What to Look for in Teeth Cleaning Products

Posted by | Posted in Alternative Treatment | Posted on 27-11-2010

People throughout the world are more mindful today than in previous times regarding the cleanliness and the whiteness of their teeth. This may be due to competitive job markets, increased socialization, and cosmetic appearance or simply due to increased awareness about the importance of good dental health as it relates to the rest of the body. There are many products on the market that advertise cleaning and whitening of the teeth and improvement of the health of the teeth and gums. Inform yourself of which ingredients are of the most importance to make a good choice of teeth cleaning products.

What to Look for in Teeth Cleaning Products

The Active Whitening or Cleansing Ingredients

Active ingredients are the ingredients that actively work to perform the task the product is advertised to achieve. If the product advertises cleansing, the active ingredients provide cleaning of the teeth. If the product is meant to whiten your teeth or to remove stains or plaque the active ingredients are those which provide this function.

  • Hydrogen peroxide a whitening agent. It is probably the most common of whitening ingredients.
  • Carbamide peroxide a hybrid of hydrogen peroxide with a solution of urea that is said to be even more effective than hydrogen peroxide.
  • Potassium Nitrate- minimizes nerve penetration of the cleaning or whitening agents allowing for better penetration of the agents into the enamels of the teeth
  • Strontium chloride Mixes with and bonds to your own salvia allowing it to shield the roots of your teeth.
  • Polyvinypyrrolidone (PVP) – this ingredient works to prevent new stains from forming on your teeth.

Levels of Concentration of Active Ingredients

Read the label of any product before you purchase it. You do not want to depend on the advertisement, the advertisement does not make it effective, and it is the ingredients that do that. If the product does not contain adequate amounts of active ingredients you will not get the desired results. Hydrogen peroxide or Carbamide peroxide should make up 20% of the entire solution if these are being used as the main active ingredients.

Product Reviews, Frequency Required, Ease of Use

Before going to the store or purchasing a product online do your research. Review customer testimonials and product reviews for safety and effectiveness. Decide how often you will need to use the product each day and whether this fits into your schedule. Review the application process of the product and how easy or difficult might this product be for you to use. When choosing teeth cleaning or whitening products you might want to consider those that offer both of these functions. If this is your desire, review the product for this dual purpose.

