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Posted in Dental Care, General on October 29, 2010

Beautiful smile should be backed with white teeth and healthy. Grab it all by just doing some minor changes in our habits.

Increase the intake of vegetables and fruits can help us in preventing damage to the body. However, eating habits can also affect the color of our teeth. Some foods, like wine, coffee, tea, soda, carrots, and oranges can make the teeth become yellow and dark. Acid contained in the sour fruit will trigger the appearance of yellow color of teeth.

The Australian Dental Association, stating that caffeine can interfere with saliva production process that resulted in the mouth becomes dry and it can lead to damage to the teeth. We can replace it by starting to eat apples, celery and carrots, because they are naturally stain repellent. But specifically for the carrots, it’s good we do not consume to excess because it affects the color of teeth.

Green vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, and lettuce can also be a powerful protective stain teeth. Also, gargle with water every time we eat food that can contaminate our teeth, such as wine, tea, blueberries, soy sauce, tomato sauce and cranberry juice.

Not only coffee, soft drinks can also damage our teeth even though labeled diet. Keep your teeth sparkle with maintaining cleanliness and attention to all the intake that goes into our mouths.

Posted in General on October 21, 2010

Removing Acuvue Oasys contact lenses from blisters can be done with fingers as well as with tweezers with soft silicone tips. Before putting contact lenses on the eyes make sure that they are clean and wet, have no breaks, cracks or other visible defects. Make sure the lens is not inside out. To do this place the lens on the forefingers pad and look at the lens. The shape of the lens should resemble a cup. If the edges of the lens are bent outward and it looks more like a saucer then the lens is turned outwards. The surface of contact lenses is usually marked. If the lens is twisted correctly then you can see at the inner surface a label. If the lens is inside out then the inscription can be read on the contrary.

Posted in Health, Women Health on October 16, 2010

kankerBreast cancer is one of the most deadly disease of women. Every year, there were 46,000 women affected by breast cancer, and 12,000 of them eventually gave up.

Many things that we can actually do to prevent it. According to the researchers, eating vegetables, fruits, and milk, two times a week can help prevent this type of cancer.

Evidence has been obtained after the researchers studied 50 overweight women in the 30-45 year age range. They have a genetic risk for developing breast cancer. From these studies, it appears that women who cut calories to only 650 calories twice a week will significantly reduce the levels of hormones that trigger cancer in the blood.

With this two-day diet you can limit a lot more calories than if you reduce the size of the meal every day. This affects all cells in the body, especially those in the breast. Such as reduced food supply, thus making these cells more stable and will not break down to form cancer.

The recommended diet consists of four servings of vegetables, a piece of fruit, one quart low-fat milk, and a cup of green tea. After six months, researchers found that the respondents experienced a decline in hormone levels cause kaner (on average 40 percent less leptin, and insulin reduced by 25 per cent) in the blood. No less important, the average body weight was also reduced to 6.5 kg.

It has long been known that losing weight can help prevent breast cancer, because obesity is believed to cause a third of all cases of breast cancer.

Posted in General, Health on October 8, 2010

appleApples are a fruit that is easily obtained. Sweet and fresh taste would make a great snack straight, or made juices, salads, even a cake. But not only taste amazing, apple also has many health benefits. You must know the various benefits of apples for daily health. So why we are not begin to accustom themselves to enjoy a grain every day?

1. Apple is the slow food
This fruit contains as much as 5 grams of fiber, or 20 percent of your daily intake needs. Because hard, apple requires you to chew with the patient, and this could signal the body that you are satisfied, before you consume too many calories. Natural sweetener in apple enters the bloodstream gradually, helping you keep your blood sugar and insulin levels remain stable, so you feel full longer. This is the opposite of snacks with artificial sweetener, that make you hungry again quickly.

2. Apples help you breathe easier
Women who eat apples during pregnancy, will give birth to a child with a reduced risk of asthma, according to researchers from the UK recently. It also can protect the lungs of adults, lowering the risk of asthma, lung cancer and other diseases.

3. Apples can lower cholesterol
Thanks to two key components, pectin (a type of fiber) and polyphenols (a powerful antioxidant), apples can reduce blood cholesterol levels and prevent oxidation of bad cholesterol, the chemical processes that convert it into plaques that clog arteries. To maximize the benefits of apples, eating apples with the skin. Apple skin has two to six times the antioxidant compounds.

4. Apple could fight cancer
Results of laboratory tests showed that some compounds in the aqueous fruit to curb the growth of cancer cells, but will work optimally when eaten whole apple (minus the stem and seeds, of course). People who consume more than one apple a day will reduce the risk of some cancers (mouth, esophagus, colon, breast, ovary, prostate, etc.) amounting to 9-42 per cent.

5. Apples make you smarter
Perhaps because of increased production of acetylcholine, a chemical that transmits messages between nerve cells, the apple is expected to keep the brain sharp as you age, increase memory, and potentially reduce the chances of getting Alzheimer’s disease, according to a recent study from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell . This study was just done to animals. But there’s nothing wrong if you start trying to get used to eating this nutritious snack.