more interesting than it already is.

[@Najuni-iy7po]

I hope others don't miss the fact that diet is a key role. I feel like others may use mewing and continue to eat in unnatural ways. We're not made to consume the modern diet of soft and pre-processed foods, our bodies show this.

[@dazey8706]

dissappointingly this video did not mention it so, what tough foods are we supposed to be eating??

[@Najuni-iy7po]

@@dazey8706 I'm not sure.

[@ryonnl]

@@dazey8706 Meat

[@skinnytimmy1]

Beef Jerky, nuts

[@jac1207]

I’d imagine more food that requires a moderate amount of chewing. Namely non-processed meats, root and leafy vegetables that are not cooked into oblivion, and really try and keep sugar consumption down. Actually chew your food rather than 1-3 chews + swallow.

[@s888r]

Hard times create strong men. Easy times create weak men. Hard chewing creates strong jaws. Easy chewing creates weak jaws.

[@DavidConnerCodeaholic]

Mewing makes sense. Adjusting the tension & compression on your jaw and face will certainly affect your facial development. However, some of the “looksmaxxing” trends seem to be quite harmful like those that stretch tendons & ligaments (esp. if asymmetric)

[@hanakisoi998]

Thanks for sharing this information despite industry standards. Im glad there is someone who cares about overall health improvement for all people rather than the potential money to be made in the medical field. Thank you

[@kidnamedgrass]

Can't thank you enough. This is revolutionary

[@Ruktiet]

I don’t believe it’s fully down to chewing and tongue posture; what also very plausibly plays a role is proper calcium intake and transport due to a lot more outside time (Vitamin D; essential for calcium metabolism) and eating whole animal foods, including liver and other organs which contain the vital vitamin K2 MK-4. But I fully support the mentality of working on the root cause, and not the symptoms, and definitely not blaming genetics for every obvious modern lifestyle-caused disease!!!!!

[@TotalFreedomTTT-pk9st]

Exactly - Weston Price research shows how carbohydrates - especially processed carbs - starve out vitamins ...diet is critical for the mother especially - (oh just watched all of it - he does mention the importance of Weston Price)

[@Ruktiet]

@@TotalFreedomTTT-pk9st Carbohydrates are perfectly fine. They don’t “starwe ouwt witamins”. Hunter-gatherers eat tons of carbs from roots, fruit, nuts and honey.

[@TotalFreedomTTT-pk9st]

@@Ruktiet Okay - maybe I did not qualify properly - yes - I eat fresh Pineapple not canned with syrup) - Grapes (not raisins) = Apples (not sweetened with high fructose Apple Sauce) - etc -I make whole wheat bread not white bread etc - I do eat that way to keep my teeth but systemically I think it is a better way So to me they are not "perfectly" fine - they are qualifyingly fine

[@TotalFreedomTTT-pk9st]

@@Ruktiet I guess - rereading what you wrote - your argument is to boost various vitamins and nutrients - but I'm not sure that is enough according to the W Price people - there is occlusional or blocking aspects to refined carbs - but I understand you point better

[@Ruktiet]

@@now591 lol everything is turned into sugar because glucose is the universal energy source in animals’ blood. The fudge are you talking about

[@wdj40]

I must say the video editing is well done

[@AlexTamayo.]

Damn!! New editor is a pro!!

[@youaremysunshinemyonlysushine]

The editor needs a raise

[@genevievejoshua]

Grew up with a sister who got braces. Just seeing how she scream in pain makes me not want it ever even if I have crooked teeth. Been a subscriber since almost a decade and its nice too see Dr. Mew shifting to a modern youtube documentary style approached of his teachings. I was even surprised mewing even become a meme lol

[@kendoffchris4866]

these new inphographics will help the messeage spread wide and far to the younger generations

[@luke14946]

Kids in school younger than 10 should be taught about basic dental anatomy, aswell as about the known causes for crooked/crowded teeth..

[@aayushthetics]

I wish I had known you 8-10 years ago and about mewing. Now, at almost 17, dealing with a narrow and retruded chin along with an overjet problem is tough. But after turning 18, I'm planning to undergo jaw surgery and genioplasty to address it.

[@gowthamtj8533]

Great finding. You are saving the beauty of man kind

[@Pensive_117]

Great editor!

[@t50-lk8qv]

Another banger dr mew

[@SyedAhmed-lv3kh]

I've never been interested in anything the way I'm interested in orthotropics.

[@Abderrahmane0602]

Me too

[@jonygamingengusa1660]

whats interesting about that? you just wanna look good lmao

[@SyedAhmed-lv3kh]

@@jonygamingengusa1660 nah man! Its not just limited to learning and applying it to myself but its also fun to learn why we are the way we are. Its so practical and FUN

[@jonygamingengusa1660]

@@SyedAhmed-lv3kh thats true its fun to learn why things exist how how they all connect but i mean theres a lot more interesting stuff that this. this is just so miniscule

[@SyedAhmed-lv3kh]

@@jonygamingengusa1660 Thats your opinion

[@gregoryhillmercury645]

You are doing gods work Mike!

