Health
Power Walk? No, Power Soak!
17 Jun 2007 10:49 AM /
Yesterday I went for a power walk in the Angers countryside, where my wife's parents live. There is a nice circuit that I usually take. It's about 4 kms long. The road crosses a few farms with real cows(tm), and features nice, big trees on its sides. There are also very nice country houses made of stone. You can also hear birds singing (I'm not speaking about Paris-invading pigeons).
When I started, the weather was fine. Sunny, with a few clouds, and the temperature was excellent. As I strode across the road for about fifteen minutes, massive clouds arrived and it started to run very heavily. I was wearing sports shorts, a tshirt and a light sports sweatshirt. I looked for cover but only found a few trees around. There weren't efficient at protecting me from that rain because of the wind. So in about a minute or so, I was soaked to the bone. I had three options: wait under "cover" until the rain stops, run for it, walk for it. The first option was ruled out immediately by looking at the sky. There were big, grey clouds everywhere. The second option was not advised. I had walking shoes, not running ones. But more importantly, I didn't want to risk an injury in case I slipped on the wet tar. So I started walking again faster than ever. Five minutes later, I was "rescued" by Bibi, Caroline's boyfriend. She is my wife's sister. He took his car and came to pick me up.
After drying myself up, I took a book and relaxed. Five minutes later, the superb weather was here again. *sniff*. Not such a big surprise, given the 4SAD (4 Seasons A Day) we have currently in France. And they said Summer is only a week away... I just spent about eighteen days in Morocco and we had awesome weather almost all the time. I believe it's a Murphy conspiracy ;-)
When I started, the weather was fine. Sunny, with a few clouds, and the temperature was excellent. As I strode across the road for about fifteen minutes, massive clouds arrived and it started to run very heavily. I was wearing sports shorts, a tshirt and a light sports sweatshirt. I looked for cover but only found a few trees around. There weren't efficient at protecting me from that rain because of the wind. So in about a minute or so, I was soaked to the bone. I had three options: wait under "cover" until the rain stops, run for it, walk for it. The first option was ruled out immediately by looking at the sky. There were big, grey clouds everywhere. The second option was not advised. I had walking shoes, not running ones. But more importantly, I didn't want to risk an injury in case I slipped on the wet tar. So I started walking again faster than ever. Five minutes later, I was "rescued" by Bibi, Caroline's boyfriend. She is my wife's sister. He took his car and came to pick me up.
After drying myself up, I took a book and relaxed. Five minutes later, the superb weather was here again. *sniff*. Not such a big surprise, given the 4SAD (4 Seasons A Day) we have currently in France. And they said Summer is only a week away... I just spent about eighteen days in Morocco and we had awesome weather almost all the time. I believe it's a Murphy conspiracy ;-)
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Quelques Conseils Dentaires
16 Jun 2007 01:02 PM /
J'ai effectué une visite hier chez un dentiste. Ma précédente remonte à plus de trois ans. A l'époque, le dentiste que j'avais consulté m'avait dit que mes dents étaient tellement bonnes que je pouvais me passer des visites annuelles et passer à une consultation bi-annuelle voire plus. J'aurais dû me doûter que ce n'était pas un conseil très judicieux.
Mon nouveau dentiste m'inspire beaucoup plus confiance. Il m'a passé un sacré savon pour avoir attendu aussi longtemps avant de consulter. J'avais beaucoup de tartre qui rendait mes gencives malades. Il y en avait tellement qu'elle a du faire deux séances pour en arriver à bout. Au passage, elle m'a donné des informations fort utiles et quelques conseils dont je voudrais vous faire profiter :
Mon nouveau dentiste m'inspire beaucoup plus confiance. Il m'a passé un sacré savon pour avoir attendu aussi longtemps avant de consulter. J'avais beaucoup de tartre qui rendait mes gencives malades. Il y en avait tellement qu'elle a du faire deux séances pour en arriver à bout. Au passage, elle m'a donné des informations fort utiles et quelques conseils dont je voudrais vous faire profiter :
- La visite annuelle est obligatoire, même si vous avez des dents d'acier.
- Le choix du dentifrice est très important. Actuellement, il n'y a que deux dentifrices dignes de ce nom : Colgate Total (en grande surface) et Elmex (en pharmacie et para-pharmacie). Le fluor utilisé est de type aminé. Il se fixe plus rapidement que la variante minérale qu'on trouve dans tous les autres dentifrices fluorés et ne se dissout pas aussi facilement à l'eau.
- Manger des chewing-gums n'est pas proscrit si on choisit une variété sans sucre. Bien sûr, il faut éviter l'excès qui peut causer des problèmes gastriques. Après un repas, il est recommandé d'en consommer si on n'a pas accès à sa brosse à dents. Ils aident à équilibrer le pH, rendu acide par la nourriture.
- Les chewing-gums à action blanchissante (selon le département Marketing du moins) sont généralement inoffensifs. Tout le contraire des autres produits qui contiennent des oxydants dangeureux. Les utiliser revient à passer une pierre ponce sur les dents. Leur action blanchissante est plutôt abrasive. Bye-bye l'email.
- Il est recommandé d'utiliser une brosse souple et d'employer du fil dentaire le soir pour aider au nettoyage des endroits difficiles d'accès. Il existe plusieurs types de fils. Demandez conseil à votre dentiste.