In Your Fitness and Health Formula, Make Sure to Include Dental Hygiene

It’s not just fitness, it’s fitness and health. What’s the point of being fit, if you’re not healthy?

Yet, when you think about health, you might think about exercise—and you’ll definitely think about what you eat—but will you think about how you take care of your teeth?

According to Wikipedia, several clinical studies show a correlation between poor dental hygiene and the following diseases:

• Cardiovascular Disease (Heart attack and Stroke)
• Bacterial Pneumonia
• Low Birth Weight/Extreme High Birth Weight
• Diabetes complications
• Osteoporosis

Here are some tips to keep your teeth clean and looking good:

• “Teeth flossed seldom lost.” Floss at night before brushing, every night. Make it a habit.
• Get a tongue scraper and scrape your tongue every morning. I like the stainless steel Banyon Botanical tongue scraper.
• Get a Sonicare Toothbrush. My dentist explained this way: your old toothbrush is like the horse and buggy. The Sonicare is like the car. Light years difference.

Of course, that’s just cleaning the teeth.

It helps to have a clean diet, too:

• Curb your sugar intake.
• Stay away from soda.
• Be careful with hard candies and nuts. (Insider dentist secret? After the holidays, many people come in with chipped teeth because of nuts.)

About the Author

Justin Qualler is an efficiency expert. He teaches you how to get the most out of your body and mind without unnecessary complication and fluff.

He writes, speaks, and philosophizes about fitness, health, and addiction.

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