The Healthy Skin Secret Diet Plan

For the most part, to have great skin your diet needs to be based around lots of fresh fruits/veggies, healthy fats, proteins, with minimal processed foods, and include lots of water for proper skin hydration.

If you can, buy organic foods in order to avoid putting more toxins in your body (most of us already get more than enough just from the air we breath!).

The following are some other good nutritional tips to help you properly nourish your skin.

Avoid processed foods - especially those containing sugar, white flour, and trans fats as much as you can. These include:

• All "white" foods, including white bread, pasta, and baked goods
• Processed, high-fat and/or high-sodium foods (e.g., many lunch meats, many frozen dinners, many soups)
• Oily, and fried foods
• All high-sugar junk foods. This includes sodas and other sugar filled soft drinks too!
• Alcohol (except for small amounts of red wine occasionally)

Many experts believe that a "perfect" diet for healthy skin would contain all of the following foods:

• Fresh organic fruits (bright dark colored fruits packed with anti-oxidants and phytonutrients are preferred)
• Raw and lightly steamed organic vegetables (bright colored with phytonutrients and anti-oxidants preferred)
• To make sure your diet includes plenty of vitamin C, eat citrus fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C such as bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, and leafy greens. These foods can replace the loss of the vitamin through the skin.
• Oily, cold-water ocean fish (e.g., mackerel, lake trout, herring, sardines, albacore tuna and salmon) which are high in two kinds of omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
• Foods high in Omega-3 essential fatty acids (e.g., Cauliflower, Cabbage, Brussel Sprouts, and Soybeans)
• Good oils, such as flax oil, extra-virgin olive oil and macadamia nut oil
• Raw, organic nuts (including almonds, walnuts, and brazil nuts)
• Raw, organic seeds (especially mustard seeds, sunflower seeds)
• Small amounts of whole-grain foods
• Organic, hormone free low fat beef, and poultry

Note, the foods that are high in Omega-3 EFAs also have the added benefits of:

• reduce the amount of fat in your blood, lower triglycerides which in fact decrease the risk for heart disease.
• reducing risk for depression, type 2 diabetes, fatigue, dry and itchy skin, brittle hair and nails, joint pain and other inflammatory realted ailments.

Get Rid of those Pimples

Pimples are really a problem for young ladies like you. this could be due to hormonal influence. It could be due to your using harsh substances on your face such as strong soap, use of cosmetics or other cleansing substances which can worsen the condition of your facial skin. Wrong diet or lack of enough sleep can also aggravate your pimples.

You may follow these simple pieces of general advice.
1. Use only mild soaps
2. Wash your face before going to bed
3. Consult a dermatologist before applying cleansers, whiteners or any cosmetics to your sensitive
skin.
4. Do not prick or keep on touching your face because your hands may have harmful germs that
will worsen the condition of your pimples.
5. Eat the proper kinds of food. Eat a lots of fruits and vegetables, less of fats, meat and junk
foods.
6. Get enough sleep.

Healthy Breakfast

Get in the Breakfast Habit

It has been said many times, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. After a long period without eating your blood sugar levels will be low. Skipping breakfast can mean your body will start to crave something sweet and you'll end up snacking on unhealthy foods. Start the day with a filling and nutritious meal and you will give your metabolism a kick start. You'll feel full until lunch time with no temptation to snack your way through the morning. Some studies have also shown that eating breakfast (high carbohydrate/low fat) can make you more alert and assertive to face the day.

Get In the Habit

Overcome the reasons not to have breakfast and make it part of your day. If you're too busy in the morning, prepare as much as you can the night before. If you can't stomach anything first thing try just a glass of pure, unsweetened fruit juice, a banana, yoghurt or slice of toast. Get into the habit of trying different dishes at breakfast and enjoy it!

Breakfast Cereals

Go for a low-calorie muesli (no added sugar or salt) or a high fibre cereal - such as Weetabix or Shredded Wheat with semi skimmed or skimmed milk. Add some fresh fruit - a sliced banana or dried apricots - to add natural sweetness and help you resist the sugar. (They also count towards your daily fruit and vegetable quota). Check out our Tried and Tasted Breakfast Cereals.

