How Tongue Scraping Can Affect Heart Health
Tongue scraping can boost the ability of the good bacteria in our mouth to take advantage of the nitrates in greens to improve our cardiovascular health.
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How Many Calories Do You Burn Chewing Gum?
What are the effects of gum chewing on hunger and appetite?
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Does Tea Tree Oil Work for Dandruff and Athlete’s Foot?
Are the effects of tea tree oil anti-fungal or merely anti-inflammatory?
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The Risks of Oil Pulling
Oil pulling may help with tooth sensitivity, but the risk of inducing lipoid pneumonia outweighs the benefits.
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Oil Pulling for Teeth Whitening and Bad Breath Tested
When oil pulling was put to the test for teeth whitening, halitosis, and dental enamel erosion, the results were no better than rinsing with water—or even worse.
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Oil Pulling Benefits for Plaque and Gingivitis
Oil pulling is put to the test head-to-head against chlorhexidine mouthwash for oral and dental health measures.
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Natural Treatment for Acne and Fungal Infections
Green tea may help with athlete’s foot, dental plaque, acne, impetigo, and bladder infections, but if it’s so good at killing bacteria, what may it do to our gut flora?
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Can Green Tea Help Prevent Cancer?
Within 40 minutes of green tea consumption, we get a boost in antioxidant power in our bloodstream, and, within 60 minutes, an upregulation of DNA repair.
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Antibacterial Toothpaste: Harmful, Helpful, or Harmless?
Is triclosan in Colgate Total toothpaste safe in regards to the nitrate-reducing bacteria on our tongue and potential endocrine-disrupting effects on thyroid function and obesity?
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What’s the Best Mouthwash?
There’s a cheap concoction one can make at home that safely wipes out cavity-forming bacteria on our teeth better than chlorhexidine mouthwash and also reduces their plaque-forming ability.
