anita brickman has this living well report. >> reporter: you can find them at every convenient store,rugstore and supermarket. nutrition bars or energy bars as they are called are chock full of healthy sounding ingredients that make them chewie and appealing. but if you are not careful this can lead to this. a trip to the dentist office with unwanted cavities. some are noticing decay in unlikely patients and with a little detective work they are finding energy as the culprit. many of the bars are gooey and stick around in your mouth longer giving bacteria more time to work. >> the more caramel and chocolate it has, the stickier, the more fried fruit it has the more the potential toilinger in the mouth and get stuck in the crevices between the teeth. >> reporter: not that we have to give nutrition bars up all together. they say even rinsing your mouth with water can help. >> it will help to dislodge the food partles -- particles between your teeth better. >> the effect i have moist is brushing and flossing. but if you can't do that reach for a piece of sugarless gum. >> the more you st

anita brickman has more ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> i have loved to focus on the eye area. lift that up and brighten it a little more. make me look a little more awake. >> these creases are a little deeper than i want at this point in time. >> she is not unlike many women who see signs of ages they would like to erase but her search for the least invasive path to do it brought her to a certified acupuncturist in virginia. she says it aims to tighten and lift without having to cut or use chemicals. >> we work with skin quality, skin tone, lifting, shaping different areas of the skin. >> reporter: unlike traditional body acupuncture it is performed with hand and face needs. they target specific points on the face that are said to open the flow of energy or what is known as chi. >> it is where more blood pools on that point rather than other points. >> so if i want to lift someone's eyes and open their face so they look brighter, they will look for youthful. dermatologists speculate it could's muscles in the face that contributes to frown lines and wrinkles. >> we are working

digital correspondent anita brickman has more on this athlete whose pedaling for a purpose. >> reporter he was only 15, one play of a high school football game forever changed the life of matthew sanchez. >> went hoer sonnal and hit him with my head down. i felt like an explosion went off in my body. >> reporter: he was unable to move. doctors determined he had a fracture of the c-5 bone in his spine. they operated. over the next few weeks, matthew regained the ability to walk. five years later he just completed a cross-country, 78- day bike trip to raise funds for the share initiative. it enables veteran and active duty military to travel to atlanta for treatment. u.s. army private dylan cannon was in iraq when he was shop by a sniper in 2006. two years later he ended up at shepherd. >> i knew i would be fine if i could do stuff on my own. you have to be able to take care of yourself. >> reporter: he is independent now, thanks to donors like matthew sanchez. >> i don't think that anyone can deny these men and women are very brave and risking their lives on a day-to-day basis and regard