Feb 5, 2010

Tips For a Healthier Life

Healthy living is one of your resolutions this year? The following are some tips that will make your life healthier:

1. Started the day with breakfast
Studies show that people who used to eat breakfast more slender bodied than those who skipped breakfast. breakfast is also good for maintaining ideal weight, reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
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Avoid Cigarettes and Alcoholic Beverages
3. Choose a balanced diet
Do not let your plate filled only with food that contains all carbohidrat or protein. Try to keep a vegetable or fruit salad. Choose fruits and vegetables are brightly colored, because the bright colors of fruits and vegetables contain more vitamins and minerals.
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Always Think Positive
5. Move in!
Park the car farther than usual, avoid the elevator / elefator and use the stairs. 30-minute walk with a 10-minute workout. Not bad, right?
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Consider Cleanliness
7. Enjoy your food
Most people think that healthy food is not tasty and boring. Choose the type of low fat foods and delicious that you also enjoy it.
8. Choose your favorite sport.
Sports should be healthy, instead of torture. This activity is an effective outlet for stress to make your body healthy. Choose the type of exercise you like, so that feels good while doing it.
9. Avoid stress
Stress affects your weight and your health. Also a negative impact not only on appetite but also on the ability of the body in digesting food. Think positive as much as possible to avoid stress.
10. Choose healthy snacks
Studies show that healthy snacks are a great way to control appetite and reduce weight. Choose a snack of fruit or fresh milk.
11. Consume more water
Studies show that adequate water consumption is not only good for health,
but also helps the process of dieting. Water useful to help smooth the body's metabolism.

Feb 3, 2010

Honey For Beauty

There are many people familiar with honey as far as the types of food. But do you know if the honey has many benefits for treating beauty?. The following beauty tips using honey:


1. Honey mask: Apply pure honey to your face and leave for about 15 minutes, until dry. When dry, wash your face with warm water.

2. Bathroom To Skin Sparkle: To moisturize, soften and make the skin shiny, Apply honey to the skin to dry out. then rinse with water. And you can enjoy the results with skin that look beautiful and bright!

3. Honey bath: For sweet smelling and soft skin, add ¼ to ½ cup of honey in your bath water.

4. Honey scrub: Mix 1 teaspoon honey with a little almond flour into the palm of your hand. Rub gently into the face as a face scrub. Then wash your face with warm water to remove honey.

5. Everyday Face cleanser: Mix 1 tablespoon honey with a little milk powder in the palm of your hand. Apply on the face to clean all the dirt and make-up, and then washed clean with warm water.

6. Hair Sparkle: To make your hair shine, mix 1 tablespoon of honey, lime juice, and a little warm water. Rinse your hair with normal shampoo and then pour the mixture on the hair. Dry the hair in the normal way.

7. Hair Conditioner: To maintain healthy hair and scalp, combine ½ cup of honey and one tablespoon of olive oil. Spread evenly into the hair and scalp, then take the hair cover and let stand for 30 minutes in a closed state. After 30 minutes, wash with shampoo and rinse your hair as usual.

8. Skin toner: To tighten, soften and moisturize the skin, mix the orange shells plus one tablespoon of honey in a blender until smooth. Gently rubbing honey mixture to the face and leave for 15 minutes. Then wash your face with warm water to clean the mixture.

Jan 27, 2010

Beautiful Hair Tips

As the crown of women, hair is an important part of the interface. Beautiful hair will add charm someone. That is why the hair needs special attention. wrong treatment on the hair, will cause the hair to be dull and damaged. How to keep hair remain beautiful and charming?

There are some easy tips. In order for your hair to be beautiful, you can try some of these tips:

Make a healthy lifestyle

Healthy lifestyle includes not smoking, diligent exercise regularly, eat nutritious foods, also refreshing and relaxing to the mind does not become stressful. For food, you can consume foods that contain vitamins A, C, E, selenium because this substance is very good to keep hair healthy.

