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Did you ever watch your white kitchen cups turn a brownish color even after washing them? Coffees, teas, highly pigmented foods do this to your cups, and also your teeth. Common stains from food (and cigarettes) attach to plaque and tartar buildup on the teeth.

There are some easy things you can do at home in between your dental teeth cleaning visits to keep your teeth white and fresh looking.

Here's a list of tips and recommendations:

--Keep your mouth clean; it cuts down on stain build up. If you can't brush after every meal, make sure you rinse food out of your mouth after you eat.

--Strawberries whiten teeth! Rub one on your teeth every day -or mash and apply with your toothbrush (rinse mouth afterwards)

--Brush your teeth with a paste of baking powder and water

--Rub the inside of an orange peel on the teeth

--Brush your teeth with a paste of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide (rinse afterwards, don't swallow)

--Mix these ingredients and brush on teeth: 1 tsp baking soda dash of salt then add a few drops of white vinegar, which will foam

--Burn a piece of toast, then scrape off the black layer of the toast (it is charcoal) and mix that with your toothpaste. Brush your teeth with this at night before you go to bed

--Brush with mustard oil and salt

--Make a paste of ground, dried bay leaves and dried orange peels (you may need to add some water). Use this as a whitener in between brushing teeth

--Equal parts of lemon juice and salt - brush on as whitener

--Brush your teeth with apple cider vinegar

--Use an electric toothbrush. Studies show an electric toothbrush can remove 98.2 percent of plaque

--Great plaque dissolvers are anti-bacterial mouthwashes. Many have alcohols that aren't all that healthy. The best natural mouthwash that I have come across is Thieves Fresh Essence Plus Mouthwash from Young Living. It has essential oils such as peppermint, lemon, cinnamon, rosemary, eucalyptus, melissa leaf water, vitamin E, and other great stuff.

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When it comes to working out at home, few pieces of equipment are going to offer the benefits of an Elliptical Cross Trainer. Ellipticals are designed to provide aerobic and cardio-vascular benefits without the risk of injury associated with running, jogging, or other workout equipment.

But what is the best elliptical for use in your home? How do you tell which elliptical is the right one for you? Much research has been done by medical professionals to determine the answer to that question.

A wide range of physicians who treat primarily sports injury and medicine feel that the Precor EFX 546 is a high quality piece of exercise equipment. This elliptical is very easy to use and is adjustable to all surfaces and sizes. It is durable and reliable, and it is also designed to make you feel like you are exerting less energy than you really are, so you will get a better workout.

The problem is this unit usually comes with a price tag of over $5000. But if you cannot afford to purchase an expensive elliptical cross trainer, Do not simply run out and purchase the least expensive trainger you can find. Sit down and research your options.

Many cheap ellipticals do not offer a complete, sufficient workout. Make sure to find a model that allows you to adjust the incline without this feature you will not get the workout that you want. Also, make sure your elliptical is comfortable and easy for you to use. Otherwise, you may never get on it, and then you are not working out at all!

Timothy Gorman is a successful Webmaster and publisher of Elliptical-Trainer-Solutions.com. He provides more elliptical trainer ratings, rankings and elliptical trainer reviews that you can research in your pajamas on his website.