Fresh Fruit Salad

Fresh fruit salad will provide a slow release of energy to get you through until lunchtime and also give you a healthy top up of vitamins and minerals. This healthy choice will motivate you to make healthy choices throughout the day. Peel and slice a few of your favourite fruits, top with a dollop of natural bio-yoghurt and enjoy with a slice of bread and honey. Alternatively, if you've got a blender, pop the peeled and cored fruit in with the yoghurt and teaspoon of honey and make a delicious fresh smoothie.

Egg and Soldiers

Egg and soldiers isn't all bad. Eggs are an excellent and compact source of nutrients, are relatively low in calories (75kcals each if boiled / poached) and contain very little saturated fat. Use wholemeal bread for the "soldiers" and resist the butter / spread - try marmite instead! Accompany with a glass of fruit or vegetable juice.

Traditional English

You don't have to miss out on your traditional Sunday breakfast. There's nothing wrong with a cooked breakfast as long as it's a "grill up", not a "fry up" - fried foods hold the fat! Eggs contain iron and calcium - to get the benefits poach or boil. Add some low-sugar, low-salt baked beans and a grilled tomato. Accompany with some toasted wholemeal bread and a glass of unsweetened fruit juice. Let your breakfast digest and then enjoy a Sunday morning walk (depending on your weight you'll burn between 90-190kcals walking moderately for 30 minutes).

Look Young!

Have you ever noticed how much older you look when you are stressed-out? Taking care of yourself physically, exercising, and learning a deep relaxation technique can actually make you appear and feel younger and more youthful. When you are worried and/or stressed, extra demands are placed on your body. This increases your need for good nutrition and sleep. Many scientists believe adequate sleep and good nutrition even combat the negative effects stress can have. Another potent weapon against stress and its aging effect is exercise. A regular program of aerobic exercises will: Increase energy levels Make you feel younger, more youthful. Improve self-esteem Clear your mind Make you appear more youthful Relax tensed muscles, including facial muscles where tension is aging, thus making you look younger. Deep relaxation makes you feel calm and refreshed. It is difficult to feel stress when your body is relaxed. In a mere 20 minutes per day, you can trade tension for relaxation and look and feel younger in the process. Better than an anti-aging pill. Exercise is legal mood-altering without a prescription... Exercising with music is even better. Give it a try. Play that music and get exercising for at least five minutes. It is an over-the-counter way to improve your mental outlook and your physical self. Extend that exercise until you are up to at least 30 minutes. Your disposition will rise with the length of time you exercise.

Play your favorite hot music and dance around the room alone. Wonderful exercise; wonderful mood elevator. Or try walking briskly in the park with a headset tuned to music. You'll come home relaxed and feeling sensational from the music and the outdoors. In the meantime, whenever anxiety is getting the upper hand in your life, ask yourself what's the worst thing that could happen. If it is something drastic, rethink your priorities. If not, you can be more relaxed when your problems are put in perspective.

How to get rid of mice naturally

Be careful with using poisons to rid your house of rodents. It will kill them, but you may not be able to find the dead animal and it may cause a stink! Depending on the severity of your problem, you have several options. If your house is completely infested, seek the help of a professional.

