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Did you know a toothbrush’s origins? The toothbrush is an instrument consisting of a small brush on a handle used to clean teeth through tooth brushing. Toothpaste, often containing fluoride, is commonly added to a toothbrush to aid in cleaning. Brushing teeth, a common activity today, has been around for a long time. The toothbrush as we know it today was not invented until 1938. From around 3000 BC, people used anything from a ‘chew stick’ – a thin twig with a frayed end, to feathers, bones and porcupine quills to clean their teeth. The bristle toothbrush, similar to the type used today, was invented in China in 1498. The bristles were actually made of coarse hairs taken from the back of a hog’s neck and attached to a bamboo stick or bone. Other animals’ hair was also used for dental care, right up until this century. But it was the poor Siberian wild boar that took the brunt of it. The animal was imported for its neck hairs for a long, long time… in fact, until nylon was invented, i

    "Carb" has become a bad word today. People try to avoid "carbs" because they think carbs are harmful. It is true, there are many detrimental effects of carbs. However, we cannot completely eliminate them from our diet and expect to remain healthy. It is important, then, to understand the difference between carbs that are harmful (bad carbs) and carbs that promote healthy cellular function (good carbs).     It also helps when we can boil this down to a simple way to eat that emphasizes the good carbs.     Before we get into that, however, let's understand a little bit about how carbs, or sugars, affect our physiology.     How carbs affect the body      When carbs are ingested, in whatever form, they are broken down into glucose for use by the cells. As blood glucose levels rise, the brain tells the pancreas to secrete insulin. When cells receive this insulin via the bloodstream, they know it is time to ingest the sugar. Without the insulin