Again: Statins Not Effective

Posted by | Posted in News | Posted on 22-11-2010

Statin drugs may be over-prescribed
So tell me what is new!
Not only are they over-prescribed, they have heart-risky side effects and many more problems like kidney failure secondary to rhabdomyolysis, just to highlight one (of too many). 
What, from this new report, bothers me is that when do you see mainstream media reporting on the history and a wider reference of facts, not excluding natural care to prevent and resolve the problem. 
Just who passed a law that allopathy is the last word on health and everyone must take only this brand of poison?
As an aside, the “deficit panel” could do a lot better if they got their heads out of the you know what and moved their brains out of the box.
Alas, when did you hear last that the beginning of milk homogenization was the start of atherosclerosis.  Well it was! And it was so because the fat was made so small through this process that it passed directly into the blood.
So if you switched to non-homogenized milk you could be much better off as the traditional naturopaths of the old days and old ways used to tell you.  And of course there were eggs and real butter too, but these days they;d like you to believe this is non-sense and these foods will kill you.
Lecithin any one?  Good non-soy lecithin reduces that calcium plaque that builds up in your body.  Since we can’t say it prevents or cures thanks to the PhRMA controlled FDA and now the co-opted FTC, you just have to so some research to find these studies that your doctor won’t read, much less know about.  Parathyroid hormone and vitamin D play a role.
Then there is magnesium that helps rebalance calcium, and then phosphorus too.  These days, thanks to Medicare you cannot get phosphorus levels on your chem panel as some one there decided you do not need that test.  But in reality you do so you can see the Ca-P ratio in your blood which should be 10-4.  Lots can happen when it isn’t!
And just remember all that calcium they push on you to keep your bones strong is often cheap carbonate form that does not absorb too well and leads to calcium build up in tissues and organs.
Calcium, take it in the morning and not with magnesium.  Use a high absorption type.
Take your good magnesium at night.
Of course there is more to this equation but I think this will do for starters.
And BTW, that phosphorus level runs about $118 a test depending on where you are and what lab you use.
WASHINGTON (AFP) Cholesterol-lowering statin medications, miracle drugs for those suffering from heart disease, may be over-prescribed as a preventative measure for healthy adults, a new study said Tuesday.
The study by cardiologists at Johns Hopkins University found that, among healthy adults, only those with measurable buildup of artery-hardening calcium would significantly benefit from the treatment.
“Our results tell us that only those with calcium buildup in their arteries have a clear benefit from statin therapy,” the study’s lead investigator Michael Blaha said in a statement.
“Those who are otherwise healthy and have no significant calcification should, with their physician, focus on aggressive lifestyle improvements instead of early initiation of statin medications,” he added.
The statin class of pharmaceuticals, including the popular cholesterol-lowering drugs Lipitor and Crestor, lowers cholesterol by blocking an enzyme in the liver.
The six-year study found that 75 percent of all heart attacks, strokes or heart-related deaths occurred in the 25 percent of participants who had the highest calcium buildup in their blood vessels.
The 47 percent of participants who had no detectable levels of calcium buildup meanwhile suffered just five percent of heart disease-related events, meaning the statin therapy would have offered little protection.
“It certainly is not the case that all adults should be taking (statin therapy) to prevent heart attack and stroke, because half are at negligible risk of a sudden coronary event in the next five to 10 years,” Blaha said.
Roger Blumenthal, another Johns Hopkins researcher who carried out the study, said the drugs “should not be approached like diet and exercise as a broadly based solution for preventing coronary heart disease.”
“These are lifelong medications with potential, although rare, side effects, and physicians should only consider their use for those patients at greatest risk, especially those with high coronary calcium scores.”
He added that as many as five percent of people on statins develop serious side effects, such as muscle pain, while one in 255 will develop diabetes.
The study of 950 healthy and ethnically diverse men and women was unveiled on Tuesday at an American Heart Association conference in Chicago.
The report is the latest in a series of studies questioning the widespread prescription of preventative heart medication for otherwise healthy adults.
A US meta-analysis of 11 studies published in June had already revealed that statin treatments do not reduce the death rate among patients with high cholesterol but no history of heart disease.
The two studies contrast the results of a 2008 clinical trial known as “JUPITER,” which found that a daily does of 20 milligrams of Crestor, a statin treatment marketed by the British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, halved the number of potentially fatal coronary blockages in 18,000 adults.
All of the adults in the JUPITER study had high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), believed by some to predict coronary disease.
But BlahaCRP, which he said offered no predictive value.
Coronary heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for one in five deaths among adults.
from Natural Health News, top articles on statins from 30+ on site
Natural Health News: STATINS LINKED TO DEPRESSION AND MEMORY LOSS
Jun 16, 2010
More than 6 millions adults are prescribed statins by their GPs will be told about five new ‘undesirable effects’ in leaflets issued with packets of the drugs. These include sleep disturbances, memory loss, sexual dysfunction, …
PhRMA GREED leads to statins for children
Jul 07, 2010
Statins for children 10 to 17 have been FDA approved since 2002. Now Pfizer seeks EU authorization. READ IT HERE FIRST: THE IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING YOU IN HEALTH CARE AT NATURAL HEALTH NEWS DAYS, AND OFTEN WEEKS OR MONTHS, …
Natural Health News: Cholesterol and Statins: Another physician
Nov 14, 2008
It’s been going this way for a while: even healthy people should be on the cholesterol-reducing drugs known as statins. That, in a nutshell, is the verdict of a study published over the weekend which found that even in people deemed to …
Natural Health News: Yes, the bad news on statins is bad!
Feb 04, 2008
UPDATE: It seems always that the statins detractors focus on the depletion of Co Enzyme Q 10 when talking about the harm inflicted by these drugs. I have always contended that, in addition to COQ10,depletion of several B vitamins …

Electronic Cigarette Accessories You Should Get

Posted by | Posted in Reviews | Posted on 18-11-2010

Electronic cigarettes are becoming more and more popular these days due to the tons of benefits this type of product has to offer. You no longer need to buy packs of tobacco cigarettes once you switch to an electronic cigarette, allowing you to save a lot of money in the process. Not only that, you can also add e-cig accessories to make your electronic cigarette even more convenient to use. What are the accessories available for your electronic cigarette?

