Monday, November 9, 2009

FACIAL RECIPE

A facial recipe for facial masks is desired by many because of the benefits that a facial provides for the skin. Basically, massaging the facial mixture into the skin lightly helps to warm the skin. Having the facial mask rest on the skin for several minutes also helps raise the temperature of the skin. This increase in skin temperature subsequently increases blood circulation in the skin and this helps rejuvenate it because the facial ingredients are able to penetrate better and function more effectively.
A facial mask removes deeply embedded dirt from the pores of the skin. This cannot be achieved thoroughly with cleansing alone. Trapped dirt that blocks skin pores often leads to acne breakouts and skin rashes. Masks containing clay help to remove excess oil effectively from the skin. Masks also help remove dead skin cells on the surface of the skin, an essential procedure for healthy and glowing skin. Depending on the ingredients, a facial recipe can provide great moisturizing for the skin as well.
Anti aging facial masks target the reduction and prevention of fine lines and wrinkles and also tighten the skin. Overall, when these elements are eliminated or reduced the skin looks and feels many years younger.
In addition to all these benefits, a facial mask is an effective stress reliever. Most masks require 15 to 20 minutes of time to work. During this time, the person having the facial is lying down and relaxing.
Homemade facial recipes are thought by many to be better than store bought products because the ingredients going into the facial recipe can be controlled. Indeed some, but not all, bought facial masks do contain preservatives, fragrances, and other unnecessary chemical additives that are not ideal for good skin health. Therefore, healthy-skincare.com provides some facial recipes below that can be made in the home in order to achieve healthy and younger looking skin.



Facial to Reduce Eye Puffiness

2 teaspoons of grated raw potato with no skin
1 teaspoon of a moisturizer not containing urea

Combine the moisturizer with the grated potato until well mixed. Apply the facial mixture around the eyes and cover with a cool, damp cotton or gauze for 10 to 15 minutes.


Mint Mask to Rejuvenate Skin

1 tablespoon ground or powdered spearmint
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon of honey
Combine the ingredients in a blender and blend until the mixture is fluffy. Apply to the skin for about 15 minutes and then rinse off.


Facial Mask for Normal Skin

2 tablespoons of green or rose clay
1 teaspoon of honey
2 drops of geranium oil

Use aloe vera juice or water to make a paste. Apply to the face for about 15 to 20 minutes and then rinse off with warm water.


Herbal Facial to Clean Skin and Tighten Pores

1 tablespoon of honey
1 egg
1 teaspoon crumbled dried chamomile flowers
1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh mint

Mix all of the ingredients together in a small bowl. Apply the mixture to your face and neck area. Let it dry for about 10 to 15 minutes and then rinse off with warm water.


Sensitive Skin Mask

1 tablespoon of rose clay
1 to 2 teaspoons of avocado oil
1 drop of rose oil
1 drop of roman chamomile oil

Use water, if necessary, to make a paste. Use a little more clay if the mixture is too runny. Apply to the face for about 15 minutes and then rinse the face with clean warm water.


Peel Off Mask

1 packet of unflavoured gelatin
½ cup fruit juice
Heat the ingredients together gently to dissolve the gelatin. Let cool until almost set. Apply to face, let dry completely and then peel off.


Enchanted Garden Mask
The papaya in this recipe provides enzymes that soften the skin by removing dead cells on the surface of the skin.
½ of ripe papaya
½ teaspoon of lemon or lime juice
1 teaspoon honey
Mash the ingredients together. Apply to the face and leave on for ten minutes. Rinse well with clean cool water.


Fruity Face Mask
Mash a banana, some pineapple, and some strawberries together with a fork. Pat the fruity mixture onto face and leave it on the skin for 10 to 15 minutes. Rinse off the mask with cool water.


Creamy Avocado Mask
Mash up one tablespoon of ripe avocado and mix in ½ teaspoon of honey. Stir in a little almond meal until the mixture is creamy. Apply to clean skin, leave on for 15-20 minutes, and then wash off with lukewarm water.
Benefits of Drinking Water

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 to 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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Slenderize
Water can lose weight. Why? Because water is not calorie, fat free, cholesterol free and low natrium.Selain it, 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.


Water Supply
How to order Your Drinking Water Frequently
Always carry drinking water supply, such as a bottle of water.
After eating, do not forget to drink a glass of water.
Drink water before, during and after exercise or heavy activities.
Choose to drink water when resting than drinking coffee, soft drinks and other sugary drinks.

Given the importance of water, the next question is how to choose healthy drinking water. If no clean drinking water can cause diarrhea or other diseases. While currently there are various types of drinking water are offered such as ground water, water from Water Company (PAM), Water Supply in Package (AMDK), mineral water and hexagonal water. What are the differences of each type of water?

