{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Strong New York Podcast","title":"Dr. Jonathan Levine on Breathing, Sleep, Sugar & Why Oral Health Is a Pillar of Longevity","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/18a44e21\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3601,"description":"This week on the Strong New York Podcast, Kenny sits down with Dr. Jonathan Levine, the visionary founder of Smile House—a groundbreaking, multi-specialty destination focused on dental longevity and aesthetics.\nTheir conversation explores the powerful connection between oral health and overall wellness, from breathing and sleep to inflammation and disease prevention. Dr. Levine explains how factors like jaw structure, nasal breathing, and early childhood development—including breastfeeding vs. bottle feeding—can influence airway health, deep sleep, and long-term disease risk. He also shares why dentistry has historically been slow to adopt a more integrated, whole-body approach.\nDr. Levine breaks down Smile House’s innovative “360” model, where multiple specialists collaborate under one roof to deliver hospitality-driven care using advanced imaging, salivary diagnostics, and biomarkers to detect inflammation early. By working closely with physicians, the goal is to move healthcare from a reactive sickness model to proactive, upstream wellness.\nThey also discuss sugar’s impact on both dental and metabolic health, the role of movement and community in longevity, Dr. Levine’s athletic background and team-based leadership philosophy, and his vision for expanding medical-dental integration through additional screenings and shared health data.\n00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro\n00:42 Breathing Shapes the Face\n01:45 Jaw Development and Sleep\n03:00 Why Dentistry Lags Behind\n05:28 Smile House 360 Model\n08:18 Prevention and Subsidies\n11:53 Oral Health as Longevity Pillar\n14:01 Sugar and Metabolic Damage\n18:23 Daily Discipline and Habits\n19:42 Preventing Dentures and Disease\n22:12 Kids Mouth Breathing and Breastfeeding\n26:44 Aesthetics and Personal Responsibility\n28:02 Sports Mindset and Teamwork\n31:07 Business Lessons and Community\n33:42 Health Pros Unite\n34:52 Bridge Dentistry Medicine\n36:20 Fitness Routine Longevity\n37:35 Community Stress Relief\n41:46 Kindness And Civility...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2Xk0ZfTav_YYXRVY33jR580T6b9XsLam3nbonxuWOrE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ODY5/ODY1MDY4ZWQyNzg0/OWQxOThmY2JlMTc3/MDExOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}