KEEP LIPS MOIST

Having chapped lips is very disturbing appearance. Conditions such as dry lips, it also makes a smile can not be separated and discomfort. Under such conditions, many women take shortcuts to wet her lips with saliva. Though this way instead exacerbate the moisture lips. Saliva will create a natural layer of moisturizer on the lips faster eroded. Shortly after licking his lips are wet, but when the saliva is dry, conditions will be more dry lips instead of the previous. Saliva is not just ordinary water, but contains an enzyme which acts to dissolve the food in the digestive process. Similarly, when touching the lips, which contained the enzyme will work like when it meets food. That is why, wet her lips with saliva will actually make chapped lips.

If already chapped lips, better reproduction of water consumption. You can also use cotton dipped into water to moisten the lips, or with honey. Vitamins A and C content in honey is useful for moisturizing the lips.

Prevention of chapped lips can be done with emphasis on the consumption of foods containing vitamins A, C, E and minerals. Care also needs to be done from the outside by applying a lip care products like lip balm or lipstick that contains vitamin E, Aloe Vera, and SPF.

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HEALTHY HABITS

Active life is a magnet that attract a number of habits that viewed one by one is too simple to assess. However, collectively, these habits is the main hope for the sake of personal health and vitaitas and even for the integrity of the nation's health surveillance system. Most habits are reminiscent of our mother's reprimand. a few years ago, researchers at the laboratory on human population california department of health published a habit related to health and longevity (Breslow & Enstrom, 1980)

List includes :

- Exercising regularly
- enough sleep
- good breakfast
- eat regularly
- weight control
- free of cigarette and drug
- moderate alcohol consumption (or not at all)

These studies prove the men can add as many as 11 years of age and women just as much as 7 years to run on 7 of the habit.

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HEALTHY WAY OF LIFE

You come to a crossroads: one road shows signs - traffic signs, while the other shows are rarely skipped or severe terrain. One way down the hill, the route is not heavy, while others slowly - land uphill. Would you be seduced by the easy route or motivated by the upward path with a beautiful view of the above? Unfortunately most people choose the easy road and consequently we lose our identity as a strong person. Along the way we've become a fat nation in the world, surrounded by chronic fatigue, depression, heart disease and lung, cancer and diabetes. My little advice to fitness for a healthy life, choose the hard way (the road less traveled), because this will change your life.

Which road less traveled? simple, is an active life, a way of life based on regular physical activity and a set of related habits, including healthy food choices, weight control, prevention sterss, free from cigarettes and drugs, moderate alcohol consumption, attention to safety, and prevention of disease. This is the way of individuals who not only leads to health, strength, vitality, but also respect for self and control over your destiny. Set of habits related to health have been proved to be a profound paradox in our society, it is easy to understand but difficult to implement.

Active life is the life that most people lived before humans reached the profit industrial modernization, technological developments, tools that reduce the labor unions, television, and computers. the findings of this extraordinary now allows us to reduce the daily energy expenditure by using the keys, keystroke, and the voice command to meet the demands of life, work and entertainment. Parallel with the decrease in the need to remove enregi is increased consumption of fat, easy, and fast food. Chemists find that we can add hydrogen into the oil vegetable oil to last a long time, using palm and coconut oil are cheap as any other substitute materials, and provide our demands will be fast food and rush. separately, decreased activity and increased food consumption may not be a problem. But, if combined, as in years today, raises the potential for epidemic disease caused by the way we live. fortunately, these habits can be changed. Now depends on your self that will change.

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ORAL HEALTH CARE

Smile is the radiance of a combination of face, eyes and teeth. Will look more perfect if the smile is combined with shining white teeth. But many Indonesian people to ignore their dental health. And many of them are smokers. Lack of public attention on the health of their teeth is something that should not be taken lightly. Because the pain suffered by a person's teeth are usually caused by a lack of awareness for oral health care and dental.

Oral Health Care Tips and Dental :

1. Get used to brushing your teeth after breakfast !

Culture in my country, Indonesia, parents taught us from childhood that brushing our teeth in the shower when take a bath. Actually, these customs are all wrong. The correct timing brushing our teeth is when after breakfast.

2. Rinse in the morning when you wake up

on waking, your mouth it was sour. But that does not mean you should brush your teeth straight at the shower because you can not stand the taste acid. Just rinse it real, if necessary, using special liquid mouthwash products. The right time you brush your teeth in the morning is just after breakfast. So that no food remains stuck, and your mouth feels comfortable when conducting activities.

