Well Being Magazine

Don’t Risk Your Smile… To Periodontal Disease

If you have been told you have periodontal (gum) disease you are one of many. Nearly fifty percent of adults in the U.S. currently have some form of the disease. Periodontal diseases can range from simple gum inflammation to serious disease that results in major damage to the soft tissue and bone that support the teeth. In the worst cases, periodontal disease can result in tooth loss. What causes gum disease? Our Read more »

Body Sculpting: 3 ways to ZAP FAT without surgery

Weight loss seems to be the subject of every other news article, web ad, TV commercial and conversation around the water cooler (especially as swimsuit weather gets closer). From exercise plans to diet pills, special diets to bariatric surgery and liposuction – we are inundated by the pros and cons of shedding pounds and inches, in ways that range from simple common sense to dangerously extreme. While healthy weight loss should Read more »

FOODS THAT CAN HELP TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME

How do I look? A question all of us have spent our lives asking others. In today’s culture we are obsessed with retaining our youth. With endless varieties of hair dyes, wrinkle creams, and surgical procedures now available to help delay the aging process, it’s hard to believe that once our founding fathers powdered their wigs gray to appear older and wiser. Then, being old was in style, but no Read more »

The Scoop on Natural Soaps

Ever wonder about the names soap manufacturers use to market their products? Beauty bar…deodorant bar…moisturizing bar…bath bar? Here’s the scoop. The vast majority of these products don’t say soap on their labels because legally they can’t claim to be. They aren’t soap. They are detergents. Their manufacturers have removed most of the good stuff, like glycerin, which is produced during the soap-making process, and replaced it with synthetic lathering agents Read more »