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Dec 27, 2013
5 New Year Resolutions for 2014
Read more →New Year’s resolutions are fun to make but often extremely difficult to maintain. Do something that you will benefit from, here's to your health! Save money Save money by making healthy lifestyle changes. Instead of driving everywhere and wasting tons of gas, walk or ride your bike to work. Drink More Water Water is the most essential key to looking and feeling better while hydrating the skin and your appearance. Wear Sunscreen A lot of us often forget this during the winter months, but sunscreen is extremely important! The sun is...
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Dec 23, 2013
Three Facials from your Fridge
Read more →Wrinkles, puffiness and acne are common skin complaints, but the remedies can be found right in your fridge. Strawberry Cream Mask Wrinkles are a normal part of aging. If you are concerned about premature wrinkling, monitor your sugar intake. Excess sugar can damage collagen and elastin, fibers that support your skin. For a healthier sugar fix, try incorporating blueberries into your diet; they are high in vitamin C, which will help strengthen collagen and prevent skin from wrinkling and sagging. This simple anti-aging recipe will moisturize your skin and its high vitamin C content will minimize...
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Dec 18, 2013
Does Diet Soda Ruin Your Metabolism?
Read more →What’s your relationship with diet soda? Sugary taste you love without calories? It’s actually not looking too sweet. Diet soda can be sabotaging your metabolism and tricking your brain. A 10-year study research showed that people who drank just one diet soda a day had a 70% greater increase in waist circumference compared with non-drinkers. And people who drank two or more diet sodas a day experienced a shocking 500% increase in waist size. When you consume an artificially sweetened diet soda, taste receptors in your esophagus and stomach get stimulated, and your pancreas release insulin in...
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Dec 12, 2013
10 Things to Know About Heart Disease
Read more →Heart disease is a major cause of death in both men and women. Heart attacks are most frequently caused by plaque buildup in the arteries, which leads to blockage of blood and oxygen flow to heart muscle. So it is imperative to address warning signs as soon as possible in order to prevent further complications with your heart healthy. Make sure you know your family history. If anyone in your immediate family has faced hear problems, your risk can increase so make sure your doctor knows about your family history. Engaging in stress-reducing activities is one of the most natural...
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Nov 25, 2013
4 Benefits of Tea This Winter
Read more →Tea has been around for centuries as a homeopathic remedy from everything to stomach aches, heart disease and even cancer prevention. Here are 6 ways sipping on a cup of tea of the right kind can answer your health problems. 1. Green tea may help you see better. Components in green tea are positive for the tissues of the eye and especially beneficial to those tissues in the retina. 2. Black tea can help reduce stress levels. Not only does a cup of black tea aid in reducing the levels of...
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Nov 21, 2013
Top 4 Ways to Understand Electrolytes
Read more →Nutritionists generally use the term electrolyte to describe nutrients like sodium, potassium, and chloride. The most familiar electrolyte is the one found on every dinner table, plain old table salt. Electrolytes are the essential salts our body needs for optimum function of our cells and organs. Here are the top 4 ways to understand electrolytes: 1. Electrolytes are important and it’s important that once your body becomes depleted of these nutrients that you instantly replenish them. Electrolytes create the electrical charges our bodies need to regulate muscular contractions, normal heart beats, and overall nerve function. 2. People usually tend to...
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Nov 14, 2013
Difference Between Eye Cream vs. Face Cream
Read more →Taking a walk through any beauty department can leave you confused about what sort of face and eye cream you may need. Cosmetic companies have a great amount of moisturizers, creams, gels and rejuvenating serums, but many don’t know which is right for them or why they need different kinds for different places on their face. Two of the most important creams in the cosmetic department are face cream and eye cream. Face cream is designed to bring moisture to the skin and retain it for plumping out fine lines and protection. The skin around the...
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Nov 14, 2013
Top 5 Benefits of Acai
Read more →Acai doesn't only produce a beautiful color but the benefits of Acai leave your body happy and healthy. Acai berries are packed full of antioxidants, vitamins, amino acids, and essential fatty acids. Take care of your heart: Acai berries are extremely high in anthocyanins, a form of plant antioxidant associated with the ability to lower cholesterol levels in the blood stream. They prevent blood clots and improve your overall blood circulation, making your heart happy. Make you glow: You’ll find that many beauty products carry acai oil because of its high antioxidant content. It’s so much...
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Oct 10, 2013
What is Aromatherapy?
Read more →People commonly think that aromatherapy refers to anything that smells good. Such as, scented candles, potpourri, and perfumes but aromatherapy is much more than that. Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses volatile plant materials, known as essential oils, and other aromatic compounds for the purpose of altering a person's mind, mood, cognitive function or health. There are different essential oils used in the products during aromatherapy which have different effects over the body. Lemon oil is one of the more commonly used oils as a stress reliever along with Lavender another popular extract that helps with...
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May 14, 2013
Maintaining Hemoglobin using IRON
Read more →Iron is an essential element for the body because it helps in maintaining the amount of hemoglobin present in the body. Hemoglobin is an oxygen carrier present in the red blood cells and hence does most of the work as it takes up waste material in form of carbon dioxide and bicarbonates and provides with oxygen. When hemoglobin is less than its normal value, it results into anemia which can be extremely dangerous and in some cases fatal if not paid attention to. General signs due to decreased amount of haemoglobin can cause fatigue and difficulty in breathing depending on...
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