Try to sleep enough and well every day

If your sleep is interrupted, it can cause the blood circulation is not smooth. As a result hair is not getting enough nutrients and lead to dull hair.

Use hair care products suitable

When using hair care products, note the composition of the product. Avoid products made from alcohol in high concentrations because the compound can damage the hair. When using these products, do not directly apply in the scalp because it causes the pores of the closed head and can damage the scalp which in turn damage the hair.

When swimming, spread with water base or hair cover

The purpose of this is that hair is not contaminated with the content of pool water chemistry can damage your hair.

Use a wooden comb

Comb made of wood can reduce hair loss. Cleaning combs should also be kept in the dirt does not cling to comb your hair.

Select the appropriate shampoo

Select a quality shampoo with hair conditions.

Jan 26, 2010

Natural Ingredients for Beauty


Beauty and skin of the face is something that is expected by many women. But it would be more wonderful if we use natural beauty tips, because although the results obtained for longer but the result is worth it.

You can use natural materials to create a more beautiful you naturally youthful and certainly it's easy and natural:

1. Honey

Benefits of honey for beauty has been known since long. Honey useful to hydrate skin and reduce the affected skin irritation. Put honey on the lips will also moisturize your lips so avoid chapped lips.

2. Aloe Vera

Many people use aloe vera for hair and black fertile. Mucus in the aloe vera can prevent rapid fluid out of the skin so the skin moisture can be maintained. The resulting sense of cool aloe vera is also beneficial for treating burns.

3. green tea

Pollution is one cause of skin damage. To prevent this, you can consume 6 cups of green tea a day. Green tea contains many antioxidants. Using green tea is believed to protect the skin from free radicals that come from food or pollution that can prevent wrinkles.

4. Avocado

Avocado fruit is rich in benefits. Content of vitamin E contained in this fruit used for softener and natural moisturizer for the face. You can also use avocado to moisturize dry hair.

5. Ginger

Ginger has many uses in the health field. However, ginger was also beneficial for beauty. Warm sense of ginger can be obtained from the blood circulation and tightens the skin so that it can make more beautiful face. You also can prevent the occurrence of stretchmarks with a massage using the grated ginger. In using ginger to the skin, should be tested first to avoid irritation to the skin.

6. Coffee

Besides being a delicious drink, coffee can be used as a scrub to smooth the skin.

7. Coconut

For those of you who have problems with dry skin or dry hair, use a coconut can be a solution. Coconuts are processed into virgin coconut oil (VCO) has a high content of Lauric acid which functions as an antibacterial.

8. Grape

Content of grape seeds and skins of grapes rich in antioxidants. Grape so beneficial to improve elasticity and protect skin from damage caused by ultraviolet light. grape contains linoleic and polyphenols which can prevent the occurrence of wrinkles and acts as a natural anti-aging.

9. Soybean

The benefits of soy for health and beauty was no doubt about it. Soybeans can be used to brighten the skin. As for hair, soybeans may prevent the hair so as not to dry and easy to manage.

10. Lemon

Lemon is often used for the antibacterial face thus preventing acne. You also can eliminate the dry skin on heels, elbows or knees to rub the lemon on it. If your skin is sensitive, try to use it behind the ears to see if your skin is allergic or not.

11. Chocolate

mask chocolate has many benefits for the skin, for example, serves to maintain softness, moisturize, tighten and refine the skin. Chocolate also can slow the aging of the skin, including preventing wrinkles on the face.

12. Papaya

By using papaya containing papain enzim, you can raise the dead skin layer on the surface of the skin, removing dark spots and smooth skin tone. Papaya which contains vitamin A and vitamin C that functions as an antioxidant.

13. Lavender

This flower became the basic ingredient for aromatherapy that can calm the mind. For the skin, lavender can enhance cell regeneration and kill bacteria that cause acne.

