How to Use Oranges for Whitening Teeth

Have you heard you can use oranges for whitening teeth? It's a bit hard to imagine how something so brightly colored could take on discolored teeth and leave them looking whiter. However, using oranges to brighten teeth, in spite of their color, has developed as a popular trend. According to Science Daily, though, the acid in oranges can soften tooth enamel, so make sure to brush after an orange peel whitening treatment. As an all-natural way to improve the appearance of your smile, you could give oranges a try.



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Whiten Teeth by Eating Oranges

 

Eating the fruit is the first and simplest way to use the whitening power of oranges. This approach lets you enjoy the fruit and the whitening effect at the same time. Bite the main part of the fruit out of the orange segments, leaving a bit of pulp and the membranes. Then, rub the remaining pulp and membrane of the orange segments against your teeth. Then, finish up by eating the remaining part of the fruit. Some orange lovers have reported that the results from this method are practically instant.

 

Rub the Orange Peel Against Your Teeth

 

Compared to eating oranges, the next way to use oranges as a whitener might not leave such a sweet taste in your mouth. Rubbing orange peel against your teeth is another way to remove discoloration in a hurry. This method is handy when you have leftover peels after using oranges in a recipe or making homemade orange juice. The recommended way to use the peels on your teeth is to cut the peel into sections, turn the peel so the white side faces up, and then rub the white side against your teeth. It might leave a bad taste in your mouth, though, so be ready to rinse.

 

Several factors, such as overall health and coffee consumption affect the degree of whiteness you can expect to achieve. The results of using oranges to brighten teeth tend to vary from person to person, so if using oranges for whitening teeth does not give you the results you want, discuss other tooth whitening options, such as using Colgate's Optic White, with your dentist.

 

Where Do You Want to Be Five Years From Now?

Do you want to be thinner? wealthier? successful in business?

Whatever your answer was to the question, consider this. Set your goals and start living as if you already have reached your goal.

You won't be able to make every change at once, but base your decisions on what you want to see looking back at you when you look in the mirror - five years from now.

I recently picked up this advice at a small business seminar, in relation to running a small business, and I began thinking how it really is pretty good advice for pretty much any part of life.

Whatever your goal is, you're not going to achieve it by wishing. It's going to take action, and if you base each step on the life you want, well, you're headed in the right direction.

Is Female Midlife Crisis Real?

For every man and even every younger woman who has wondered if female midlife crisis is a real thing, you betcha it is.

The crisis is triggered by not only hormonal changes, but also basic human nature.

Just as a woman's hormones throw her out of control, she reaches the age where she starts to wonder about the things missed out on in life and the things that will never happen for her in life.

Everything starts to feel so huge and so vital that casual and happy become little more than fond memories. But, don't worry, it will pass with a bit of patience and understanding.

Women experience and exhibit the signs of undergoing a midlife crisis differently than men do, and there has been some pretty extensive research done on the topic, so I'll share a few links to give you some extra information.

What a Female Midlife Crisis Looks Like

Midlife Crisis: Transition or Depression

Infidelity and Female Midlife Crisis

I have a lot more links to share, but these should get you started for now.

Is it Depression or a Mid-Life Crisis?

For the past few months, I've been on an emotional roller coaster, and just my bad luck, it's mostly the low parts of the emotional roller coaster.

It's like no matter what I do or how hard I push myself to stay busy and not think about it, it just keeps getting more severe - more anger - more sadness - more of a sense of failure, more loneliness, and more sense of loss.

I can hardly stand to be around my family or talk to anyone for more than a couple minutes, yet I feel a desperate need to connect with someone on a deeper level. It's truly frustrating.

So, my next few posts will probably be focused around dealing with depression during menopause.

I'm not into taking medication for problems if there's any other alternative, so I'll probably focus on other things first, like exercise and dietary changes.

I don't want to make this a big crybaby session about my problems, but if my experience can help anyone else - well - I hope it can help someone else.

I'm open to hearing your tips and thoughts on the issue, if you feel inspired to share.