Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Orange Yogurt Facial Mask

Orange Yogurt Facial Mask cleanse and nourish your skin as orange is enriched with vitamin C and AHA's. If you are feeling sluggish, this is perfect mask for you.

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Ingredients Needed for Facial Mask:

# 1 tsp plain yogurt
# juice of 1/4 of an orange

Instructions:

Stir to mix and then dip fingers into mixture and smooth onto face. The sensation is both cool and relaxing. Leave on for a five - ten minutes and then rinse. Try it and if you like it please leave a comment.

Tags: facial mask, homemade facial masks, cleansing facial mask, facial cleansing mask

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Health Food For Your Brain & Body

healthy food

Food
can do more than transform your shape. Certain foods eaten regularly can do everything from helping your night vision to boosting the power of your brain and go right down to nourishment for your toes!


Hair :
Wheat is a great source of biotin and an important nutrient for healthy, shiny hair.

Brain :
Research shows that sugar fuels the brain and may boost your memory. Cookies seem to contain just the right amount!

Eyes :
Sweet potatoes! The vitamin A in these spuds can help improve night vision.

Lungs :
Tomatoes! Research shows that eating tomatoes more than three times a week may help prevent respiratory disease.

Nails :
Oysters are a great source of zinc making them good for your nails and your skin.

Skin :
Rich in vitamin A, acorn squash may help reduce the risk of the most common type of skin cancer (basal cell cancer) by 70-percent.


Heart :
The magnesium in tofu can help prevent blood clots and high blood pressure.

Stomach :
Garlic may help ward off stomach cancer, according to experts.

Bones :
The potassium and magnesium in carrots may help buttress your bones.

Legs :
Bananas are loaded with potassium and aid your muscles in moving. Potassium also prevents cramping.
Toenails :
The biotin in cashews helps strengthen nails.


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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Weight Loss Tips

Weight Loss


You know you are experiencing yo-yo dieting, but do not know how to stop it? It is time to get your balance back. The 10 following easy weight loss tips will help you lose weight in a healthy way:

1) You should first eat all the low calorie foods from your plate first and work your way up to the ones that contain lots of calories. That way when you get to the foods rich in calories you will eat far less of them because you are already full.

2) If you just have to drink some commercial juice you can dilute it with water to make it contain fewer calories.

3) Juice and sodas contain a lot of calories. Don’t make the mistake of thinking that they aren’t food. You should drink at most 1 glass of juice per day. If you can avoid drinking juice at all the better.

4) Always eat at home or take your homemade food with you wherever you go. It takes a while to get used to and some people might think that you are eccentric but you will lose a lot of weight this way and they will all be jealous of you later.

5) Get into the habit of keeping a food journal. Write down everything you eat during the day. That way you can look back and see exactly why you are not losing weight, getting fatter or in the happy cases losing weight.

6) Instead of drinking diet sodas try drinking vegetable juices and even fruit juices. A tomato juice can replace a diet Coke anytime of the day.

7) Use your imagination to make your vegetable meals more appetizing. For example you can add maple syrup on carrots and add nuts to your salads to give then an extra crunchy feel.

If you are trying to eat more vegetables daily you can try eating more vegetables soups. They too can be considered vegetables and they are super healthy.

9) Dinner plates are much bigger than salad plates and make you eat more food. From now on you should eat all your meals form a salad plate.

10) Always take your lunch to work with you. Eating out is supper fattening because you don’t know what went into making the food you are eating. If you make your own food you know exactly how many calories you are eating.

Tags: - Weight Loss, Weight, Loose Weight, Weight Loss Tips

Monday, March 2, 2009

Acne Solution | Acne Treatment | Blackhead Treatment




Acne and Blackheads usually appear on an oily skin or in teenage where body faces many hormonal changes, which reflect on the skin as acne and blackheads. Acnes are the most common skin problem, which affects everybody excepting few lucky people. In severe acne problem they can appear on the back, neck, shoulders and even on the arms.

The problem is always not as bad as at the time of puberty in the boys and girls. In normal course people do get one or two acne at a time though when there is a hormonal imbalance, people get acne all over their face and get dirty deep marks. Acne problem is difficult to tackle when they start spreading all over the body. Then you need to seek a medical help with a professional dermatologist.

Blackheads appear on the skin when sebum gets stored in the pores of our skin and collect dirt, which makes the pores hard. People who don't do proper cleaning of the face too get ugly black heads on their skin which get deep set with time and ignorance. The tip of the pore appears black so they are called Blackheads. T-zone skin is more prone to get black heads as they usually appear on the nose and chin. By using some home made skin remedies and following a daily skin care regime one can surely prevent the problem of acne and black heads and can get a beautiful blemish free skin.

• The keyword for a healthy glowing skin is drinking plenty of water. Water detoxifies the skin and keeps acne and black heads at bay.

• Wash your face on and off with good medicated soap and lukewarm water so that no dirt and impurities are left on the skin.

• For blackheads, soak rice in the water in the night. Grind them and make a paste in the morning. Add a pinch of turmeric to it. Apply this paste on the face and scrub off when a little dries. It removes the black and whiteheads from the skin.

• Soak almonds in the water overnight. Peel them off in the morning and make a paste. Add honey to this paste and apply on the face. Scrub it off when dry or after 20 minutes. It removes the black heads and adds glow to the skin.

• Rubbing a lemon peel on the blackheads too removes them and clears the skin.

• For better results take steam on the skin where you have black heads and then apply these scrubbers. It makes the pores loose so that the dirt comes up on the skin surface and it makes easy for the black head to come out of the skin.

• Soak fenugreek seeds in water for 4 hours. Make a paste of it and add a half lemon juice to it. Apply it on the face and scrub it off when dries. It helps in removing the black heads.

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