[@user-qb3uy5cg1u]

Great video! Infographics just keeps improving.

[@kntrishdekanoidze1382]

there is something called phenotype. you might have in you genetic to have a wide jaw but it needs enviroment to grow . if you dont provide enviroment so it can grow it will not grow beacues why do you need them if you dont chew hard foods. i dont know how people still think that how you grow is totaly dependant on genetics when it is much more complex.

[@SwedishTourist]

Yeah plus, and just becasue you have a big jaw doesn’t necessarily mean all teeth will fit. Depends on genes + skull morphology I think

[@rabeechowdhury]

Stay woke 👁

[@patmanpatmanson]

Thanks Dr. Mew!! The first time I did mewing in front of a mirror and it made my cheekbones or the muscles on the cheek bones expand, only like a millimetre, but makes me in matters of a second look more beautiful. It is as simple as that believe it or not.

[@Youtubeuser1aa]

I don’t believe that

[@preethpraveenraj2737]

Great content, keep up the good work doc, we all are with you on your journey.

[@Flugs0]

actually really well made

[@smackheadedsqueakyweasel4624]

great video, your production is getting really great

[@devauniowilliams2207]

great editting glad you're back

[@Kingkongmotivation100]

Editor did a great job, loved the video

[@JeanBrun-c1o]

Yes! He is finally talking about Weston Price!!!!

[@eddyk564]

Just a question after watching this- medieval peasants ate a diet almost entirely of pottage, which is essentially a soup, and generally had healthy teeth. Ancient Egyptians often had terrible teeth (and health) and ate lots of bread with coarse sand mixed into it. It seems to me that it isn't just how soft the diet is, although that definitely is important, but also how many anti-nutrients are in it.

[@dutchmansmine9053]

I'd say the problem is sand isn't chewy, it's corrosive. It'd be like chewing on a file. As for the mediaeval peasants, can't help with that one.

[@Spoopy_man]

A lot of people from the middle ages had recessed jaws, you can see it from paintings of that period, the problem started in Antiquity.

[@Krishna-h9c5n]

This vedio should be shared, on whatsapp groups.

[@Justin-op8gg]

Predators don't chew at all; their jaw muscles are edible raw. The herbavor jaw you simply cant chew; it's a dense matrix of sinew and hard muscle; you'd give up and just poop it out. Modern store shoppers would be shocked at how mutch soft, chewable, tissue can be had from a wild animal. Wild animals actually tend to have more softer tissue as opposed to domestic ( im thinking cow - maybe because they came from stock bread for work tasks). The ammount of slow work a muscle is designed to perform will generally increase the "toughness" of it - in my expirianced determination. Generally, wild animals need muscle designed for short bursts of energy - variations considered, you can get the idea from what I've said. If the food stuff has a negative return of calories. As in, the calories used to chew outweigh the return, we would have found some way to process it before eating. Rocks. They would have been everywhere, used all the time for all sorts of tasks. Food processing evolved with the industrial evolution, it didn't first appear. Seems to me when I see videos of tribal people's, they are often cooking their food. Cooking food on that note would have also been apealing to the ancients as they may have somehow prefered to sterilize the food than take on the parasitic load of meat that had inevitably started to turn but opted to risk eating anyway. The cooked meat may have been slightly more palatable, caused less gas, was easer to digest, discolored their face less, made them less nauseous - reduced signs of pasicites without knowing the microscopic science behind it. A vital elephant mike avoids, which price noted, was the importantce of specific dietary nutrients in tribal diets and how the availability of these nutrients has decreased in modern diets. Increased consumption of the plant toxin sugar, was another point price makes often. I have found deer that will tend more toward slightly crooked/crowded, lower front teeth if they feed heavy in farmland (with wheat and other starch crops, not traditionally available to their species) as opposed to a variety of wild herbs which are loaded with chlorophill and other complex phytonutrients. Just so you know, Deer and moose do have brown stained teeth, particularly near the gums. So I imagine that the ancients teeth color were generally near the same trend. Remember, bone or tooth is not a snow white.

[@DesertSessions93]

I've been right about everything all these years. Thank you for the validation.

[@chasethehorizonx]

I didn't escape extraction, but my kids will. Thank you Dr. Mike! You and your father are revolutionaries.

[@GabrielRibeiroJaws]

Isso é incrível, mewing está mudando a vida de muitas pessoas e precisa mudar de cada vez mais!

[@samuellundblad5766]

If you think mewing is a joke, just look at his jawline.

