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It is relatively important for the human
body to detoxify to get rid of the toxins that uncontrollably
enter into the system.
Detox (detoxification) is a term that's came
into popular use in the last decade or so but only within
the realm of alternative or holistic Western medicine.
Step back and ask yourself what¡¯s
really going on. When you¡¯re caught up in the
day to day stuff of everyday life, you may lose sight of objectivity.
Take a few minutes everyday to reflect on what happened during
the day. Was there a lesson to learn? Is there a gift you
may have overlooked even if it was that you consider a bad
day. Was the step back really a step forward?
The Full Body Detox opens the door to healing
and rejuvenation. Detoxifying gives our bodies what it needs
so desperately, a complete internal cleansing. We are conscious
about cleaning the external body, but not the internal body.
Teens partying late at night and imbibing
drugs and alcohol for added fun, often dominated the silver
screen. Quite a pretty picture isn't it? Oftentimes teens
see it as an epitome. Although Hollywood does its part to
show a different side of alcohol and drug addiction with movies
like "Trainspotting" and "Girl Interrupted",
the character still ended up being glamorous and ideal in
nature and often overshadows the dark side of addiction.
One of the most asked questions by adults
and children is the origin of the toothbrush. There are several
schools of thought on when the real toothbrush was created,
but you need to look far into the past for the first evidences
of oral hygiene.
The Chinese were believed to create the first
real toothbrush, or a device that was used to clean teeth,
but it was much different than the ones that we are used to
today. These first toothbrushes, crafted in the 1400s, did
not use nylon for bristles, or plastic for the handles. They
were crafted from bamboo, one of the most common plants from
that area.
The bamboo formed the handle for people to
hold on to. Attached to this handle was a set of bristles,
which were crafted from the tough hair of the Siberian wild
boar. The hairs used came from the back of the neck of this
animal. This is the toothbrush associated with having been
the ancestor of the one that we use today.
However, there is evidence that there was
another form of the toothbrush dating up to 3000 years before
the birth of Christ. Due to this, the history of the toothbrush
proves that this device is one of the oldest still used by
man, only truly outdated by the wheel. This form of the toothbrush
was found within pyramids of the Egyptians. These toothbrushes
were crafted from a stick.
Unlike the Chinese version of the toothbrush,
the end of the stick was flayed so that the fibers of the
wood were more soft. This stick was then rubbed against the
teeth to serve as a form of oral hygiene. This form of the
toothbrush did not become far spread as the Chinese version.
The Chinese version of the toothbrush spread
to Europe, where the Siberian wild boar took the brunt of
the growing popularity of the invention. The only downside
to the hairs of the Siberian wild boar was the fact that it
was very rough on the gums. On account of this, some people
began to use the hairs found on the backs of horses to craft
the bristles on their brushes, as this was much easier on
their gums and teeth. Despite the added softness of the horse
hair bristles, the boar hairs were more commonly used, as
horses were too valuable to Europeans during this period of
time.
The boar hair toothbrush continued to be used
until the early 1900s. In 1937, nylon was created in the Du
Pont laboratories by Wallace H. Carothers. This invention
forever changed the history of the toothbrush, as well as
every other device that required a fibrous material, including
ropes. In 1938, Nylon became the sign of modernization, from
the creation of nylon stockings to Dr. West's first nylon
toothbrush.
This brush was called Dr. West's Miracle Toothbrush.
Even with this breakthrough in the toothbrush, it wasn't until
World War II that Americans began to take oral hygiene more
seriously. This was a direct result of the war. This influence
spurred on the development of better toothbrushes.
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