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Here are some ways that missing the mark on oral care could harm your heath. Plus, expert tips on how to keep your mouth healthy. #1 It may hurt your heart People with gum disease are almost twice as likely to suffer from coronary artery disease compared to those don’t have periodontitis. Researchers aren’t exactly sure of why this might be, but one theory is that harmful bacteria from your mouth enters your blood stream and attaches to fatty plaques in your heart’s blood vessels, leading to inflammation and upping your risk of clots that can trigger heart attacks....

Actually, maybe not. Because there are plenty of sneaky tricks that make it easy to serve yourself smaller (but just as satisfying) helpings and feel fuller faster. The result? You end up eating less without feeling sad, deprived, or exhausted from obsessing over every morsel that goes into your mouth. Here, five simple ones you can start trying today. Stop staring at your phone. Distracted eating usually leads to overeating, concluded a recent review of 24 studies....

Researchers found that just seeing fast-food restaurants and logos—not even necessarily eating it—can trigger impatience and make it more difficult to savor enjoyable experiences, like listening to an opera or looking at photos of nature. How come? Fast food brings to mind speed and instant gratification, both of which make you more restless, says study coauthor Sanford DeVoe, PhD. We don’t need to remind you what fast food can do to your body, but you might not know these surprising ways it can screw with your brain....

Still, the fact that it’s OK to eat fatty cured pork once in a while isn’t license to start adding it to everything you eat. And that’s not so bad, really, because there are tons of other, healthier ways to imbue your food with the same smoky, meaty flavor. These six totally do-able tricks are proof. Liquid smoke The potent liquid is made from distilled hickory or mesquite smoke—and you only need a drop or two to add instant depth to meatless chilis, marinades, and homemade vegetable “bacon” strips (more on those below)....

(Pick up some healthier habits, weight loss tips, clean recipes and more by signing up for Prevention’s FREE newsletters!) Your first inclination is probably to toss it into the garbage, compost it, or head to the park and feed the ducks, but here’s a better idea: Breathe new life into your loaf with these eight delicious uses for stale bread. (You can also try this genius trick that will bring your stale bread back to life....

Turns out, research shows that skinny people simply don’t think about food the same way as–well, the rest of us. “Thin people have a relaxed relationship with food,” explains David L. Katz, MD, an associate professor adjunct in public health at Yale University. “Those who are overweight, however, tend to be preoccupied by it. They focus on how much or how often they eat, or attach labels like good and bad to certain foods....

MORE: 9 Secrets to Living Longer In Holstege’s latest study, published in the journal Genome Research, the researchers looked for gene mutations in Andel-Schipper’s blood. When stem cells divide, they generate different types of blood cells, like white blood cells. But these divisions can also cause mutations. They wanted to determine whether mutations can occur in healthy white blood cells over time, and if they have any impact on health....

We know for sure because we had nearly a dozen women road-test the program as part of our Prevention Fitness Lab. “I couldn’t believe the difference a few days made,” says Gwen Hoover, 48, of Fogelsville, PA, who whittled more than 2 inches off her middle, lost 14% of her belly fat, and dropped nearly 4 pounds in just 1 week! Even our slimmest testers saw impressive results. At 5-foot-6 and 125 pounds, Rachelle Vander Schaaf, 49, of Macungie, PA, wasn’t expecting to see a big change, but she shaved more than 3 inches off her belly—without dieting....