[@RyanG2004]

Straight chiseled

[@SonGoku-zr9nc]

It's genetics

[@dazey8706]

@@SonGoku-zr9nc this entire video is dedicated to debunking that, did you even watch it

[@ikosaheadrom]

​@@dazey8706mewing isnt going to change your jaw line once you are an adult nothing changes you stop growing, plus there is no evidence that mewing even works, i mean whats the logic behind exercising your tongue and changing your jawline

[@dec8574]

What jawline

[@baronsanggha9978]

So glad that you have made the video more seriously, Sir. Love it. Keep it up👍

[@pedronuno3366]

I wish i could born again with all the information i have now

[@areYouStillUpAt12]

Been mewing for over a year, and my jawline has transformed. Thx for discovering the technique Dr. Mew.

[@Beautyyyyyyyyyyy-x1i]

I am fan for mike mew.very usefull video in this generation.please regularly upload video.

[@nevgotbeats]

This information is jaw dropping doc!

[@DeusHex]

Humans have been cooking with fire for almost a million years. I think a better theory is that our modern diets lack the key nutrients we need to develop our face properly, like Weston price said. Since fire also made meat more tender.

[@ninawildr4207]

We dont eat red meat ...we eat soft processed chicken...

[@umars7425]

Nutrients and texture, the hard meat that takes work to chew develops the jaws

[@solivagant1170]

Our diets are fundamentally a lot softer, which includes the meats but isn't exclusive to the meats.

[@morganstubie]

Thank you!!! I’ve had braces 2x, increased my TMJ pain, I now have an open bite again all because I was not holding my tongue at the roof of my mouth and thrusting it forward instead. I wish I knew this 15 years ago. Though after a month of mewing, I feel relief and more of a sense that my tongue has a proper home, and less mouth breathing!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@riddy4968]

Can't wait for next weeks episode!

[@RenaldoJNR]

This content has come very far

[@MegaThefuture]

When we abandoned nature we abandoned our well being.

[@dazey8706]

we didnt just abandon it, it was robbed from us. nature was stolen and turned into "private property", our health has never been a priority since profit was involved.

[@Weshmorrey]

I definitely agree. Growing up in Africa. Guinea to be exact all the kids had straight teeth. It’s when I moved to Canada that I realized that most of the kids in Canada needed braces. The main cause is the food they eat.

[@Manker00]

I would describe it, even if it is boring, as evolutionarily less necessary. In the old days, when there were no dentists, if you had bad teeth you were cooked, and if you were particularly susceptible to infection, for example, you simply died. Similarly, if your teeth fell out, you were unable to process food, etc., then you had a problem. Therefore positive characteristics were reinforced. Nowadays, nobody has to die from an infected tooth etc. So I would start less from these specific assumptions and think more the potentially big picture as an origin.

[@canesugar911]

It affects your looks

[@Manker00]

@@canesugar911 Yeah, but since plastic surgery and other things have come along, even the original biological appearance is worth less than it used to be. -> evolutionarily less necessary

[@Decimator69420]

Mewing for life

[@sebumpostmortem]

I spended my childhood being a heavy mouth breather due to a WILD tonsils surgical removal because my tiny body ended up developing antibiotic resistance. I went through an orthodontic and orthognatic hell during my teens and early 20’ s. Nowadays, I can' t leave the house with a foulard covering my neck 365. Otherwhise, throat inflammation and aphony. Not to talk about my TMJ issues. *ALL WRONG, ALL AVOIDABLE* Delayed thanks🖤

[@alexdiaz3311]

Literally true about breathing better. Nose breathing already naturally forces your tongue to seal away the space in your throat, going the extra mile to keep the tongue up on the palette makes it even better and the breathes deeper

[@johannlibert07]

i have perfectly aligned straight teeth, with no signs of decay neither cavities.

[@springergabriel1804]

Very interesting. Thank you and your father for the info and your work🙌🏿

[@yitzharos]

I always wondered this. I believe we selectively bred for Cuteness. We did it to ourselves as Tech grew-so did our demand for Cute Partners. Favoring the look of younger faces, that tend towards never mutating beyond "Pubescent" look.

[@danielamaterna7348]

Great video!!!

[@megashitposts]

The first days it was impossible because my nose was always blocked and I couldn't breathe then I got used to it and after 2 weeks I was able to do muning after a few months I can breathe freely through my nose I have lost the asymmetry of my lips my jaw is better Thank you Dr. Mew.

[@stiofarnog]

Mewing is my natural mouth position, it is the same for everyone I know, and it should be the same for everyone. Any dentist saying otherwise is probably the one who did something to fuck up your initial teeth when you were a child.

[@Adslx5454]

I love how detailed it was

[@filipemartins2602]

This guy is the inventor of mewing?!

