10 Tip Menjaga Kesehatan Gigi dan Mulut

Sabtu, 27 April 2013

10 Tip Menjaga Kesehatan Gigi dan Mulut :

1. Gosoklah gigi sekurang-kurangnya dua kali sehari dengan pasta gigi yang mengandung fluoride. Kapan waktu yang tepat untuk menggosok gigi? Setelah makan pagi dan sebelum tidur.
2. Sekali dalam seminggu, berkumurlah dengan obat kumur. Ini dapat membantu mencegah terjadinya plak dan karang gigi.
3. Sikat gigi dengan baik dan benar, yaitu dengan menjangkau ke seluruh permukaan gigi dengan arah dari gusi ke gigi.
4. Berhati-hati dalam menggunakan pemutih gigi.
5. Pilih sikat gigi yang mempunyai bulu sikat lembut.
6. Kurangi konsumsi makanan yang mengandung gula seperti permen, atau makanan bertepung. Sisa-sisa makanan ini dapat melekat pada gigi.
7. Konsumsi buah dan sayur yang dapat membersihkan gigi seperti apel, wortel, dan seledri.
8. Batasi anggur merah, kopi, dan teh.
9. Berhenti merokok.
10. Lakukan pemeriksaan ke dokter gigi setiap 6 bulan sekali secara rutin. (Bayu Maitra)

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Maintaining Good Eye Health

Selasa, 23 April 2013

Protect your eyesight with these six tips:


1. Eat for Good Vision

Protecting your eyes starts with the food on your plate. Studies have shown that nutrients such as omega-3 fatty acids, lutein, zinc, and vitamins C and E may help ward off age-related vision problems such as macular degeneration and cataracts. Regularly eating these foods can help lead to good eye health:

    * Green, leafy vegetables such as spinach, kale, and collards
    * Salmon, tuna, and other oily fish
    * Eggs, nuts, beans, and other non-meat protein sources
    * Oranges and other citrus fruits or juices

Eating a well-balanced diet also helps you maintain a healthy weight, which makes you less likely to get obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in adults.


2. Quit Smoking for Better Eyesight

Smoking makes you more likely to get cataracts, optic nerve damage, and macular degeneration. If you've tried to quit smoking before and started smoking again, keep trying. Studies show that the more times you try to quit smoking, the more likely you are to succeed. 


3. Wear Sunglasses for Good Vision

The right kind of sunglasses will help protect your eyes from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays.

Too much UV exposure makes you more likely to get cataracts and macular degeneration.

Choose sunglasses that block 99% to 100% of both UVA and UVB rays. Wraparound lenses help protect your eyes from the side. Polarized lenses reduce glare when driving.

If you wear contact lenses, some offer UV protection. It's still a good idea to wear sunglasses for more protection.


4. Use Safety Eyewear at Home, at Work, and While Playing Sports

If you work with hazardous or airborne materials at work or home, wear safety glasses or protective     goggles every time.

Certain sports such as ice hockey, racquetball, and lacrosse can also lead to eye injury. Wear eye protection (such as helmets with protective face masks or sports goggles with polycarbonate lenses) to shield your eyes.


5. Look Away From the Computer for Good Eye Health

         Staring at a computer screen can cause:

    * Eyestrain
    * Blurry vision
    * Difficulty focusing at a distance
    * Dry eyes
    * Headaches
    * Neck, back, and shoulder pain

          Protect your eye health by taking the following steps:

    *  Make sure your glasses or contact lens prescription is up-to-date and adequate for computer use.
    * Some people may need glasses to help with contrast, glare, and eye strain when using a computer.
    * Position your computer so that your eyes are level with the top of the monitor. This allows you to look slightly down at the screen.
    * Try to avoid glare on your computer from windows and lights. Use an anti-glare screen if needed.
    * Choose a comfortable, supportive chair. Position it so that your feet are flat on the floor.
    * If your eyes are dry, blink more.
    * Every 20 minutes, rest your eyes by looking 20 feet away for 20 seconds. At least every two hours, get up and take a 15-minute break.

6. Visit Your Eye Doctor Regularly

Everyone, even young children, should get their eyes examined regularly. It helps you protect your sight and make sure that you are seeing your best.

Eye exams can also find some eye diseases, such as glaucoma, that have no symptoms. It's important to find these diseases in their early stages, when they're easier to treat. Depending on your eye health needs, you can see either an optometrist or an ophthalmologist for an eye exam. Ophthalmologists are medical doctors who specialize in eye care. They can provide general eye care, treat eye diseases, and perform eye surgery. Optometrists have had four years of specialized training after college. They provide general eye care and treat the most common eye diseases. They do not perform eye surgery.


