Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Healthy Foods and Drinks for Teeth

You are what you eat. It is a perfect adage for describe your teeth. What we eat and how we eat them effect on our teeth. Teeth are something that important for us. It is also something that irreplaceable. Not all food and drinks are bad for our teeth. There are ten of foods and drinks that good for our teeth:

Healthy Foods and Drinks for Teeth

  1. Water – water not only cleans our mouth, it’s also good for your teeth. Water keeps producing saliva that deposited the essential material that weak teeth needed. Drinking water regularly will keep the gum hydrated. Water cleans our mouth by flush the food that remains in our mouth, which causes bad breath.
  2. Fruits – fruit which contain lots of vitamin C good for your gum. Kiwi, citrus fruit, strawberry and apple are the fruit which contain lots of vitamin C. Vitamin C has cement that holds your cell together. It will be good for your gum tissue, so your gum will not easily get infected by bacteria.
  3. Vegetables – crunchy vegetables clean your teeth and massage your gum. Vegetables which contain a lot of vitamin A are a better choice. Broccoli, carrot, red pepper and pumpkin are vegetables which contain vitamin A. vitamin A are important to form your teeth enamel.
  4. Onion – it contain antibacterial compounds. It will be better to be eaten raw and peeled.
  5. Celery – celery massages gum and cleans the teeth when it chewed. Celery will contain much saliva. So it can also neutralize bacteria in your teeth and gum.
  6. Dairy product – less sugar milk and sugar are the calcium source that good for teeth. It also low of acidity, which can cause dental erosion. They also less sugar, that means less of teeth decoy. Cheese is another product that has big benefit. Cheese contains high of phosphate and calcium. Cheese help balance the PH, so it will save your teeth enamel. Cheese will also produce more saliva that will keep your gum healthy. Saliva kills the bacteria that cause cavities and gum disease.
  7. Animal foods – chicken, beef, and egg contain phosphorous. Teeth built from calcium, vitamin D, and phosphorous. Those elements prevent your teeth from teeth decay.
  8. Sesame seed – sesame seed peeled of plague and help built teeth enamel. It also contains high calcium. But the most important, it taste delicious.
  9. Nuts – peanuts contain vitamin D and calcium. Almond contains high calcium. Cashew nut helps produce saliva. It also cleans your teeth. Walnut contains a lots of mineral that good for your teeth. Walnut contains vitamin E, vitamin B6, fiber, iron, magnesium, folic acid, thiamine, niacin, potassium and zinc.
  10. Green Tea – it contain poly phenols. Poly phenols help remove plaque on teeth. Green tea also helps kill the bacteria in your teeth and gum. You will get fresh breath because there are no bacteria. Much green tea also contains fluoride. Fluoride helps protect teeth enamel. 

Consume those ten food will help keep your teeth health naturally. And don’t forget to brush your teeth regularly. Don’t forget to read article about ten bad foods for teeth

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

How to Prevent Wrinkle

Wrinkle is something that makes everyone feels scared. Actually there are natural ways to prevent wrinkle. Wrinkle is something that we sure going to have it. But by eating this food, you can delay wrinkle on your skin.


