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 Dieting For Your Health   Fitness,Health Is your personal health and wellbeing worth losing a few pounds for? Any overweight person who has ever visited a doctor has, at the very least, been warned of the risk to one's health. Much in the same way smokers know the risks associated with smoking, overweight people know the risks of obesity. I believe it is rather useless to try to assign outside blame for one's eating disorders. The fact is that when I was a size blimp no one forced food into my mouth. Food, good or bad, didn't simply jump off the table and land between my teeth. What I had to do was figure out why I ate to excess before I could ever quit the obsession and begin to lose weight. My 12 step friends like to say, "Denial isn't just a river in Africa." To deny one's disorder when it comes to food and weight is simply a way to hide behind one's discomfort with one's weight. Some people even go so far as to proclaim "fat  is the new t...

 Choosing the Correct Dentist for Your Family & Kids   Health,Family & Parenting,Food & Beverages These days, our society has a fixation on keeping our bodies healthy. Exercise, a healthy diet, and getting enough sleep are all important components of a healthy lifestyle. One thing we often forget the importance of is oral hygiene. It’s likely that most of us are pretty good about regularly brushing and flossing our teeth. However, we often don’t realize that caring for our teeth is more important than maintaining a healthy mouth. The saliva and bacteria in our mouths  act as a first line of defense against germs and harmful bacteria that enter our mouths. Frequently, our body’s natural defenses aren’t enough to fight off microbial invaders. When these germs aren’t killed off in the mouth, they build up on the teeth as plaque. As plaque remains in the mouth, the bacteria forming it can spread to other parts of the body , including the heart and brain. Lack of ...