A comprehensive eye exam may include:


    * Talking about your personal and family medical history
    * Taking vision tests to see if you have nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism (a curved cornea that blurs vision), or presbyopia (age-related vision changes)
    * Tests to see how well your eyes work together
    *  Eye pressure and optic nerve tests to determine if you have glaucoma
    * External and microscopic examination of your eyes before and after dilation
    * You may also need other tests, depending upon your particular case.

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Skin care: 5 tips for healthy skin

Senin, 22 April 2013

Skin care: 5 tips for healthy skin

1. Protect yourself from the sun

One of the most important ways to take care of your skin is to protect it from the sun. A lifetime of sun exposure can cause wrinkles, age spots and other skin problems — as well as increase the risk of skin cancer.

For the most complete sun protection:

    Use sunscreen. Use a broad-spectrum sunscreen with an SPF of at least 15. When you're outdoors, reapply sunscreen every two hours — or more often if you're swimming or perspiring.

    Seek shade. Avoid the sun between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., when the sun's rays are strongest.

    Wear protective clothing. Cover your skin with tightly woven long-sleeved shirts, long pants and wide-brimmed hats. Also consider laundry additives, which give clothing an additional layer of ultraviolet protection for a certain number of washings, or special sun-protective clothing — which is specifically designed to block ultraviolet rays.

2. Don't smoke

Smoking makes your skin look older and contributes to wrinkles. Smoking narrows the tiny blood vessels in the outermost layers of skin, which decreases blood flow. This depletes the skin of oxygen and nutrients that are important to skin health. Smoking also damages collagen and elastin — the fibers that give your skin its strength and elasticity. In addition, the repetitive facial expressions you make when smoking — such as pursing your lips when inhaling and squinting your eyes to keep out smoke — can contribute to wrinkles.

If you smoke, the best way to protect your skin is to quit. Ask your doctor for tips or treatments to help you stop smoking.

3. Treat your skin gently
Daily cleansing and shaving can take a toll on your skin. To keep it gentle:

    Limit bath time. Hot water and long showers or baths remove oils from your skin. Limit your bath or shower time, and use warm — rather than hot — water.
    Avoid strong soaps. Strong soaps and detergents can strip oil from your skin. Instead, choose mild cleansers.
    Shave carefully. To protect and lubricate your skin, apply shaving cream, lotion or gel before shaving. For the closest shave, use a clean, sharp razor. Shave in the direction the hair grows, not against it.
    Pat dry. After washing or bathing, gently pat or blot your skin dry with a towel so that some moisture remains on your skin.
    Moisturize dry skin. If your skin is dry, use a moisturizer that fits your skin type. For daily use, consider a moisturizer that contains SPF.

4. Eat a healthy diet
A healthy diet can help you look and feel your best. Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins. The association between diet and acne isn't clear — but some research suggests that a diet rich in vitamin C and low in unhealthy fats and processed or refined carbohydrates might promote younger looking skin.

5. Manage stress
Uncontrolled stress can make your skin more sensitive and trigger acne breakouts and other skin problems. To encourage healthy skin — and a healthy state of mind — take steps to manage your stress. Set reasonable limits, scale back your to-do list and make time to do the things you enjoy. The results might be more dramatic than you expect. 

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Tips to Healthy Drinking Coffee

