Dental Care Tips That Will Greatly Improve Your Smile

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Krissyar

You are probably wondering what else can be done to better take care of your teeth. Sometimes it can pose as a challenge since one’s teeth are something you must use every day. There is a lot of information to be learned about the proper way to treat your teeth. If you seek further information, then continue on for some excellent advice.

Brushing your teeth properly is important for your overall mouth health. When brushing your teeth, use a vertical motion on the outside of your teeth and a horizontal motion on the inner parts of your teeth. Concentrate your efforts by brushing each tooth for approximately fifteen seconds to help ensure proper cleaning.  After brushing your teeth, you should always remember to rinse your toothbrush out with water. When storing your brush, try to find a storage container that will allow your brush to stay upright and air dry. If you place your wet brush into a container with a lid, bacteria has an easier time to grow.  Do not forget to remove plaque from your teeth when flossing. You should place the floss at the bottom of the tooth and gently pull it so it scrapes the plaque off your tooth. Do this for each tooth before focusing on cleaning the space between your teeth with floss.

It is important that you go to the dentist to have your teeth cleaned every six months. Having a professional cleaning helps to get rid of tarter build up and polishes your teeth so that they look their best. It can also help to spot cavities that might be hiding where you can’t see them.  Regular brushing is important for your teeth. If you can, brush after every meal, but make sure to brush at least twice a day. Take at least two minutes,brushing every surface of your teeth. Don’t abuse your teeth by brushing too hard and be sure to use a toothpaste that contains fluoride. Finish your routine with a good floss.

Brushing is only effective when you do it the right way. Your toothbrush should be held an angle. In addition, you should use quick back-and-forth motions to clean your teeth. Make sure that you don’t brush too intensely, because you could harm your gums. Finally, don’t forget to brush your tongue, either.  Schedule a visit to your dentist if you have sensitive teeth. Pain in your teeth when eating hot foods or drinking cold drinks may be indicative of serious dental issues. You may have a cavity, nerve inflammation, or nerve irritation. These are dental problems you do not want to ignore.

Try rinsing your mouth after you eat. Brushing is still the best way to clean teeth after meals, but sometimes you can’t do that. This is where rinsing can be handy. When rinsing, you’re removing leftover food on your teeth and in your mouth. You’re also helping to neutralize your mouth’s pH levels.

Dental Implants

If one or more of your teeth are missing or damaged, you may want to check out dental implants. Great advances have been made in implant technology, and the process of having one or more placed is now easier and less expensive. Unfortunately, the cost is not usually covered by insurance.  You probably think you are doing fine taking care of your teeth, but you can always do better. As with all things in life, you likely are not aware of all the tips and tricks for proper dental care. Therefore, you should be happy that you have educated yourself further by reading this article. Begin now!

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Fitness Friday: Natural Weight Loss Supplement Calorease

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Krissyar
I received Calorease product in exchange for this post. All opinions are my own.
 
#Colorease
 
 
I have tried about all weight loss supplements that you can think of – including some prescription ones that I am not proud to admit. (They made me CRAZY! Harsh chemicals, pretty much speed for overweight people. It is not a good combination!) Since going through withdraws from these pills, I have focused on all natural supplements to help with my weight loss program.
Calorease  helps block and reduce up to 500 calories in a day! Calorease is made of FBCx, a naturally sourced soluble fiber derived from grain. One Calorease tablet contains 1 gram of the FBCx fiber. (Calorease contains no genetically modified components: Yay, No #GMO’s!)
 
 
In today’s society, staying healthy and managing your weight have become tougher and tougher. There’s always plenty of temptation around, and it can be hard to eat right. Even when you’re watching what you eat and trying to exercise, you may not get the results you are seeking.That’s why you need an extra edge. Calorease, a revolutionary dietary supplement, has been shown to bind to the fat in foods and reduce up to 500 calories a day. It can help you maintain a healthy weight without the restrictions of a low fat diet, or adding on to your exercise program. 

A Few Facts about Calorease

Does Calorease contain gluten?

No. Calorease is gluten free. It also contains no lactose, yeast, wheat, sugar, salt, egg, soy, dairy, artificial colors, sweeteners or preservatives.

Does Calorease contain any allergens?

Calorease does not contain gluten, lactose, yeast, wheat, sugar, salt, egg, soy, dairy, artificial colors, sweeteners or preservatives. Calorease is naturally sourced from grain.

How much fat is removed from my diet with each serving?

One tablet binds and reduces up to 9 grams of dietary fat. The recommended serving of two tablets with each fat-containing meal reduces up to 18 grams of dietary fat per meal. The daily dose of six tablets reduces up to 54 grams of dietary fat each day.

How do I determine how much fat is in my meals?