[@samesaiwan]

Yes

[@mrsraven9169]

It started with his father actually

[@applejuiceii8575]

Wish I knew about mewing about 10 years ago, but better than never. They should really teach this to children at a young age

[@zakosist]

First and foremost they should make sure children have a proper diet, with food with chewing resistance being regular (and for that purpose doesnt even matter what it is, could be vegetables, apples, chewy meat, the crust of bread, but of course try to make the total of it mostly healthy). "Mewing" wont even be needed in the first place most of the time and wont fully replace jaw loss from lack of use

[@rubyhd7226]

Finally a video that I can show my mom

[@j.fernandes6585]

Great mini documentary!♥️

[@TheRiptaco]

So.. if you don't use your muscles and bones, they atrophy?

[@vintagejock3951]

Exactly. Its use it or lose it.

[@solivagant1170]

Yes... Have you ever seen the legs of people that are paralyzed from the waist down? They're twigs.

[@kmsmail489]

Not dead yet, glad to find out there are still some of us left, who have retained much of this, I have always hated my chiseled features, (interesting why no crooked teeth and my teeth are wide), and a square jaw, but now I hate them less.

[@Ziru0Gaming]

If I ever have kids they gonna be eating well done steaks

[@DanielDaniel-zd9jy]

If only I had heard about mewing 20yrs ago!

[@joe123-s9p]

mike, whats the option for a bimaxillary protrusive adult? mewing cant work since person is too old. So what now?

[@dimensionhacker2271]

It's over for you bro, or you can get a pallete expander, changes will be minimum if over age of 25

[@myoldvhstapes]

I had expanders in both jaws in my late forties. Helped tremendously!

[@Solistastyle]

These posts are getting Good! 👐🏾

[@Thetruepredictor]

0:50 Misses opportunity to say "more jaw dropping".

[@alexwilder8315]

I had a weight loss revelation (after going vegan but still not losing weight) recently where I discovered that I wasn't chewing my food long enough. I had an overactive (or not consciously controlled) swallowing and bite-taking reflex and was just chomping my way straight through fullness. Through single-minded focus on "chewing until no lumps left" I have discovered that many foods I ate are not satisfying when eaten that way. That is, they simply lack the chew to be enjoyed at a healthy eating pace. So much has to change about our whole society and food system, I don't even know where to begin. To diagnose people with this eating reflex lack of control it might be helpful to ask them questions like "do you find yourself finishing food faster than everyone else, when you eat out with friends?" (Helpful because fast eating may be inherited from parents) And "I only stop eating when I suddenly notice I feel uncomfortably full."

[@alexwilder8315]

Further musing: I think a big ally to orthotropics may actually be the mindful eating movement, and also raw and whole foodist movements. These are your friends, use their influence on social media to leverage the growth of orthotropics. ❤

[@giorgilomadze69]

Im grateful i didn't let orthodontists extract my teeth.

[@leearmstrong4423]

My orthodontists used an expander on my upper jaw. Much to my delight. And wow, I naturally tend to push my tongue against the roof of my mouth just like you suggest.

[@peopleofearth6250]

The reason why our ancestors were a lot healthier than we are is because the ones who weren't healthy died, not because they had some sort of ancient wisdom that we should try to emulate. The fact that old, sick, and weak people still survive in our society is a mark of profound success, not failure.

[@Azamat421]

We’re killing the planet so I don’t know

[@Garrx758]

In that case we all should have perfect health then :v like, you’re literally saying that we are the descendants of the strongest bloodlines in history right?

[@peopleofearth6250]

@@Garrx758 If that is what you took away from what I was saying then you completely missed the point. Go improve yourself. You aren't intelligent enough to educate anyone about anything in any meaningful capacity, but maybe after a decade of rigorous study and hard work you might be able to earn enough credibility to be listened to about something.

[@smulGIANT]

Or it has been muddied up over time, alongside inbreeding and poor health choices.

[@solivagant1170]

That's is such a fallacious way of thinking. It can be true that those who weren't healthy died off, but it can also be true (at the same time) that they had habits and environments more conducive towards health (in some aspects). Modern society has it drawbacks.

[@AliexpressCetnik]

weston a price is one of the greatest contributor to the study of this

[@1Cookie2000]

Great video, Dr. Mew! What are your thoughts on Weston Price's beliefs about what caused the changes he witnessed (and whose photos you used in this video). Great topic for a video.

[@ryanjesse4159]

Agriculture started roughly 75000 years ago. writing started roughly 15-12000 years ago. Writing is the baseline for all modern tech.

[@GaryCameron]

5000 years ago our ancestors typically didn't live much past 30.

[@archadiano]

Many people of my family needed braces and extration, and sometimes it created even more problems. I choosed not to use anything. My teeth are perfect (just a diastema) no problems with my wisdom teeth, never had any cavity, went to the dentist one time just to do a cleaning, good jaw and cheekbones