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Almonds Help with Weight Loss
Did you know that aside from providing good mono-unsaturated fats, almonds may help you shed those unwanted pounds? A few years back, researchers actually found that people eating a diet rich in almonds lost more weight than those on a high-carb diet with the same number of calories, which goes against the traditional belief that weight loss is all…
Aloe Vera - The Healing Plant
Aloe Vera is a plant of many surprises and wonders. Whether you use it as vital ingredient in beauty products or it is consumed as dietary supplement. Aloe Vera is a hot fertile region plant, but now it is cultivated in most part of the world. Aloe is a member of the lily family although it looks more of a cactus. It has been used for its medicinal…
Anti Aging - What Old Means?
Dont be afraid of being old. A lot of positive things still can be done. The question is how to deal with it comfortably.Everybody wants to live longer, but no one wants to be or look old. That is the phenomenon that happened in this time. All kinds of way of are conducted, the rational ones and even the illogical ones to cover the signs of being o…
Aromatherapy Basics
Everyone has different skin types from each other and this means that we all require different treatments for our skin. Age and skin needs also affect how we need to treat the skin. All members of the family from grandparents to babies use various products for the skin to maintain the skin's health, looks and feel. At the same time as treating the …
Ayurveda- A Complete Science of Life
Woman body is wonderfully complex and delicate. She play multiple role in her life like mother, daughter, wife, homemaker is physically and mentally quite taxing. Because of her special reproductive role, she is at risk of some female disorders.Ayurveda is a health care system sensitive to women's special health needs. Women are far more sensitive …
Beauty Products
People have always strived to become more beautiful, and the modern beauty product industry has put this within the reach of most of us. If you wish to truly change your look, you need to visualize specific changes. Most women enjoy experimenting with varieties of beauty products as a way of expressing themselves and relieving stress. And with mod…
Beauty Tips
Beauty is an essence. Looking beautiful means having one of the most comforts of life. Looking beautiful means get noticed. And who don't' want to be noticed. The word 'beauty' has a number of synonyms, cute, smart, gorgeous, handsome, and good looking sexy, stylish and after all beautiful.When we use word beauty or beautiful, it clearly indicates …
Benefits Of Garlic
BENEFITS OF GARLICBy: Munir MoosaFor generation, people are not only using garlic because of its medicinal value, but traditionally, people have rubbed their bodies with it, buried it besides their bodies in coffin, worn it around their necks, draped it on household walls and even prayed to it. This great bulb has a lot of benefits, because no oth…
Blood Type Diet
Most of us out there who are interested in the latest diet have heard of the Blood Type diet and maybe have even tried it. But what is it about blood type that relates to the foods we eat? Diet inventor, Peter D'Adamo believes that lectins, a form of protein found in foods, can wreak havoc in the body if you eat a food containing lectin…
Boost Your Metabolic Rate
One of the keys to weight loss is figuring out how to boost your metabolic rate and believe it or not, its NOT rocket science. Here are 7 of the top ways for you to boost your metabolism and keep it that way:• Increase Protein: Protein helps to stabilize insulin secretion into your blood, which can affect metabolism; aim for a minimum of…
Breaking the Itch-Scratch Cycle: Natural Eczema Cures.
You'll want to read this article if you are interested in natural eczema cures. It will show you how the condition can be worsened by prescription and over the counter drugs and medications, the root causes of eczema and how you can naturally cure eczema both easily and quickly. These eczema cures will not only return your skin to a healthy, radian…
Cabbage Soup Diet
Do you remember the old cabbage soup diet? Maybe you have heard of it but have no idea what the diet actually entails? Well, I want to tell you that it is not just cabbage soup, which will come as a relief to some. But that doesn’t mean it hasn’t got all of the great qualities which make it a classic fad diet. Ye…
Calcium for Weight Loss
A study recently published in the most recent issue of the British Journal of Nutrition has shown that boosting calcium consumption spurs weight loss, but only in people whose diets are deficient in the mineral. The 15-week weight loss program was conducted on obese women and the participants consumed an average of less than 600 mg of calcium per d…
Chaotic Home Makes Moms Obese
This post is not related specifically to a diet but a weight-related study which I found very pertinent to my readers in a few ways. A recent study published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved has reported that chaos and household instability increases the possibility that a mother will be obese. In the study, ho…
Chew Gum, Manage Your Weight
Who doesn’t enjoy a nice piece of chewing gum? Well, I may be jumping the gun a bit here but I do love a nice stick of sugarless cinnamon gum. And now it turns out that chewing may be very good forweight control too! Here’s the deal. In a recent study sponsored by Wrigley’s (I know! I know! Conflict of inte…
Choosing a Diet Pill
Many people fail to lose weight just because they’ve chosen an improper diet pill. In fact, the weight loss supplement that you choose makes all the difference between you and the dieters who do not succeed in losing weight. So, here are some basics you need to navigate within the vast world of diet pills…Appetite Suppressa…
Coconut Oil Diet
Seems counter intuitive to some to base a diet on an oil, I’m sure. But the Coconut oil diet has really become the latest rage, and there’s good evidence to back it up. You see, coconut oil is unusually rich in medium chain fatty acids (MCT) and lauric acid is the major fatty acid that is derived from the fat of the coconut,…
DASH for Your Health
High blood pressure affects more than 1 in 3 Americans and is a potentially dangerous chronic condition that often goes unnoticed and can damage the body's organs. Risk of onset rises with age and about 30 % of adults 18 and over show early signs of hypertension, which can get much worse if untreated. Since high blood pressure increases the odds of…
Diet Foods Fuel Obesity in Kids
Interestingly, this blog is all about diets but we have yet to discuss diet foods here (as in, reduced calorie foods). Although I am all for calorie reduction when it comes to achieving ones ideal weight, I have always steered clear of low-calorie versions of higher calorie foods, especially for youngsters and now, there’s a clearer rea…
Diet From the Stone Age
It’s pretty crazy to think that the healthiest diet for humans may have been the one we followed before the development of agriculture. But there’s a growing number of people who believe in this type of diet and feel their very best when eating a diet free of grains and dairy. During the Paleolithic Era, all people were hunter-gatherers…
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Our Dad always told us not to sweat the small stuff but only now have I begun to take this to heart. The fact is that life is much simpler when you work on freeing your mind and I have compiled some easy and practical steps you can take now to do just that…Start by shutting off and giving yourself some “no phone” time. The …
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Our Dad always told us not to sweat the small stuff but only now have I begun to take this to heart. The fact is that life is much simpler when you work on freeing your mind and I have compiled some easy and practical steps you can take now to do just that… Start by shutting off and giving yourself some “no phone” time…
Eat Like the French, Look Like the French!
In seeking to understand the mysteries of diet and weight loss, scientists often turn to take a look at the people of France, who are probably one of the biggest lifestyle paradoxes around. Known for their slim and attractive population, you’ll rarely see an obese person in France. And it is hard to imagine how when you consider t…
Eating Like an Okinawan
Did you know that one of the healthiest diets may be that of the Okinawans? Yes, the Japanese Ministry of Health has been studying older Okinawans since 1976 hoping to understand what’s behind their near-perfect good health and I want to share a bit of that with you here. First, Okinawans have the longest disability-free life expe…
Eliminating Blackheads Efficiently and Quickly
Everyone eventually gets an unsightly blemish called a blackhead and everyone, man, woman, teenager all desire to be rid of it as fast as possible. Blackheads fortunately do not have to be part of everyday life. They can be eliminated.Blackheads differ from the average pimple in both appearance and cause. Blackheads are just that - a black -topped …