For most of us, the average daily fat intake is about 100 grams. Fat is an essential part of a balanced and nutritious diet. By taking two tablets with fat-containing meals three times a day, up to 54 grams of fat will be bound and reduced daily.

 

How long should I take Calorease for before I will see results?

Taken as recommended, six tablets per day is sufficient to decrease your daily caloric absorption by up to 500 calories. 500 calories per day equals 3,500 calories per week, or 15,000 calories per month. You should begin to see the results in about 2-3 weeks.

 

I tried Calorease for 2 weeks and have lost 5 lbs, along with healthy eating and exercise!
You can find Calorease at GNC or order online

 
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It’s National Popcorn Popping Month! Win a Popcorn Prize Pack from Kernel Season’s

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Krissyar
This is a sponsored post, though I was compensated with product, all opinions are my own.
 
 
 It’s National Popcorn Popping Month and who doesn’t love popcorn??! 
My family loves popcorn so much we always keep it in stock – and I always have some in my desk drawer at work for when I need a light healthy snack. Popcorn is naturally low in fat and calories. Air-popped popcorn has roughly 30 calories per cup; oil-popped has only 55 per cup! A whole grain, popcorn is full of fiber and is a filling snack for those watching the scale.
 
 
 
 

 History of Popcorn:

  • Popcorn was very popular from the 1890s until the Great Depression. Street vendors used to follow crowds around, pushing steam or gas-powered poppers through fairs, parks and expositions.

  • During the Depression, popcorn at 5 or 10 cents a bag was one of the few luxuries down-and-out families could afford. While other businesses failed, the popcorn business thrived. An Oklahoma banker who went broke when his bank failed bought a popcorn machine and started a business in a small store near a theater. After a couple years, his popcorn business made enough money to buy back three of the farms he’d lost.

  • During World War II, sugar was sent overseas for U.S. troops, which meant there wasn’t much sugar left in the States to make candy. Thanks to this unusual situation, Americans ate three times as much popcorn as usual.

  • Popcorn went into a slump during the early 1950s, when television became popular. Attendance at movie theaters dropped and, with it, popcorn consumption. When the public began eating popcorn at home, the new relationship between television and popcorn led to a resurge in popularity.

  • Microwave popcorn — the very first use of microwave heating in the 1940s — has already accounted for $240 million in annual U.S. popcorn sales in the 1990s.

  • Americans today consume 16 billion quarts of popped popcorn each year. The average American eats about 51 quarts.

 

Fun Popcorn Facts:

  • Americans consume some 16 billion quarts of this whole grain, good-for-you treat. That’s 51 quarts per man, woman, and child.

  • Compared to most snack foods, popcorn is low in calories. Air-popped popcorn has only 31 calories per cup. Oil-popped is only 55 per cup.
  • Popcorn is a type of maize (or corn), a member of the grass family, and is scientifically known as Zea mays everta.
  • Of the 6 types of maize/corn—pod, sweet, flour, dent, flint, and popcorn—only popcorn pops.
  • Popcorn is a whole grain. It is made up of three components: the germ, endosperm, and pericarp (also know as the hull).
  • Popcorn needs between 13.5-14% moisture to pop.
  • Popcorn differs from other types of maize/corn in that is has a thicker pericarp/hull. The hull allows pressure from the heated water to build and eventually bursts open. The inside starch becomes gelatinous while being heated; when the hull bursts, the gelatinized starch spills out and cools, giving it its familiar popcorn shape.
  • Most U.S. popcorn is grown in the Midwest, primarily in Indiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri.
  • Many people believe the acres of corn they see in the Midwest during growing season could be picked and eaten for dinner, or dried and popped. In fact, those acres are typically field corn, which is used largely for livestock feed, and differs from both sweet corn and popcorn.
  • The peak period for popcorn sales for home consumption is in the fall.
  • Most popcorn comes in two basic shapes when it’s popped: snowflake and mushroom. Snowflake is used in movie theaters and ballparks because it looks and pops bigger. Mushroom is used for candy confections because it doesn’t crumble.
  • Popping popcorn is one of the number one uses for microwave ovens. Most microwave ovens have a “popcorn” control button.
  • “Popability” is popcorn lingo that refers to the percentage of kernels that pop.
  • There is no such thing as “hull-less” popcorn. All popcorn needs a hull in order to pop. Some varieties of popcorn have been bred so the hull shatters upon popping, making it appear to be hull-less.
  • How high popcorn kernels can pop? Up to 3 feet in the air.
  • The world’s largest popcorn ball was created by volunteers in Sac City, Iowa in February, 2009.  It weighed 5,000 lbs., stood over 8 ft. tall, and measured 28.8 ft. in circumference.

  • If you made a trail of popcorn from New York City to Los Angeles, you would need more than 352,028,160 popped kernels!