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Groundwater
For residents in rural drinking water can be drawn from ground water drawn from wells or rivers. However, should watch out if water sources are located in industrial areas or waste disposal site. Whereas in big cities such as Jakarta, ground water is no longer suitable for consumption, since many contain bacteria Eschericia coli (E. coli), the content of iron (Fe) and Manganese (Mn) and acidity (pH) which exceeds the criteria of water healthy drink. This is because the number of human-generated pollutants that damage the ground water.
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Piped water
To be able to produce good water, Drinking Water Company (PAM) is a technology in accordance with drinking water treatment, but was also influenced by the quality of water used as raw material if the water is polluted or not.
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Water Supply In Packaging (AMDK)
Water is treated with special technology such as sterilization technology and packaged in plastic bottles or other containers. Permission for the new company will usually issued when a good laboratory test results. In order to get good drinking water, the company should always control the results and treat drinking water well production equipment.
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Mineral Water
Water is obtained from the source, generally from the mountains and packed immediately, so there minerals in it with a certain amount is allowed.
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Air hexagonal
This type of water molecule has a series of structured, hexagon-shaped so-called hexagonal. This type of water is more easily absorbed by the body, faster to deliver nutrients throughout the body, remove toxic metabolic waste, and will optimize the body's metabolism.

Naturally, this water contained in the Zamzam water well in Mecca, in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland, and in Lourdes, France. In addition to natural, hexagonal water can be made by using natural minerals that can help the formation of hexagonal structure in the water. The temperature during the formation should also be noted that these structures can cause a break down to become regular water.

Hexagonal water is generally sold in containers, but these drinks more healthful to believe the body may also prevent aging. By drinking hexagonal water is considered to increase vitality, slow the aging process and prevent disease. Only this type of water is generally more expensive than other types.

Now, you can determine which are worthy of drinking water to drink. Immediately rejected if the colored water, cloudy or smelly. Whereas when buying packaged water, watch the seals do not open or leaking.


How Many who had to be drunk?

Without taking in enough water, the body can be susceptible to disease. So, be sure to consume at least 8 glasses each day, or about at least two liters of water. Every day, about two liters of water wasted through the skin, lungs, intestines, and kidneys.

This lost water must be changed so that we do not become dehydrated. If you are short of water or become dehydrated, so some signs such as headache, fatigue, aches, urine is concentrated, are not resistant to heat, as well as mouth and dry eyes will be on your body.

How much water to drink every day? For healthy people need a minimum of two to two and a half liters of water a day. If you exercise, then you will need more water. Likewise, if you live in hot climates. For those who are obese, need to drink an extra glass of water for every extra 10 kilograms of ideal body weight. However, contrary to some people with certain diseases such as heart failure or renal dysfunction, some doctors recommend not drinking too much water. This too must be with the consultant recommendations.

Do not substitute water with other liquids such as fruit juice. Although a healthy body, fruit juices contain calories. Similarly, beverages that contain sugar and milk, will also make the body needs more water to digest. Especially if you drink much alcohol or caffeinated beverages like coffee and tea. These drinks have a diuretic properties of compounds that increase the flow of art, so we need to drink more water to replace what was removed.

Therefore, do not drink water when you feel thirsty. When you feel thirsty, then you probably already dehydrated. Therefore, drink at least 8 glasses a day or 2 to 2.5 liters per day for your health. Drink a glass of water right now.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

:: Family Health Articles::
How to slimming Body
There are many ways to lose weight, starting from the various methods of diet, exercise, liposuction, acupuncture, slimming medicine to drink. Which is safe and effective?

Referring to the world health agency, WHO, noted that weight loss is not good can be done instantly, but it is a long-term therapy. Needed to lose weight not only reduces eating, but also needed guidance from a nutritionist before making dietary changes, along with physical activity and behavioral therapy.

To find out which way slimming healthy, safe, and effective, please read the following descriptions to complete.

Liposuction
How to remove fat that is the trend now is liposuction surgery and tummy-tuck. This operation was chosen because a lot of weight can come down drastically without exercising and tired of dieting, it is proved by the testimony of a famous artist. But why did it even though the fat is removed, the body is still too stretchy?

Basically liposuction is surgery to remove fat under the skin, and made to achieve harmony of body, not to lose weight. While tummy-tuck is the process of disposal of excess fat tissue and the overlying skin to form a more aesthetic body. Fat should not be reduced any more than 3-5 kg once operations

According to nutrition specialist, dr.Johanes Chandrawinata, MND, SpGK, both types of operations are usually performed on patients who doctors had bodies sagged after the body weight lost. So, to lose weight first before surgery, not surgery to lose weight because after 3 months the body will be fat again.

Gastric binding & gastric by-pass
This action is selected if by any slimming method did not work. Gastric binding is the installation tool "binding the stomach" which causes a smaller stomach pouch so that we will not eat too much because your body feel full faster. Through these actions can decrease weight 35-60 percent in 12 months.

