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You Need Custom-Fitted Mouthguards

Anyone participating in contact sports must have protective equipment. This includes wearing of custom-fitted mouthguards. A mouthguard will absorb the shock experienced when you receive a blow to the face. Such heavy collisions can lead to broken or chipped teeth, tooth loss, internal damage within the tooth, soft tissue injuries or even a broken jaw. Obviously, a protective cover for your teeth is necessary to avert such painful and costly injuries. Cost Of Mouthguards Vs. Tooth Treatment The reality is that not having protection for your teeth makes you susceptible to easily avoidable injuries. Firstly, such an experience would be extremely painful. Secondly, the cost of treatment would be exponentially greater than any amount of money you have to pay for custom guards. The injury you suffer may necessitate on-going treatment lasting a lifetime. This could cost you between $10,000 and $20,000 (based on data from the Australian Dental Association (ADA)). Over-The-Counter Vs Custo

Fat Myth And Why You've Been Lied To

In 1976, Ahrens first popularized the term "lipid hypothesis" to refer specifically to the hypothesis that increased levels of cholesterol in the blood increased the risk for heart disease. Since then people, the government and medical community, have touted the ill effects of saturated fat. Hence, the heart healthy seal of approval was born. Scientists have debunked this causal claim for years but the low-fat campaign pressed forward and in some regard still does today. According to Michael Pollan "the public health campaign was to essentially get people off of saturated fat or try to get them onto trans fats, and we've since learned that was really bad advice because the link between trans fats and heart disease is the strongest link we have of any fat to heart disease. They told us butter is evil and margarine is good, and it turned out to be the opposite." We've been duped on fat for decades. The seal of approval is a joke and has pushed us to high