All of us are keen to look after our face but blanch at the cost of skin care Products. We can make cleansers, toners and nourishers at home from fresh fruit, vegetables and other foodstuffs. Mainly fruit have a nourishing, revitalising and astringent action and can inhibit the growth of bacteria. Vegetable ingredients can fight inflammation and contain large amounts of vitamin A.
Honey and Cucumber cleansing milk
Peel, deseed, puree and sieve 1 / 4 of a small cucumber. mix two tablespoons honey into two tablespoons of the Juice then add one tablespoon full cream milk, apply to the face and neck, leave for 20 minutes and then wash off with water.
Banana Anti-ageing mask
Mash a small banana and mix in two tablespoons fresh cream , one tablespoon honey and one tablespoon potato flour. Apply to the face, leave for 30 minutes and then rinse off.
Egg white and lemon juice toning mask
Beat the white of an egg until stiff then fold in the Juice of half a lemon. Apply to the face and neck, leave for 20 minutes then rinse.
Archive for May, 2009
For Glowing Skin
Fatigue
Fatigue is one of the most common complaints of people. If your fatigue is not due to an underlying illness or drug side-effects, lifestyle changes can make a difference.
Complex carbohydrates such as whole-grain foods, as well as fruits and vegetables, provide lasting energy because they take a long time to digest.
Eating small meals throughout the day helps in stabilising your blood sugar levels, preventing the lows that make some people tired. Try eating five meals a day instead of the usual three. Snack on fresh fruits or vegetables, when you feel low, for there is a misconception that sugary foods can elevate your mood.
Make fitness a habit. Exercise increases the amount of oxygen rich blood reaching your brain and muscles, and increases the number of blood cells in the body. It helps in getting better sleep.
Always get prescribed drugs, over-the-counter antihistamines may cause fatigue.
Stay connected with family or friends. Avoid isolation, which can lead to boredom and depression, both of which can cause fatigue. Join a club or community Association, or become a volunteer.
Smoking lowers the oxygen level in your blood, so it is better to quit smoking.
Energize with ginseng, consider taking ginseng which has been shown to help fight fatigue.
Introduction – LIVE BETTER TO FEEL BETTER
All of us yearn for a more fulfilling life. We all long for a more successful career, deeper and more meaningful relationships, a healthier and more robust body. Sometimes when we see people who seem to have it all, we imagine that it’s all a matter of chance. But this is not true. We can learn to live better and feel better. This is something in our hands.
We all plan out our lives but not everything goes per plan. We make exercise regimes and but do not follow it. American experts fought over the new food guide pyramid, some of them realised that the little person running up the side of the pyramid may be the most important aspect. Adults will have to exercise at least 30 minutes most days. Food and exercise play an important role in bettering our life. Some people try to bring down the weight by cutting out drastically on their diet but the weight lost thus is only temporary. There are many ways to cut down weight without cutting down on our diet. Following different type of diets won’t work as they are deficient, not only in Calories but also in one or more nutrients. When such diets are followed the results last only for a short period. After following such diets our body tends to think there is a famine and starts conserving energy when the individual returns to normal eating pattern. Following these diets may lead to develop meant of deficiency diseases such as anaemia, weakness, softening of bones due to calcium deficiency, skin lesions because of lack of essential fatty acids in the diet, loss of lean body tissue from the body, loss of hair and in women irregular menstrual cycle.
Our mind plays an important role in our life. Our thoughts should be pure negative feelings examples jealously can be an ugly emotion, born of insecurity or possessiveness. Jealously is protection for Love, a reaction to a perceived threat to a valued relationship. Meditation and yoga help to keep our minds healthy. Art of living helps in overcoming worry to improve our luck, raising children the right way, to getting close to our family. So let us see some of the ways to better our life mentally and physically.