There are different types of chargers available for your electronic cigarette. A standard USB charger is usually included in the electronic cigarette starter kit, but you can get another one just in case you broke the one you have or if you need another USB charger to store at the office. If you prefer charging the electronic cigarette using a standard wall plug, simply get the wall adapter and you can charge the batteries of your electronic cigarette wherever there is a standard socket.

If you travel a lot especially to places where charging may not be possible you can also get a travel charging case for your electronic cigarette. The case has a built-in high-capacity battery in it, allowing you to charge the battery of your electronic cigarette on the go. The case can be used to store and charge one battery and two refill cartridges in a small, easy-to-carry slim case.

My personal favorite accessory is the electronic cigarette car charger. If you spend several hours a day driving, having a car charger for your electronic cigarette is certainly a huge plus. Since high quality electronic cigarette starter kits now come with two batteries, you can still use the electronic cigarette while driving and at the same time charge the spare battery for further use whenever you need to.

Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally

Posted by | Posted in Natural Health | Posted on 07-11-2010



Has your doctor told you or a loved one that you need to lower your blood pressure? Before you allow your physician to put you on a blood pressure medication, try to lower your blood pressure naturally. Usually through simple lifestyle changes, you can lower your own blood pressure without the need for pharmaceutical assistance.

Here are some of the basic factors that you can’t change which contribute to high blood pressure:

  • Genetic susceptibility
  • The aging process
  • Kidney disorders
  • Endocrine system disorders
  • Lead poisoning

However, there are many causes of high blood pressure that can be controlled through lifestyle changes. These include:

  • Obesity
  • High salt intake
  • Certain medications, including birth control pills, diet pills, antidepressants, and decongestants

(Source: eHealthMed.com)

Rather than focusing on what you can’t control, such as your genes, as an excuse for high blood pressure, focus on what you can control and start to rein in your blood pressure naturally. There are two places in particular you should start: diet and exercise.

Step One: Change Your Diet

Are you one of the 63.1% of Americans who are either overweight or obese? If you are, there’s a good chance that your high blood pressure is tied to your weight. If you’re overweight, there’s a good chance that your weight is tied to your diet.

Changing your diet does not have to be about crazy crash diets, calorie restriction, or complicated systems. Eating right takes mostly common sense and commitment.

There are many different theories in the natural health community about the best way to eat. Some advocate a vegetarian diet; others claim that vegetarian doesn’t go far enough you should go completely vegan, without even eggs or dairy products. Still others urge us to eat raw foods only, foods cooked under 114 degrees Fahrenheit. Some suggest your diet should be based on Chinese medicine; others prefer Aryuvedic diets; lately there’s been a movement towards Paleolithic era diets.

Eeek! Which should you choose?! No matter which type of diet you choose, here are some basic guidelines about diet that you should keep in mind:

Stop eating out, especially fast food: Remember that salt intake is one of the causes of high blood pressure? Well, fast food and other restaurant foods tend to be higher in sodium because processed foods utilize sodium as a preservative. Take ten minutes at night to make your lunch for the next day instead of going through the drive-through.

  • Eat less more often: Instead of forgetting to eat all day and gorging on junk food at the end of the day, eat smaller meals frequently throughout the day. Three small meals plus three healthy snacks is a good rule of thumb that will keep you from getting hungry and then overeating.
  • Eat lean meats: Meat eaters should only buy grass fed beef, which is far less fatty than mass-produced beef. Chicken and fish also tend to be better for you than red meat.
  • Eat less meat: Most experts agree that our diet should ideally be mostly plant-based, because it’s better for the environment and our bodies. About 3 ounces of meat per day is all we should be eating.
  • Avoid refined carbohydrates: Doughnuts, cookies, cakes, white breads throw them out. When eating carbs, focus on whole grains. The less processed and fewer preservatives, the better.
  • Switch to egg whites: If you like a Sunday morning omelet, switch to an egg white omelet instead. Eggs are a great source of protein, but the fat and the cholesterol comes from the yolk.
  • Limit alcohol intake: Beer in particular is very high calorie they don’t call it a beer gut for nothing!