14. Roses

Rose flowers can be used as a working astrigent to shrink pores and reduce oil on face. Use rose oil to moisturize and reduce redness face to face.

15. Olive oil

You can use olive oil, because the content of this oil to soften and make the skin more supple.

16. Sesame oil

In addition to cooking, this oil works to refine and soften the skin, hair or nails broken.

17. Strawberry

In addition to being good to eat fruit or as a delicious juice, strawberries are also useful for preventing skin becomes dull. Strawberry fruit containing salicylic acid which is very good for your skin. In addition, antioxidant substances help repair skin damage caused by environmental pollution. These acids can also shrink the pores and brighten skin. One thing you can do is to use a mask strawberry

Jan 24, 2010

Why Should Stop Smoking?


Cigarettes have become a small object the most popular. Smoking has become a way of life for many men and women, even including children and teenagers. Smoking habit has resulted in many diseases from cancer to respiratory problems. Although aware of the dangers of smoking, people around the world still continue to smoke cigarettes than a dozen billion every day.Any substance contained in a cigarette? Nicotine is the main substance found in cigarettes. However, more than 700 additional chemicals are being used by tobacco companies to increase the enjoyment of smoking. Some materials are so toxic that several large tobacco companies will usually have a high standard to dispose of toxic materials are very dangerous.In addition, cigarette smoke contains 4000 chemicals, including arsenic, acetone, welcome, carbon monoxide, and cyanide. Cigarette smoke inhaled by smokers and passive smokers will contain 43 substances known to cause cancer. That's why for the second-hand smoke can have a negative impact is more terrible if they are inhaled cigarette smoke.

What are the bad consequences of the destructive lifestyle of this health? What are the diseases caused by smoking? Here are some diseases and the negative impacts caused by smoking:

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Heart Disease
Smoking is also one major cause of heart attacks. A smoker's death from heart disease more than the deaths from lung cancer. Even low-tar cigarettes or low-nicotine does not reduce the risk of heart disease. Because some of those cigarettes that use a filter increases the amount of carbon monoxide is inhaled, which makes cigarettes are even worse for heart than cigarettes that do not use a filter.

Nicotine contained in cigarette can make your heart beat faster and increases your body needs oxygen. Cigarette smoke also contains carbon monoxide poisoning. This toxic substance walked to the blood stream and actually impede the flow of oxygen to the heart and major organs other. Nicotine can narrow the blood vessels so more oxygen flow slows again. That's why smokers have a risk of heart disease is very high.
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Lung Cancer
From tobacco smoke contains many cancer-causing chemicals. Inhaled smoke contains many chemicals that can damage the lungs. These substances can trigger the occurrence of cancer, especially in the lungs. Lung cancer is the most common cancer caused by smoking. The spread of lung cancer in the body in a quiet place to be a higher stage. In many cases, lung cancer kills quickly.
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Emphysema
Heavy smokers who had for years will have emphysema. Emphysema is a disease that gradually will make the lungs lose elasticity. If that happens, it will be difficult to remove the dirty air. The signs are beginning to experience difficulty breathing in the morning and evening. Then easily out of breath. Another sign is often experienced severe cold, accompanied with a heavy cough, and maybe with chronic bronchitis. Cough often does not stop and become chronic.
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Old Faster
The results of a study of smokers showed that smokers face of men and women wrinkles faster than those who did not smoke. Aging process is increased in accordance with the habits and the number of cigarettes smoked. The study showed that heavy smokers have wrinkles almost five times as many people who do not smoke. Even the aging process has begun for adolescents who smoke like skin wrinkles, yellowed teeth, and breath becomes smelly.
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Body Damage
The negative impact of smoking not only harm the lungs, heart, and respiratory tract. According to research smoking can damage other body tissues. Dozens of diseases related to tobacco use and even includes pneumonia (pneumonia), gum disease, leukemia, cataracts, kidney cancer, cervical cancer, and pain in the pancreas. The reason for toxins from cigarette smoke spread everywhere through the bloodstream. Smoking can cause disease in nearly every organ of the body.

