Aug 27

Tooth whitening gel is one of the most popular ways for people to whiten their existing stained teeth by several shades.
Although there are many different products such as strips and pens, by far the most popular is the tooth whitening gel. One reason for this is that it is easy to ensure total coverage of the teeth as the gel will cover every available surface (as any liquid would do). Another reason is that this has always been one of the most reliable methods there is so, all things remaining equal, many people decide to stick with this treatment and not consider any others.

How It Works

The active ingredient in most tooth whitening gels is carbamide peroxide. Sometimes, the alternative of hydrogen peroxide is used.

Both cause an oxidation reaction to occur and hence have a bleaching effect on any stains present.

High Concentration Gels

The most effective gels are those of a high concentration. Using something like a 20% concentration of carbamide peroxide for around 20 minutes will yield an immediate result.

The gel is applied to the teeth using special trays that look like a mouthguard or gum shield. Unfortunately, one of the major downsides of this method is that the gums are not protected as well as they could be. With high concentration gels, some irritation to the games can result. If too high a concentration is used and for too long a time then chemical burns can even occur.

A better result can be obtained at your dentist. They have the means to coat your gums with a protectant prior to applying gel to the teeth. They can also use a high intensity light to accelerate the bleaching process. Although you will pay more for such treatment, it is likely to yield the best results in the shortest amount of time.

Low Concentration Gels

These are less popular now due to the high availability of low concentration gels over the counter.

Again, some of these gels are applied using trays. Although home-use trays used with a high concentration gel have the risk of chemical burns, with low concentration gels this risk is generally not present. A more recent low concentration innovation known as the tooth whitening strip is also quite popular at present. However, with these it is difficult to obtain full coverage of the teeth and some people report that they are unable to remove dark stains from the recesses between their teeth.

Jul 25

First of all, the fact that there has been so much hype about the acai berry in the press and on TV tells us that there must be some truth about its “miraculous” weight loss, anti-oxidant and healing properties. But just when you’re ready to believe that, yes, there is something substantially remarkable about this purple so-called “superfruit”, people come out with the most outrageous claims – especially online – claiming that they had lost a phenomenal amount of weight in an unbelievably short space of time (like 30 pounds in 3 days!) and that the weight just “dropped off” their bodies with absolutely no effort at all.

Well, let’s just think about that one for a moment. If you have been dieting like me for most of your adult life, and have participated in more diets than you care to remember, or mention in polite company (fad diets, soup diets, starvation diets, pills, capsules, supplements, milkshakes – the list is endless) then you will know that there is no diet in this world that is an instant “magic solution” to everybody’s weight loss problems. If that were true, there would be no fat people in the world. We’d all simply take a pill and our weight problems would miraculously disappear.

Serious dieting requires a serious holistic approach.

Yes, in my experience the acai berry concentrated supplement diet does work , but allow me to qualify that statement: It does aid weight loss by suppressing your appetite. And it does speed up your metabolism, thereby aiding in the burning of calories. But…..and here comes that but: like every other diet, you will get out of the acai berry diet the amount of effort you put into the diet. When I say you need to take the holistic approach, I mean you need to eat sensibly, and combine at least some exercise with your diet plan. Do not expect to pig out on barrels of ice cream and other junk food daily, and then rely on your acai berry supplement to melt the fat away miraculously in 3 or 7 days. I mean, that’s just a plain crazy way of approaching a diet, don’t you agree?

Like with every other diet, the acai berry diet needs serious effort and commitment on your part. If you are prepared to invest the effort combined with a concentrated acai supplement, you will see great and lasting results over time. How much time? Well, that depends on your personal weight loss goal and the amount of effort you are willing to invest in your weight loss plan.

And just a small cautionary note: Not all advertised acai berry supplements are concentrated and pure. Some of these so-called supplements are sub-standard so that the suppliers can increase their profit margins. So be cautious before purchasing your trial supply of the supplement.

Jun 11

So you think garlic gives you nothing but bad breath? Well, OK, it does, but it’s also one of the healthiest foods you can eat. For centuries, garlic has been considered a “alleviate-all” and is said to be able to discuss just about every ailment from the cold to the Plague! I don’t think there are too many Plagues about these years so here are a few other conduct you can use garlic to upgrade your fitness:-

Acne – Most people at some advantage in their lives bear from acne to some extent. Companies make a luck promotion facial washes and creams to help. The riddle is that there are many reasons for acne plus hormones, diet and stress. Although garlic on its own is unlikely to therapy acne, it can indeed be worn with other treatments.

Garlic is thought to work because of its antibiotic and blood refining properties. When with garlic in your food, make really your crush and chop it up. This will help published the active compounds. Another way to take garlic is by placing a few cloves in a container of lime oil and then trickle it over a salad.