By avoiding fast food, refined carbs, and junk food gorging, you’ll be consuming less sodium and changing the habits that led to your weight gain in the first place. Don’t be fooled by chain restaurant advertising; even if they say it’s healthy, it’s probably not. Case in point: McDonald’s Crispy Chicken contains a whopping 26 grams of fat!

Step Two: Get Serious About Exercise

If changing our diet is hard, changing exercise habits is probably even harder for most Americans. Between our daily commute to and from work and our mostly sedentary jobs, we spend a lot of our day sitting on our bottoms. When we finally drag ourselves home, we frequently find that we’re so tired all we really want to do is flop onto the couch and watch television for a few hours, leading us to sit on our bottoms some more.

Ironically, our lack of exercise contributes to our lack of energy. By tiring our body through a solid workout, we won’t have as tired a body later in the day.

Exercise, however, is another one of those topics where it seems like multiple experts are offering conflicting advice. Not that long ago, for example, the Institute of Medicine issued a report stating that we need an hour of exercise per day in order to be at our optimal health and weight. A few years before that report came out, however, there were other studies saying we only needed about 20 minutes of exercise per day to do the job. Who’s right? How much earlier should we set our alarm clock for?

Multiple studies show that 20 30 minutes of moderate, break-a-sweat exercise five times per week can reduce our cardiac risk by 30 50% (Source: HeartDisease.About.com). Although this amount of exercise may not be enough to really shed the pounds, it is enough to start to reduce blood pressure naturally. If you combine this recommendation with the dietary recommendations above, you can definitely start to lose weight and reduce your blood pressure.

It Depends Upon You

Ultimately, if you’re overweight or obese and it’s affecting your blood pressure, almost any change to your lifestyle will help. The main requirement is that you pick a lifestyle change and you stick with it. Whether you join Weight Watchers, enter the Body for Life contest, or pick up a book on the Mediterranean diet, the point is to find a lifestyle change that you can consistently maintain.

The hardest part is actually deciding to change. Once you make that decision, though, you’ll be so glad you did and so will your heart.

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For Female Fantasy and Sensation

Posted by | Posted in Reviews | Posted on 03-11-2010

One of the popular Female Sex Toys is dildo. Dildo is a sex toy designed to provide the thrill offered by a phallus, during the masturbation or during sex. This one of the Sex Toys for female is use seems very old; the extent of archaeological research has uncovered stone dildos and dildos made from clay and dung. Sometimes dildos are used by people of both genders, all sexual orientations, for use alone or with others. Penetration vaginal is the most common use through the use of solitary masturbation in the female.

The dildo, possibly equipped with a harness, can also be used for anal sex (sodomy) a man or a woman. The also use dildos fetish. They can be used as a gag, or oral penetration in a kind of fellatio artificial. The glass dildos, or use glass table for this purpose, justified an additional way: it is then possible to see in a distorted manner, inside the hole penetrated.

These are also used for these purpose speculums, copies of the medical device, sold in specialty shops and used more or less the same way. The dildos can transmit sexually transmitted diseases in the same way as other forms of sexual contact, and should not be shared without precautions (use of a highly recommended condom if shared contacts, like all forms of contacts sex).

This is particularly true for dildos made in porous materials, or micro-porous, such as mild synthetic. This does not mean that such unprotected dildo can be used simultaneously (or sequentially) by several people. The dildo can be sterilized by boiling or by chemical (bleach, alcohol at 90 ). It is also possible to use a latex condom, this also having the advantage of increasing the ease of use with some hard material. To buy dido or other sex toys, such as Vibrators, hotgvibe.com is will be great to visit.