According to statistics, around the world, the number of smokers who die from diseases caused by smoking amount to almost three times the number of people who died because of alcohol and drugs. Even the number of smokers who die from the disease six times more than in a car accident. In addition, the age of smokers is usually 13 to 14 years shorter than people who do not smoke.

After reading these facts, whether you will be like a smoker who although have read so many horrible facts in relation to smoking and then decided to stop reading it? Or you dare to say no to cigarettes?

Jan 19, 2010

eye care tips


Eyes is one of the most important organs, without a healthy eye, we can not do various activities such as seeing, walking, reading and others are correct. The eyes are also often referred to as the 'window of the heart' because we can see how people's feelings through the eyes. because once the importance of eye function, then we need to do maintenance on our eyes. The following are some things to be done to treat the eye:

1. Protect your eyes from the sun
As in the daytime activity outdoors, make sure to use sunscreen or use eye gel to refresh eye. Instead, use sunglasses that can protect from ultraviolet light, or use an umbrella or a hat

2. Drink plenty of water
This will prevent dehydration which means it can prevent the occurrence of wrinkles in the eye.

3. Do eye exercises
The way to move the eyeball in all directions ie, right and left, up and down, and rotate it clockwise and counterclockwise. Regular eye exercise helps maintain a perfect vision.

4. Consumption of fruit and vegetables
Content of minerals, vitamins in fruits is a useful nutrient for eye beauty, besides also useful for skin and body health. Particularly, vitamin C in fruits or vegetables can help the formation of collagen increase the elasticity of the eye.

5. Clean the eyes of cosmetics before sleep
If not cleaned, the rest of cosmetics will clog pores. To clean the eye, you should use a special eye cleaner eye, because the eye has the more sensitive than other facial parts. Or use whole milk to clean it. After that, apply eye cream that will help care for the eyes at night.

6. Eye compress
Compress using potato or cucumber slices for 10 minutes is useful to reduce dark circles. To facilitate the circulation of blood in the eye, the eye can be compressed using ice cubes and wipe around the eyes.

I hope some of these eye care tips useful for you. Good luck!:)

Jan 15, 2010

Garlic for a Healthy Body


In addition to a complementary or cooking seasoning, garlic has huge benefits for health. if we look back a few centuries ago, the benefits of garlic for cooking and health had already used it since the days of ancient Greece and Rome, to be consumed and treatment. Meanwhile, in Lebanon recipes, garlic has always used as a recipe for a diet. Over time, more and more discovered benefits of garlic for health and then tested through a series of studies. some properties of garlic include:

1. Helps lower cholesterol levels.
This is because there ajoene substance contained therein, ie a compound that is anti-cholesterol and help prevent blood clotting.

2. Help prevent heart attacks
The reason garlic is useful to help minimize blockages in heart arteries, so to minimize the occurrence of attacks.

3. Inhibit the growth of cancer cells
Garlic can also help prevent cancer as evidenced by research conducted by the University of Minnesota. The study showed that the risk of cancer in old age decreased by 50 percent when eating garlic regularly.

4. Increasing blood insulin for diabetics.

5. Disabling free radicals that disrupt the immune system.

Consumption of garlic, of course, must be balanced with a healthy lifestyle such as reducing the foods that contain fat or high cholesterol, many sports, resting and eating foods rich in nutrients.

Jan 12, 2010

Be Careful With Sugar


Do you like cake? ice cream? or candy? these foods are the favorite by the people, why? 'sweet' is the answer. but do you know that something sweet in the mouth is not always good for your health. Here is a bad result caused by a lot of sugar you consume, among others :


1. Risk of getting heart disease
In addition to obesity and alcohol, sugar is the main cause of increased levels of triglycerides in the blood circulation. triglyceride levels are increased in certain circumstances such as the age above 50 years, can increase the incidence of coronary heart disease risk.

