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What Does Exercise, Eating More Fruits and Vegetables and Brushing Your Teeth have in Common?

September 12, 2008 By Deborah

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The answer: they all prevent heart disease. With over 700 different bacteria in your mouth, its no wonder that many say the mouth is the dirtiest place in the human body.

So it makes sense that if there is a portal of entry via a tiny blood vessel in the gums, this bug may slip into the central blood system and cause ill effects. These bacteria can bind to sticky platelets and adhere to blood vessel walls and cause heart disease. Read more about the importance of good dental care.

Another good reason to get regular dental check-ups and keep up on brushing and flossing.

A toothbrush with toothpaste sits on a sink in Arlington, Virginia, in 2007. Here's another reason to brush your teeth: poor dental hygiene boosts the risk of heart attacks and strokes, a pair of studies reported this week.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP – Here’s another reason to brush your teeth: poor dental hygiene boosts the risk of heart attacks and strokes, a pair of studies reported this week.


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Debbie is a board certified family nurse practitioner with an emphasis on women's health. During the past 22 years she has worked in women's health and family practice with a focus on the integration of conventional and alternative therapies.

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