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How to Wear Braces as an Adult

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You were one of the lucky ones who got through adolescence without the humiliation of wearing braces. Twenty years later, though, as your orthodontist glues those little pieces of metal to your teeth, you are about to find out what it’s like to wear braces as an adult. However, with some minor lifestyle adjustments, you can survive wearing braces as an adult.

Instructions

  1. Invest in oral-hygiene tools. Wearing braces as an adult draws your attention to your oral hygiene. You will quickly discover how hard it is to clean your teeth and gums when you have a mouth full of wires. A water pick, a device that uses a small, high-pressure stream of water to remove debris from small spaces in your mouth, can be a lifesaver. Ask your orthodontist which one he recommends. Also invest in a selection of different sized toothbrushes and a fluoride rinse. When your teeth feel clean, you will be less self-conscious.
  2. Drink plenty of water. Drinking water washes food particles out of your mouth, dilutes sticky or acidic substances and keeps your mouth lubricated. Moist tissue slides better across braces and won’t get caught on rough edges and tear. Also, drinking water helps maintain fresh breath, making you less self-conscious.
  3. Abstain from sticky foods. Give up trying to chew gum or eat candy while you have braces. Also, pass on food with small particles, like popcorn. These foods will get stuck in your braces and increase your anxiety of being seen with food stuck on your teeth. Your orthodontist should provide you with a list of foods to avoid.
  4. Learn snappy come-backs. Be prepared for strange comments about your appearance with braces from friends and strangers. Kids usually just get “railroad tracks.” Because the braces make you look like a teenager, adults get interesting descriptions of people’s preferences for younger partners.
  5. Smile. Know that as an adult, your self-esteem goes deeper than your appearance. Allow your personality to shine through the braces because that’s what most people really like about you. Remember, it’s only a temporary condition, anyway. The braces will come off and your teeth will be straighter than they’ve ever been.

How to Slim a Pear-Shaped Body

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Pear-shaped women tend to have unbalanced upper and lower body–with the upper part smaller and the lower part of the body larger. The hips are usually wider than the shoulders and weight gain is apparent below the waist. Pear-shaped women usually have flat stomachs, small chest and a small waist. The main concern in slimming a pear-shaped body is to lessen the fat around the thighs, hips and butt. This may be done with proper exercise to tone the lower body and appropriate clothing to create the illusion of a slimmer figure.

Instructions

  1. Focus your exercise on balancing the top and bottom half of the body, particularly slimming down the lower body. Choose exercises that will burn as many calories as possible. Do cycling or running, as these help burn more fat on the lower part of the body. Walk for 20 minutes in the morning and another 20 minutes in the evening. Jump rope for 20 minutes in the afternoon. Do aerobic exercise for at least 45 minutes a day.
  2. Engage in weight training to build your upper body and make your lower body look smaller. Lift weights to build muscle mass in the upper body. Choose “light” weights and lift them for 15 to 20 repetitions. Include resistance exercises that work out the lower body in your exercise program.
  3. Dress your pear-shaped body appropriately. Wear button-down clothes, V-necks, slim-fitting tops and clothing with an A-line silhouette. When shopping for clothes make sure that the length of the top falls just below the hipbone. Include layering in your dressing style to create visual balance between the larger and smaller part of the body.

Tips & Warnings

  1. Wear simple and structured bottoms to create the illusion of longer legs. Pants should be free of detail. Fabric should be stretchable and must skim along the contour of the thighs.
  2. If you can afford to hire a personal trainer, do so. A personal trainer can greatly help in balancing the lower and upper body more expediently.
  3. Don’t be scared of weight lifting. Just remember not to lift weights that are too heavy; you will know that the weight is light enough if you can lift it 15 to 20 times without getting too tired.

Ten Ways To A Healthy Life – Live Longer and Younger

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1) Beat It With Beetroot:

It might sound a bit of the chart but beetroot certainly is the answer for blood pressure, cholesterol. The salad vegetable is a natural blood bank with nutrients, which speed up fresh blood production and clean your blood at the same time strengthening your liver and heart.

2) Quite the Bed:

The modern life is certainly is best way human civilization has lived but there is a catch to it, we are getting more and more lazier which is not good. If you want a longer life with a youthful old age, it is time to put on those jogging trousers and start working out at least for 15 minutes daily.

3) Say No To Cookies:

Remember to stay away from any chocolate cookie as research has shown that women who ate chocolate cookies spend more money while shopping. A Singapore based research group showed that the smell of chocolate cookies activate the Id region of the sub conscious which demands immediate satisfaction hence resulting in buying unwanted clothes.

4) Who Wants A Hug?

Research has shown that hugging is not only a sign of courtesy but also reduces risks of high blood pressure and reduces levels of cortisol. So next time someone comes greet them with a big hug.

5) Rubbing Salt with Wounds:

We normally consume around 9 g of salt daily which is too much while the international limit recommends 4 to 5 g daily salt consumption so how to prevent this excessive usage, well as most food only list salt as sodium, here is a easy calculation to check their factual salt value; you need to multiply by 2.5. Hence 0.8g of sodium is equal to 2g of salt.

6) Get A Little Sunshine In Your Life:

Now it is a fact that sun’s rays help your body make vitamin D which I crucial for strengthening your bones and increasing calcium absorption.

7) Nature Is The Best Cure:

According to EPIC- the largest European research on cancer those people whose daily diet consists of at least 20% fruits and vegetables never fall prey to any major disease including cancers.

8) Staying Young:

A research just showed that if you follow this four step plan efficiently you can look 14 years younger and act like that too.

  • Don’t smoke.
  • 15 mins of aerobics or workout daily keeps your body fit and mind fresh.
  • Use water and natural juices more and less alcohol or soft drinks.
  • Divide your daily meals in five and include a fruit and veggie salad in each meal.

9) Walk Towards An Active Future:

Well it is another established fact that walking is crucial for your health as those people who walk a lot have been found to be more active, lived longer, have been safe from fatal diseases. So walk your way to a better a life.

10) Be Positive:

Yes change your attitude to B-Positive, because life is for once so live it like the sun happy and warm.