2. Weakened immune
In our bodies there are many who work phagosit deadly germs that attack our bodies. the entry of sugar in our body can cause weakness in phagosit kill germs, it was reported that if you eat 6 teaspoons of sugar, then the ability to kill germs phag5osit decreased to 25 percent.

3. easy to feel tired, sleepy and often difficult to concentrate.

4. risk of diabetes disease.

5. Cause dental decay

Jan 8, 2010

Why Must Drink Milk ?


Despite its many benefits, but many people are reluctant to drink milk.one of the reasons for the price of milk is expensive or do not like to drink milk because it likes to feel nausea or abdominal pain after drinking milk. whereas many benefits that can be gained by drinking milk. include:

* To prevent osteoporosis and keep bones strong. For children, milk for bone growth function that makes the child becomes high.
* Lower blood pressure.
* Preventing tooth decay and maintaining oral health. Milk can reduce the acidity of the mouth, stimulates saliva, reduce plaque and prevent cavities.
* Neutralizes toxins such as metal or tin may be contained in food.
* Prevent the occurrence of colon cancer.
* Preventing type 2 diabetes.
* Beautify skin, making it more shine.
* Helping to sleep faster. This is because the content of the milk will stimulate the hormone melatonin which would make drowsy body.

There are some types of milk that is currently on the market, including:

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Full cream
Containing 4% fat and typically contain lots of vitamin A and vitamin D.
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Low fat
Low-fat milk, because the fat content is only half of full cream milk.
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Scheme
Milk fat content even less, less than 1%.
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Milk evaporation
Namely milk has evaporated some of the water to become thick. Similar to sweetened condensed milk, but it was tasteless
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Pasteur Milk
Through the process of milk pasteurization (heating) 65 ° to 80 ° C for 15 seconds to kill pathogenic bacteria that can cause disease.
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Flavoured
Actually, full cream milk or low fat you add a certain taste for variety. For example milk chocolate, strawberry, banana, and other sense. Generally contain more sugar because of the addition of this feeling.
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Calcium enriched
Milk is supplemented with calcium and fat content has been reduced.
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UHT
Stands for Ultra-High Temperature-Treated. This type of milk is milk that is heated in a high temperature (140 ° C) for 2 seconds then immediately placed in airtight cartons. This milk can be stored for a long time.
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CLA
Milk is useful for people who want to streamline the body. CLA stands for Conjugated Linoleic Acid is who will assist in the formation of muscle and speed up fat burning.


To see such great benefits to drinking milk, so why not start drinking milk from now

Jan 6, 2010

Benefits a Water for Healthy


Given the importance of water, then the advice given was that we should drink at least 8 glasses of water a day, or about two or two and a half liters of water. Here are some of the benefits of water for the body:

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Make a healthier body
If sufficient water intake, this can help make the distribution of nutrients throughout the body becomes so well that all the cells in the body can repair itself with these nutrients. By drinking water as recommended will also alleviate the kidneys and liver work that can help us avoid kidney and liver disease.
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Facilitate digestion
Drinking water helps the disposal of metabolic poisons more smoothly. This will help us avoid digestive diseases such as stomach ulcers and constipation.
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Adding natural beauty
Lack of water will make our skin look dry and wrinkled. Water will help keep the skin supple so keep looking young and naturally beautiful.
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Make the Body Slimmer
Water can lose weight. Why? Because water is not calorie, fat free, cholesterol free and low natrium.addition, water helps the body fat stored outlines.

For those who are dieting, water can be a friend who should not be forgotten. By drinking warm water before eating, will help us feel full so that will reduce appetite and reduce our food portions. Drinking water will not make fat because water does not contain calories, sugars and fats.
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Increasing fertility
To you who are planning a pregnancy, it was water can help increase fertility because it stimulates the production of the male hormone testosterone and estrogen in women.