Minggu, 21 April 2013

1. DoseIndeed, 
there is no definitive measure for dosing the coffee that may be consumed. However, most studies reveal that drinking 300 mg of caffeine (about 1 to 3 cups of coffee a day) do not give negative effects on most healthy people.
2. Danger signals 
When sipping coffee does taste delicious, but often followed by guilt million. Recognize the danger signals of coffee so we know when to stop drinking coffee. The danger signals include: restlessness, palpitations, sleep disturbances and mood disorders (eg, irritability). A coffee drinkers who stop drinking coffee may experience "caffeine withdrawal" which is characterized by throbbing headaches, but these symptoms will disappear after 24-48 hours or gets a new dose of caffeine.
3. Listen Body Response 
Each person has their own restrictions on the consumption of caffeine. Most people can consume 2 cups of coffee a day with no problems. But some are having bad effects with the same amount of coffee consumption. There is talk after drinking a cup of coffee could not sleep all night, otherwise there are fallen asleep after drinking coffee. So, the best way is to listen to the body's own response!4. Identify Caffeine Content 
After knowing the dose and the response of the body, it helps us to know the content of caffeine in the products we consume often. Coffee lest the recommended dose has been reached, but we still consume other products containing caffeine to feel the ill effects of coffee. Some other products that need to be considered caffeine content such as: soft drinks, candy coffee, tea, chocolate, headache medicine.Ways of processing (roasting and brewing) also affect caffeine content in coffee. For example, a study shows, a cup of coffee at Starbucks contains on average 259 mg of caffeine compared to coffee with the type and size of the same cup at Dunkin Donuts which only contains 149 mg of caffeine.From other studies, decaf coffee (coffee without caffeine) for those who are obese because it can increase HDL ("good" cholesterol) of approximately 50%. Whereas in those who are not obese can actually lower HDL cholesterol can increase the risk of heart disease.
5. Coffee Mix 
Five milligrams of calcium is lost for every 6 ounces of coffee consumed. However, this calcium loss can be overcome by adding 2 tablespoons of milk or make espresso latte. Meanwhile, mix the coffee with alcohol is not good, especially in people with liver disorders and mix coffee with cream also should be avoided to reduce the excess calories. Caffeine also interact with some medications. For those who are taking medication, you should consult a doctor.Many people believe coffee is the best friend cigarettes. Eits, make no mistake. A true coffee drinkers do not smoke! Smoking may reduce the pleasure of coffee, you know ...
6. Anti-coffee 
groupThe following groups are advised to avoid coffee: pregnant women, children, the elderly, people with heart and blood vessel disease (eg, hypertension). Well, if it includes this group, forget the coffee!
7. Check Up 
Make periodic checks on health, in this case is a measure of blood pressure. The earlier hypertension is known, the better for subsequent treatment.

Sumber : Andaka

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Tips Sehat Minum Kopi

1. Dosis
Memang belum ada ukuran yang pasti untuk dosis kopi yang boleh dikonsumsi orang. Namun kebanyakan penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa minum 300 mg caffeine (sekitar 1 sampai 3 cangkir kopi sehari) tidak memberikan efek negative pada kebanyakan orang sehat.

2. Sinyal Bahaya
Ketika mereguk kopi memang terasa nikmat, namun sering kali diikuti dengan sejuta rasa bersalah. Kenali sinyal bahaya kopi sehingga kita tahu kapan harus berhenti minum kopi. Sinyal bahaya itu antara lain: gelisah, jantung berdebar, gangguan tidur dan gangguan mood (mis: cepat marah). Seorang peminum kopi yang menghentikan kebiasaan minum kopinya dapat mengalami “caffeine withdrawal” yang ditandai oleh sakit kepala berdenyut, namun gejala ini akan hilang setelah 24-48 jam atau mendapat caffeine dosis baru.

3. Dengarkan Respon Tubuh
Setiap orang memiliki batasan sendiri mengenai konsumsi caffeine. Kebanyakan orang dapat mengkonsumsi 2 cangkir kopi sehari tanpa masalah. Namun ada pula yang mengalami efek buruknya dengan jumlah konsumsi kopi yang sama. Ada yang bercerita setelah minum secangkir kopi menjadi tak dapat tidur sepanjang malam, sebaliknya ada yang tertidur pulas setelah minum kopi. So, cara terbaik adalah dengarkan respon tubuh sendiri!

 4. Kenali Kandungan Caffeine
Setelah mengetahui dosis dan respon tubuh, ada baiknya kita mengetahui kandungan caffeine dalam produk-produk yang sering kita konsumsi. Agar jangan sampai dosis kopi yang dianjurkan sudah tercapai, namun kita masih mengkonsumsi produk-produk lain yang mengandung caffeine sehingga merasakan efek buruk kopi. Beberapa produk lain yang perlu diperhatikan kandungan caffeine seperti misalnya : softdrink, permen kopi, teh, coklat, obat sakit kepala. Cara pengolahan (roasting dan brewing) juga berpengaruh terhadap kandungan caffeine dalam kopi. Sebagai contoh, sebuah penelitian menunjukkan, secangkir kopi di Starbucks mengandung rata-rata 259 mg caffeine dibandingkan dengan kopi dengan jenis dan ukuran cangkir yang sama di Dunkin Donuts yang hanya mengandung 149 mg caffeine. Dari penelitian lain, kopi decaf (kopi tanpa caffeine) baik untuk mereka yang mengalami obesitas karena dapat meningkatkan HDL (kolesterol “baik”) sekitar 50%. Sedangkan pada mereka yang tidak mengalami obesitas justru dapat menurunkan kolesterol HDL ini yang dapat meningkatkan resiko penyakit jantung.