How to Prevent Wrinkle
  • Tomato contains lycopene, an antioxidant that good for your skin and helps remove the free radical that comes to your skin. Cook the tomatoes before you eat it. It will easier to be absorbed after it was cooked.
  • Peanut contains lots of antioxidant that can prevent wrinkle, improve our collagen and protein that good for skin regeneration.
  • Almond rich of vitamin E. Fats contain on almond will improve skin elasticity, and could reduce wrinkle. Eating almonds regularly also lower the risk of Alzheimer.
  • Chocolate milk contains flavonoid that good for your skin.  A research showed that after drinking a glass of chocolate milk for 12 weeks, your skin will become smooth. It helps the blood circulation in face tissue.
  • Blueberry contains high antioxidant that will help to prevent the damages of the cells. When your skin’s cell regenerates more often, your skin will not have a wrinkle. Eat it as a snack or add it at your oatmeal for having a daily wrinkle-free skin.
  • Strawberry, kiwi and guava, those fruits contain a lots of vitamin C. Vitamin C will helps to prevent wrinkles in your skin. Kiwi is the fruit with high amount of vitamin C. So it’s good to help cell regeneration in your skin.
  • Acai berry, this fruit can be found at Amazon area. Acai berry contain high antioxidant and lots of essential fat. Acai berry is well known to prevent wrinkle. Acai berry works by keep the tissue cells in your skin.
  • Dark orange vegetables like pumpkin, carrots and orange pepper could prevent the wrinkle in your skin. They contain bioflavonoid that works as an antioxidant. Consume it regularly for the maximum daily benefits. Eat is as salad, juice or as ingredient for your soup.
  • Green leaves vegetables such as spinach and green mustard is good to prevent the wrinkles. It contains vitamin E, K, A, calcium, float acid and lutein. Lutein is good to keep the skin elastic. Wrinkle happen if the skin loses its elasticity. The combination of vitamin A and vitamin E not only help prevent the wrinkle. It also good for remove acne, make the skin smooth andflawless.
  • Oyster contains high level of zinc. Zinc has a major role for our skin by helps the creation of collagen, that important to our skin elasticity. It also works for giving nutrient at the cell level.
  • Salmon is high of omega-3 fatty acids. This healthy fat works as natural lubricant for your skin. It also prevents the dry skin, irritation and pimple.
By eating those foods regularly, you can have a wrinkle free skin for a long time. It’s important to keep our healthy with natural ways and ingredients. See others article about treatment to prevent wrinkle.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Bad Foods and Drinks for Teeth

It is a nice thing to have perfect white teeth. But there are some delicious foods that bad for our teeth. By read this article, you can try to prevent those food. So you can keep your teeth healthy.

Bad Foods and Drinks for Teeth

  1. White bread - when you chewed it, the sugar on carbohydrate on it will break down. It will make white bread become acidic. When it mixed with saliva, it become sticky, and easily gets stuck on your teeth. White bread tastes better than wheat bread. But it worse for your teeth.
  2. Potato chips – potato chips has a thin structure. When you bite it, it cracks into sharp edge pieces which can harm your gum. It also starchy, it can stick on your teeth and crevice.
  3. Ice – cracking ice is a common habit. But cracking ice can cause tiny crack on your teeth. When you often to crack the ice, the tiny crack on your teeth can grow and cause serious problem.
  4.  Popcorn – popcorn made from corn that remains the husk in the middle of it. The husk will stay at your teeth surface. The worse scenario is the husk will stick on your crevice. If you don’t brush your teeth properly, it will cause teeth damage.
  5. Soda and carbonated drinks – they contain huge amount of sugar. Those drinks also contain citric and phosphoric, which can cause erosion on your tooth enamel. To reduce the effect, use the straw. Straw can reduce the amount of sugar and acid.
  6. Sweets – caramel, will stick hardly on your teeth surface and crevice. If your teeth have crack or holes, caramel will make it worse. Hard candy and lollipop, of course contain a lot of sugar. They design too long lasting in your mouth. Means lots of sugar will stick in your teeth.
  7. High acid foods and drinks – citrus fruits like lemonade and acid drinks is not too good for your teeth. The acid will make your teeth enamel down. It is the cause of some pain feel in your teeth. Try washing your mouth with water after eating acid foods and drinks.
  8. Vitamin water and chew candy – actually, it is not contain much vitamin. Vitamin water contains the same amount of sugar as candy bar. It is also contain acid. Chewing vitamin also contain sugar. And like caramel, will stick hardly on your teeth surface and crevice.
  9. Dried fruits – dried fruits like raisins and peaches are actually danger than candy. Grape and peaches contain a lot of sugar in their fluid. When it dried, the sugar will be high concentrated. Dry fruits are usually packed with non-soluble cellulose fiber. It can allow them to trap the sugars on and around the teeth.  Their gummy texture also possible to stick on teeth like a caramel.
  10. Substances that dry on mouth - they are like medicine and alcohol. It is important to keep your mouth wet. Wet mouth and gum prevent bacteria that can cause infection. If you are in medication, use fluoride rinse to help brush your teeth.
And read next article about kind of teeth treatment on your dentist.