Unlike the gastric temporary binding, gastric by-pass is permanent, the doctor will make a 'road' connecting the base of the stomach with the small intestine so that food through the stomach but not directly into the small intestine. With gastric by-pass, weight loss can be reduced to 80 percent. To perform these two types of action, patients should be aged over 35 years.

Akunpuntur
Until now akunpuntur method can not be scientifically proven to lose weight. Generally, the patients had stopped in the middle of the road because never get the ideal weight expected.

Drugs and supplements slimming
Prior to believe by the lure of advertising, you should first thoroughly content drugs and supplements. Drug control agencies and the U.S. food (FDA) even forbade the consumption of slimming supplements that contain ingredients or ephedrine akftif E.sinica having symptoms of psychiatric side effects, interfere with the gastrointestinal tract and makes the heart pounding.

Although mentioned can reduce fat levels, not a slimming drug is only able to reduce body weight 1.2 kg for 6-14 weeks, equivalent to redah calorie diet for 1250/hari at 0.5 week period without any medication.

Popular diet
Popular diets often called "Fad Diets", a characteristic of other promising rapid weight reduction, can cure diseases, recommends the use of supplements, eating on time, limit or prohibit certain foods and only for a period of view.

Which can be classified into fad diets such as low-carb diet, food combining, diet based on blood type, mayo clinic diet. Because of the prohibition to eat certain foods, usually nutrients the body needs not being met because of lack of vitamins, iron, and fiber.

In terms of nutrition, each meal (morning, afternoon and evening) is recommended to eat foods that vary in the amount of balance, because the body needs various nutrients as well.

Lose weight in a healthy
Although no definitive answer which diet best for weight loss, but dr. John recommended dietary patterns conducted by the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) in the United States. NWCR is a collection of the data (there are 4000 people) who have lost weight over 13 kg and persisted for more than 5 years.

Characteristic diet is low in fat (24 percent of calorie intake), intake of high carbohydrate, low-calorie (1300-1500 kcal / day). Because we can not know how many calories are contained in food, dr.Johanes suggested to reduce intake is smaller than normal portions.

"To reduce 500 calories a day easily kok, for example, if eating gado-gado, peanut sauce and reduce snack, prefer white rice instead of fried rice, and so on", the suggestion that doctors who practice in hospitals. St.Boromeus, Bandung.

Explained by dr.Johanes, the majority of the members listed in NWCR doing breakfast on a regular basis, monitor their own weight and doing regular exercise. With low-fat diet is low in calories such as these have proven to be able to lose weight more than 13 kg and can be maintained for more than 5 years.

How you can protect your complexion during the year's coldest season


Myth: You need to ditch your go-to face cream when it’s nippy.
Truth: You don’t have to put your fave formula on ice. Simply winterize it. Unless you live in an extreme climate (say, the North Pole), your regular hydrator should hold up. But give it more oomph by applying a moisturizing serum first. Serums are lightweight, so they won’t change your lotion’s consistency. Plus, they penetrate deeply, delivering ingredients more effectively. Choose one with hyaluronic acid (such as Cygalle Healing Spa Sea Pearl Elixir, $95), which plumps up cells by attracting water. If your complexion is extra arid, add a glycerin-rich overnight cream (we like Roc Multi-Correxion Night Treatment, $25) to prevent dehydration as you snooze, which is when skin is most vulnerable to dryness.

Myth: You should switch up the color of your base with the seasons.
Truth: You should alter your foundation’s finish with the seasons. Now that you use sunscreen daily (c’mon — you do, don’t you?) and have access to fab self-tanners, it’s likely that your skin tone doesn’t change radically after Labor Day. What may vary is how your makeup interacts with the elements. Case in point: When cold winds blow, you don’t want to smooth on the same matte base you do in August or else your face may appear dull. Instead, shift to a hydrating foundation with a satiny finish, suggests Tim Quinn, a celebrity makeup artist in New York City for Giorgio Armani Beauty. Try formulas with water and glycerin as the main ingredients, such as Maybelline New York Dream Liquid Mousse, $10.

Myth: It’s fine to slack off on sunscreen in winter, when the sun isn’t as strong.
Truth: The sun’s rays are just as insidious when the mercury drops. True, UVB rays are weaker this time of year, but that doesn’t mean you get a pass on protecting yourself. That’s because the glare from snow, buildings and even sidewalks can make shorter-wave UVB rays (the ones that burn) up to 80 percent more intense. Meanwhile, UVAs — which cause wrinkles and skin cancer — remain constant year-round. “When you go outdoors on a rainy, wintry day, you still acquire the same amount of UVA damage that you would on a sunny beach in July,” says Jeannette Graf, M.D., a dermatologist in Great Neck, New York. The bottom line: It’s best to apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30 every day of the year, wherever you live.