Cardiovascular Health and High Cholesterol – If you like eating Mediterranean or Far Eastern food you’ll note that garlic is used a lot. The good reports is the people from areas also have low incidences of cardiovascular disease.

Cholesterol could be a confusing spot of strength. On one hand it is critical while on the other hand it can execute us. This is because there are two types of Cholesterol – HDL and LDL. The later category is considered bad. Modern medicine has found that garlic contains allicin which scavenges hydroxyl radicals (OH). This point is thought to check LDLs from being oxidised.

Unfortunately several studies that have been accepted out have shown diverse fallout. It only goes to show how much more acutely accepted remedies needs to be taken. Of course, we all know that there’s no incentive for drug companies to examine actual products due to the require of monetary reward. If you have troubles with high cholesterol go upfront and take some garlic. Just make indeed it’s part of a balanced diet and you don’t discount your surgeon’s counsel.

Antioxidant – Allicin logically increases antioxidant enzymes atalase and glutathione peroxidase in your blood. It could help against the harmful property of nicotine and slows the aging process of your liver by inhibiting lipid peroxidation.

Anti-Bacterial – Garlic has 1% of the might of penicillin and can ward off several bacteria such as Listeria, Salmonella, E. Coli, Cryptococcal meningitis, Candida albican and Staphylococcus. The unruly with most antibiotics is the bacteria develops resistance to them, however this is not the casing with garlic.

The repayment were first realized back in the early 19th century when English priests trapped infectious fever. The French priests, who ate garlic everyday, didn’t.

Blood Clots – Clinical trials, which were available in the Journal of Hypertension, showed that the blood coerce of volunteers was abridged 1 – 5% after winning garlic supplements. This may not sound a lot but this small discount can degrade the chance of a stroke by 30-40% and middle disease by 20-25%

What about Garlic Breath?

Despite all the wellbeing repayment of garlic you may think that “garlic breath” is too much of a deterrent. If this is the project you can take Odorless Garlic Supplement instead.

Some Pointers about Garlic:-

* Garlic is most operative when crushed or chopped and when raw.
* One clove a day will better your fitness and 2-3 cloves will help check a cold.
* When cooking garlic linger awaiting the last 10 summary of cooking to add the garlic.
* Be thorough about winning too much as it can sting your digestive technique.
* Don’t microwave garlic as the kills the active ingredients.
* Don’t take garlic instead of a vigorous balanced diet.
* Garlic supplements may relate with certain drugs such as anticoagulants.
* Always consult a doctor if you are unsure about anything.

May 11

Colonic Irrigation aims to remove toxins which constructed in the bowel and might be cause of some health problems such as constipation, bad breath, body odour , bloating , allergies, and also skin disorders.

A clogged colon maybe the results of our lifestyle factors including poor diet, excessive consumption of alcohol and also lack of exercise.

Colonic irrigation treatments could be in a clinic or health spa and should not be longer more than one hour.A tube-like device fills the colon with warm water, which will cause the muscle of the colon to expand and contract, forcing out anything that maybe lodge into this area.This can include food, fecal matter and bacteria.

It is recommended that you eat light meals prior and post procedure and follow it up with another two sessions.If you are considering booking in for a colonic irrigation make sure the practioner is registered.Seek medical advice prior to treatment.

Apr 26

This is one complete list of 6 meals one of my friend , a body builder.Not sure if it works for you but it does work for him.

Meal 1:
Oats, whey protein

Meal 2:
Whey protein, fruits or protein fruit smoothie

Meal 3 :
Chicken salad

Meal 4 :
Whey protein and handful of nuts

Meal 5 :
seafood and vegies or salad

Meal 6:
tub of cottage cheese or protein pancakes

Why not try these out?It might be suitable fot your diet plan for muscle .You’ll never know without try it first.

Apr 6

Do you like apple?Like me usually i prefer drinking apple juice rather than eating the fruit.I just love to drinks.But the fact is, eating raw fruit is better for our digestion.It provides a lot of fiber into our stomach and gives better digestion.

Take note that an apple a day will give us not only good dose of vitamin C but also the fibre and roughage in apples moves your food through your digestive system quicker.It also cleansing your body and speeding up your metabolism.

Feb 19

If you are finding your anger sometimes gets the better of you, you are not alone.However the next time you are stuck in a traffic jam, remember these three useful tips for your anger management :

1- Count 1-10.by counting from 1 to 10 it will allow your mind time to disarm the negative energy while distracting yourself from the situation

2-Take a deep breaths.This will allows your body time to relax and focus on the monet rather than reacting irrationally straight away.