3. Brush your teeth three times a day

After lunch, you also have to brushing your teeth again, because the food is attached to the teeth should be cleaned. Foods that stick more than 3 hours can cause cavities. Likewise after supper, at night when there was still some stuck food will cause cavities because the rest will be settled at the mouth longer. Make a habit of brushing teeth before bed.

4. Go to the Dentist

Although the three tips above have been done, it would be nice if you also occasionally mouth and teeth checked by a doctor. This is to anticipate if something wrong happen with your teeth.

How to Brush Teeth Properly :

1. Brushing teeth with the brush part in facing the lips / out, start moving from the gums and teeth on down and take it up. This movement is done 8-10 times.
2. Brushing with facing the cheek, brushing your teeth with a play from the gums to the teeth left and right cheek.
3. Brushing teeth and lower jaw with the grub style.
4. Brushing the upper jaw with the brush from top to bottom.
5. Brushing the whle teeth with patient and meticulous.

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VITAMINS EFFECT ON HEALTH

Today, quite a lot of supplements for skin beauty on the market. Vitamins A, C, and E in supplement form is offered as an intake for the skin. However, according to the American Academy of Dermatology, beside skin care supplements, nutrients to protect the skin can also be obtained from fruits and vegetables. Thus, to delay the appearance of wrinkles, the American Academy of Dermatology recommends the women taking supplements in the proper dose, and still get natural antioxidants from fruits and vegetables every day. Here, the nutrients you need for health and beauty skin:

Vitamin A
These nutrients are needed to keep skin firm and smooth. Drug and Food Control Agency United states, women need 5000 international units (IU) of vitamin A per day. However, if you want to get vitamin A from natural ingredients, you can consume food sources: milk, eggs, liver, meat, chicken, green vegetables , carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, broccoli, mangoes, tomatoes.

Vitamin E
Useful to protect skin cells from damage. The FDA recommends taking vitamin E daily as many as 30 IU. Sources of food: vegetable oil, wheat, avocado, and nuts. One tablespoon of corn oil, and a hand held almonds are the best sources of vitamin E for healthy skin. Sunflower seeds and hazelnuts are also added vitamin E intake in your daily menu. besides, you can also eat peanut butter, spinach and corn oil to meet the requirement of vitamin E.

Vitamin C
Efficacious to produce collagen, so skin always healthy and smooth. The FDA set a daily dose of Vitamin C is 60 mg. Sources of food: citrus, fruit types of berries, tomatoes, potatoes, broccoli, spinach, guava, and red peppers (vitamin C content was higher than the greens).

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What is the cause of boils and how to treat it??

Abscess is an inflammation of the hair follicle area and surrounding skin. The most common cause is a bacteria - usually staphylococcus aureus, because the blisters can also be interpreted as a local infection on the skin. Originally just an infected hair follicle, but because of friction, irritation, and less net body treatment, the infection can spread to surrounding tissue, and become ulcers. Initially the cause can also be due to ingrown hairs, cuts, or the entry of foreign objects into the skin.

Abscess usually begins with red bumps and soft on the skin area, which over time will become harder. Then in the middle of the lump will form a white top - that will break down or be removed by a doctor (through a minor surgical procedure). The liquid that comes out is called pus, containing white blood cells (which sent the body to fight bacteria that infect the skin area), bacteria and proteins.

Boils can also be caused by clogged oil glands, which then become infected. Such ulcers are called 'acne cysts', usually occurs in young skin (teenagers).

Another thing boils called 'hidradenitis suppurativa', caused by local inflammation of the sweat glands. Boils are usually incurred more than one, its location in the armpit or groin area.

And the last is boils called 'pilonidal cyst', usually occurs in the folds of the buttocks. Initially only form of infection in the hair follicle, then added with irritation from pressure from sitting too long, usually when traveling a long time then this abscess is formed.

Place of occurrence of ulcers are common in many areas of the body occurs friction, for example in the armpits and buttocks. The first aid that can be done if the abscess had been seen going to happen, is to immediately compress with hot water (warm), which can increase blood circulation to the area. Treatment is with antibiotic cream or ointment (must be with a doctor's prescription). But if not improved, which has been eyed for ulcers / no white peaks, the doctor will consider to remove the pus. Solid boils, sore eyes and not do a massage because there is no pus that can be issued.

If boils a lot, or there is fever in the body, it must be coupled with drug taking antibiotics. If blisters occur repeatedly, it must be sought underlying factors, namely whether there is diabetes, severe kidney disease, severe disease, immune deficiencies to the person or persons who have aged.

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