The habit of cleaning the tartar to the dentist not only have an impact on dental health, but also will reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke.

According to the explanation of cardiology experts, tartar cleaning action will reduce the growth of bacteria that cause inflammation and trigger heart disease or stroke.

“One of the tips to prevent heart disease and stroke are routinely clean the tartar,” said Dr.Emily (Zu-Yin) Chen, a cardiologist from the Veterans General Hospital, Taipei.

Zu-Yin do research in Taiwan by following the 100,000 people who have no history of hereditary heart disease or stroke over 7 years. The result is known, those trips to the doctor to clean tartar twice a year to have 24 percent lower risk for heart attack and 13 percent lower risk of stroke, compared with people who never clean the tartar.

However, in this study are not taken into account risk factors for heart disease and stroke such as weight, smoking habits, and race.

Meanwhile, a study conducted in Sweden found differences in the type of gum disease can be used to predict risk of heart disease and stroke.

The researchers found the least number of teeth and the high level of dental infection are at increased risk of heart disease. Besides the more frequently experienced bleeding gums due to gum disease will cause a high risk of stroke.

Many people who think running will burn more calories than walking. But in an experiment turned out with the right techniques, we can burn more calories by foot.

This was the conclusion of an author of Runner’s World magazine did a comparison between these two cardio activity. By using a heart rate monitor, he ran on a treadmill in 6 different speeds. Then after a pause, he repeated it but on foot.

He found that when her footsteps exceed 5 miles per hour (mph), walking became more difficult than running. This was indicated by heart rate (heart rate).

It is undeniable, running over 5 mph is very difficult, but if the condition can be accepted by our joints, do not need prestige if you can not offset the running speed of your colleague.
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Breast cancer is one of the deadly disease more often affects women. In Indonesia, women who are diagnosed with this disease continues to increase every year. Even in the UK, breast cancer affects about 125 women in each day. That’s why the researchers intensively conducted research to find a cure for the deadly disease.

More recently, research in the United States succeeded in finding new solutions to cope with breast cancer. Eating an apple every day is believed the researchers can suppress the growth of cancer cells.

In research using mice as the object of his research team from Cornell Univerity penenliti’s Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxycology, New York, found that apples may slow tumor growth asenocarcinoma which has been the largest cause of death in patients with breast cancer. The more apples given to the rats, the more it can be slowed tumor progression.
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After entering the age of 40 years, women will generally be very susceptible to disease. Minor health problems can be a big threat even if not immediately addressed.

However, you need not worry. Because the intake of supplements and eating enough nutritious food that will make your life a lot healthier. Here is a dietary supplement that is suitable for women aged over 40 years:

1. Multivitamins

* Facts and benefits: Multivitamins, as the name suggests, is a combination of various vitamins including B1, B2, B3, C, and others. Eating a number of vitamins good for women because it can reduce the risk of osteoporosis, improve immune function, and thus avoid women from various health problems, such as breast cancer. Multivitamins can prevent a woman from heart disease and colon cancer.

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Impact of smoking on health, surely you already know. Not only the active smokers, the impact of smoking can also affect the passive smoker. Well, for those of you who are in an environment often smokers, should regularly consume vitamin C.

Research in the United States prove that vitamin C helped reduce the risk of disease caused by exposure to cigarette smoke. Approximately 67 participants were non-smokers involved in a study conducted by Dr. Marion Dietrich of the University of California, Berkeley.
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