3-Respond.Once relaxed you can respond assertively and responsibly seeing all sides of the situation.

Jan 10

All multicellular organisms may be affected or have the potential to be afflicted by cancer. Paleopathologists have observed cancerous lesions which occurred even in dinosaur bones long before the apparition of Homo sapiens. The ancient Egyptians observed the cancer in humans, and in the Edwin Smith papyrus, a glyph clearly refers clearly to a clinical cancer of the breast. Moreover, the autopsies of mummies have proven the existence of bone tumors and confirmed the probability of other cancerous processes.

By the era of Hippocrates in the 4 th century B.C., breast cancer was clinically recognized and described and Hippocrates considered that in many cases it was very important that one of his cardinal rules, Primum non nocere (first do no harm) be applied, since little could be done for the patient. Hippocrates establishes the use of the term carcinoma when referring to tumors “that spread and destroyed the patient “and advances a theory according to which cancer is determined by the excess of “black bile”. Hippocrates (and after him many other doctors in the following 2000 years) tended not to treat the deep-seated or ulcerated cancers, because “if treated, the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.”

About six hundred years later, Galen makes another classification describing “tumors according to nature” (the normal enlargement of the breast with female maturation or during pregnancy and “tumors contrary to nature” (benign and malign tumors). Galen also was the one who suggested the slight similarity between a crab and cancer.

During the Middle Ages the medical practice has been dominated by the concepts of Galen and Hippocrate. The Renaissance and the 17th and the 18th century brought a new perspective on the disease. The “black bile” theory of the cause of cancer has been disputed by an increasing number of physicians (one of the most important being Ramazzini) and the surgery of neoplasms appeared. There were written treatises on mastectomies for breast cancer some of them mentioning the dissection of regional lymph nodes. Ramazzini also attributed the high prevalence of breast cancer among nuns to their celibate life. This observation withstood the test of time.

In the nineteenth century the medical community and the scientists began to study cancer systematically and intensively. The anatomist Bichat is the one who extended the principles of Galen. Bichat (1821) described the anatomy of many neoplasms and is the one who suggested that cancer was an “accidental formation” of tissue built up in the same way as any other portion of the organism. Seventeen years later, Johannes Müller extended these observations through the use of the microscope. Although the cellular theory was just being formulated and little was known about the cell at that time, Müller demonstrated independently that the cancer tissue was made up of cells. Rudolf Virchow (1863), a student of Muller extended our descriptive knowledge of cancer; he came up with a number of theories that were later disproved but he was the first one who pointed out a relation between chronic irritation and some cancers.

As major advances have been made in biology, many advances have been also made in the study of cancer. In 1829, Recamier introduced the term “metastases” in his work Recherces du Cancer and described clearly how cancer spreads by metastasis. Another important advance in cancer study was the demonstration by Waldeyer (1872) that the metastases were the result of the fact that some cells from primary cancers infiltrated lymphatic vessels.Other important advances in oncology were based on the work of Novinsky (1877), Doven and Shimkin (1970) .

Jan 3

Ever heard of sugar-free coke?Sugar free cake?Sugar free chocolate?.A sugar-free product does not means a healthy food.Although it sounds sugar-free means no sugar involves, but have you ever wonder why the product still taste sweet and good?That is what they called sweetener.Sugar-free products using sweetener instead of sugar.

Well, i have one bad news for you who thinks sugar free products is good.Studies had found that sweeteners can cause weight gain.You actually tricking your body into thinking it’s getting something it isn’t, you might end up feeling that you needed more energy and your body natural reaction to sugar foods (for example producing insulin) may be affected.So, you choose between these two, sugar or sweeteners?

Dec 30

A simple question asked, how to live a healthy life?Some said, eat good food avoid bad food.In another words, get a good and stable diet.But some also said, the key to a healthy is exercises.But no matter what people been saying,to live a healthy life need a lot of combination.It might sounds easy, if we put it together it will goes something like don’t smoke, eats healthy food and do exercises.Is healthy life is that simple?Of course!

The truth is, people forget that some small changes will brings a lot of benefits to our health.For an instance, having an extra glass of water, eat more cereal and fruits,green vegetables, and a lot more.Small-small things like this, people always take for granted and failed to follow into their daily life for a better healthy life.

On exercises, you don’t have to go to gym everyday.Neither to run a 5KM marathon every evening.Like i said, small things will bring a lot of changes to our health.The word is, movement!Yes, people nowadays so lazy to move.A simple movement, like switch on tv, do some chores, gardening , walking and many more.Human body needs a movement in order to burn those lazy unhealthy calories.So, move more  to live a healthy life!

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