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The Finer Things in Life: inclub Wine Delivery

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Krissyar
This is a sponsored post, but all opinions are my own.
 

It seems like the late 20’s/early 30’s is when adults start entering into the ‘wine’ world. Gone are the fruity mixed liquored up drinks, and beer kegs, and in comes in more sophisticated palate of my drinking friends.

A lot of people are unsure where to start, white wine, red,  sparkling, rose or fortified.  Not to mention all the options in between. So when I found the inclub  I knew this was something I had to share.

 

 Good Company Wines started the wine club that uses algorithm-based selections to tailor shipments to individuals palates. “This is the first and only 100% customized club that has a Palate Guarantee™” says inclub co-founder and CEO Tony Westfall.

inclub offers members the ability to choose the amount, frequency, and quality of the wines they receive, and adjust those preferences whenever they wish.  invino and inclub partner with hundreds of labels around the world, so the possibilities and options are endless. You can set your preferences to enjoy wine by the seasons such as Champagne during the summer for weddings and graduations, Pinot Noir in the fall, and French Wine for holiday parties, it’s made to meet your needs and explore new flavors.

The Palate Guarantee™ helps ensure members will like the wines they receive.

 

Sign-up for inclub today to take the quiz and discover your invinome!

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No Time for Lunch: Are Your Kids Eating at School?

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Krissyar

In the past I never gave it much thought – school lunch times. I remember sitting in the cafeteria in school and talking and joking with my friends , eating whatever yummy meal my Mom came up with (You know if you heat up pizza hot enough in the a.m. and wrap it in foil, it’s still warm by the time lunch time rolls around??!) I never worried about not having enough time to eat, and I definitely never worried about having enough time to play.

My concerns over the past year or so regarding my kid’s at school though, are increasing. We moved back to the place that I grew up; my kid’s are growing up in the neighborhood I did, going to the same school, some of the same teacher’s. But most definitely not the laxed lunch and recess time that I remember. Both of my daughter’s bought lunches at school last year – my husband had lost his job and we were taking advantage of the reduced lunches – and everyday my kid’s came home starving as well as complaining that the milk was warm, and the food was disgusting. I did what I could to improvise suggesting getting a cup for water to drink, and eating just the veggies/fruit and the pre-made PB&J’s. But this didn’t help that by the time they went through the lunch line and sat down they had less then 10 minutes to eat!!
Sometimes my girl’s can be drama queens – but as I started talking to other parents I’m hearing the same things..and worse!

Then my son started school – my first child to attend all day Kindergarten. I was nervous, after all, he is my baby. Being in school all day can be tiring on anyone let alone a little guy who just turned 5. I met his teacher and felt a lot better about him being gone all day, but the scary thing was when he would bring home his lunch box after school – and nothing would be opened out of it. His drink was still fully intact with the straw on back, his sandwich or Lunchable not opened or touched, or even his grapes (which are his favorite).

Though I haven’t been able to get an answer from anyone on the exact amount of time allotted for lunch/recess (and I’m told not all classes get a recess – which is another subject, that I will get into more on another day), I am being told once a classroom is scheduled for lunch that they have 20 minutes from there to go through line, eat, clean up, and get out the door – which if a teacher is running behind, a student misbehaves, or God forbid it takes 10 minutes to get through the lunch line, there’s a problem. 

Studies suggest that hunger is directly related to the ability to learn – and we wonder why our schools are getting low marks and our students lower grades?

Did you know that kid’s living in France get 2 hours for lunch/recess? A half hour to eat, and an hour to an hour and a half to play outside – that is brilliant!
Not to mention their menu’s chucked full of healthy foods to serve the kids instead of some unrecognizable mush!

I am not one to talk, and do nothing. A group of parent’s from our school are looking into what we can do to help – here are some of my suggestions:

  • Increase the eating/lunch time to 30-35 minutes. This gives the children enough time to ‘decompress’ and socialize while eating
  • Make everyone sit in the lunch room for the full allotted time, so that no one can ‘rush’ out to the playground for recess (i.e., not eating)
  • Lunch monitors who check on each table to make sure they are able to open their water bottles, lunches, etc.
  • Extend recess time – I guarantee we as parent’s get more of a ‘break’ during work then our kids do!
  • Allow water bottles during class time – our brain is made up of over 75% water. Re-hydrating during the day is extremely important

 

There are a lot of great teachers, staff and volunteers at our local schools. We also have a great community that bans together to make sure that agendas aren’t our only concern, or top on the priority list – but our children are.  YOU can make a difference!
There are ways you can help get your school back on track such as joining the PTO, volunteering, and attending school board meetings. Having your voice heard along with other concerned parents can make the changes that your school needs!

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