5. Coffee Mix
Lima milligram kalsium hilang untuk setiap 6 ons kopi yang dikonsumsi. Namun kehilangan kalsium ini dapat diatasi dengan menambahkan 2 sendok susu atau membuat espresso latte. Sedangkan campuran kopi dengan alkohol kurang baik terutama pada orang dengan gangguan hati dan campuran kopi dengan cream juga sebaiknya dihindari untuk mengurangi kalori yang berlebih. Caffeine juga berinteraksi dengan beberapa jenis obat. Bagi yang sedang mengkonsumsi obat, sebaiknya konsultasikan ke dokter. Banyak yang beranggapan teman terbaik kopi adalah rokok. Eits, jangan salah. Seorang peminum kopi sejati tidak merokok! Rokok dapat mengurangi nikmatnya ngopi lho…

 6. Kelompok Anti-Kopi
Kelompok berikut disarankan untuk menghindari kopi: wanita hamil, anak-anak, orang tua, orang dengan penyakit jantung dan pembuluh darah (mis: hipertensi). Nah, kalau sudah termasuk kelompok ini, lupakan kopi!

7. Check Up
Lakukan pemeriksaan berkala terhadap kesehatan, dalam hal ini adalah ukuran tekanan darah. Semakin dini hipertensi diketahui, akan semakin baik untuk penatalaksanaan selanjutnya.

Sumber tips : Andaka

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Tips Cara Memulai Bisnis Properti 2013

Rabu, 17 April 2013

Tips : Dalam Memulai Bisnis Properti, Berinvestasi dengan Seimbang
Kaum muda banyak yang beranggapan bahwa berinvestasi di properti bisa memberikan keuntungan yang tinggi. Hal ini biasanya didukung oleh kedua orang tua yang sudah berpengalaman punya rumah atau properti lainnya. Namun, jika kita masih muda dengan uang lebih dan belum punya tanggungan, tak ada salahnya untuk menanamkan modal di tempat lain. Kenapa demikian?? agar investasi kita seimbang, dan tidak berat di satu sektor saja.
Meski kita baru saja bekerja, namun tak akan rugi jika menyisihkan sedikit penghasilan kita untuk berinvestasi di saham. Bisa juga kita menggenjot dana terlebih dahulu di saham. Setelah mendapat untung, dananya bisa dipakai untuk membeli properti. Belajar berinvestasi lebih dini mengasah kemampuan dalam memperoleh pundit-pundi keuntungan.
Tak perlu menyisihkan dana terlalu banyak untuk mulai berinvestasi, katakanlah sekitar 10ribu hingga 50ribu per minggu. Kecil memang, tapi lebih baik ketimbang tidak sama sekali. Langkah kecil ini mengajarkan kita untuk membagi risiko. Dana kita tak akan hilang begitu saja jika terjadi sesuatu, beda cerita jika hanya ditempatkan di satu wadah saja.
Tips : Mengumpulkan Tabungan Sebelum Memulai Bisnis Properti
Punya rencana menyewakan kembali properti yang dibeli, misalnya rumah / apartemen, maka kita harus punya uang lebih untuk biaya perawatan. Jika beli properti untuk ditinggali, uang ekstra tetap diperlukan, untuk uang kebersihan dan keamanan juga perawatan properti. Langkah terbaik yang kita lakukan adalah menyimpan lebih banyak dana di tabungan sebelum membeli properti. Maka, kita lebih terlindungi dari biaya-biaya tambahan.
Tips : Buatlah riset kecil-kecilan mengenai lokasi
Tidak perlu komplit dengan fasilitas pendukung seperti lift/gym dan kolam renang, namun usahakanlah lokasi tidak jauh dengan sarana-sarana umum. Kawasan yang dekat dengan pusat kota memang bagus, tapi perhatikan juga pertumbuhan kotanya ke depan. Jangan sampai daerah pinggiran kota yang menjadi lokasi properti kita malahan tak akan dikembangkan oleh pemerintah.
Belilah properti berdekatan dengan stasiun kereta selalu menjadi pilihan terbaik karena sarana tersebut akan terus terpakai dalam waktu yang lama. Ketika populasi semakin bertambah, sarana transportasi massa itu akan menjadi sangat penting. Namun, tetap hati-hati terhadap area yang punya sentimen negatif, seperti dekat bandara/terminal yang selalu padat. Bahkan, jalan raya antar kota yang tiap harinya sangat sibuk dapat menjadi masalah. Kawasan seperti itu sebaiknya kita hindari.
Perhatikan juga masyarakat sekitar, orang-orang seperti apa yang tinggal di wilayah tersebut. Seleksi juga orang-orang yang berniat menyewa properti milik kita, jangan terima sembarang orang. Cara memulai bisnis properti memang butuh banyak persiapan dan pertimbangan, maka persiapkanlah segala sesuatunya dengan baik, baik dari segi mental, dana, maupun prediksi akan segala risiko yang bias saja terjadi.

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