1. Try peppermint oil. Peppermint oil is a natural deterrent. The smell is simply too intense for rodents and they will not try to go near it. It also helps to mask the scent of any tasty morsels that have been missed when cleaning. You can get peppermint oil in most health food stores and even some major grocery stores. Place a drop or two on a cotton ball. Place the cotton balls in areas where mice are likely to enter your house, by doorways or heat vents, etc. Another helpful deterrent is to grow peppermint plants near the entryways. You can use the mint in cooking as well as it serving a deterrent purpose.
2. Seal the possible entries. Mice can get through tiny holes (if the head can get through, the body can), but the best way of having a mice free house is to close any possible entry. While this can be hard to achieve in old houses, it is the most effective solution. A good way to board up small holes is by using green kitchen pads (those used for cleaning pans and such) cut to the right size.
3. Stick steel wool in mouse holes. Steel wool pads will prevent mice from using the hole to get back into your house. Better still, it's too tough for mice to chew through.
4. Place tubs of used kitty litter around entrances the house. The mice will sniff the smell of cat urine and clear off in a jiffy.
5. Bait some mouse traps if you're not squeamish or opposed to this method. Good old fashioned mouse traps baited with peanut butter or bacon grease tend to work. They are more humane than glue traps but occasionally fail to kill, and may just maim. Glue traps catch the mouse, but it will not kill them. You will have to do the deed yourself. Electric mouse traps are highly effective, they cost about US$25 st stores like Home Depot in the USA, or try other hardware stores such as Bunnings or Carters. These will electrocute a mouse within 10 seconds of contact.
6. Try a humane trap. There are traps that catch the mouse in a box. The mouse can get in but not out. This can be a humane way to catch mice, but it can be a hassle because you must go to a remote location to release them. You don't want to throw them in the back yard because they will just come back in!
7. Zap with beeps. There is an electronic unit that emits a beeping sound that rodents hate. This sound is not a hazard to dogs and cats and can be bought at hardware stores (e.g. Home Depot in the USA has these for about US$30). But some studies suggest that they are ineffective.
8. Keep your home clean. If there is nothing to eat, they will be less likely to stay. Why not go out for dinner instead? Seriously, however, keep all food stored properly in airtight containers and in places that are safe from mouse attack.

Keeping your Smile beautiful

How to keep your smile Beautiful?

Do You Have Bad Breath? The easiest way to figure out if you have bad breath is by licking the back of your hand and blowing on it. Have a smell. This is almost as bad as your breath actually smells. To check if you might have halitosis, smell your unscented floss after flossing. If it smells bad, you might have halitosis. How do you get rid of bad breath? Obviously, regular brushing helps, but one of the best ways to fight bad breath is with regular tongue scraping. Ever so often, we like to give away tongue scrapers to our patients, so feel free to contact the office to pick up your tongue scraper. When NOT to Brush Your Teeth It is better to wait at least a half-an-hour after drinking soda prior to brushing your teeth. According to a study at Goettingen University in Germany, brushing is 3-5 times more effective at protecting enamel from the erosive effects of carbonated drinks. It is optimal to allow your saliva some time to help repair against the damage caused by aciden substances prior to brushing.

Foods that Boost your Memory

1.Lecithin is a natural complex of phospholipids encountered naturally in soy beans and also in many structures of our body, like the membranes of the brain cells. The main ingredient in soy lecithin is phosphatidyl choline, which increases the amount of choline in the body, a chemical employed by the brain as precursor of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that boosts memory capacity, intellectual skills and focusing. There are special types of lecithin rich in phosphatidyl cholines on the market.

2.There are various minerals and aminoacids crucial for the right functioning of the neurotransmitters and other brain functions. These minerals must be supplemented in case of intellectual effort: chrome, iron, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, copper and zinc.




3.Eat many fruits and green vegetables rich in vitamins, antioxidants and minerals. Bilberries, blackberries, grapes, fish and fish oil, eggs, spinach and almonds are also recommended.

4.Caffeine boosts memory. So, coffee and tea (black or green) are good for your memory. Caffeine proved to protect intellectual skills in older women. Female subjects who drank over three cups of coffee (or the same caffeine amount in tea) daily scored better in memory tests than those who only had one cup or less of coffee/tea daily.

5.Chocolate not only boosts serotonin, the “pleasure hormone”, but also comes with large amounts of epicatechin, which improves the brain blood flow and boosts memory.



6.A recent Japanese research found a new quality of the old onion: it boosts your memory! Subjects experiencing memory loss reported improved recall abilities after ingesting lightly cooked pieces of onion. An anti-oxidant chemical in onions seems to attach to toxins in the brain, helping in eliminating them. The sulfur containing chemical is turned on when onions are slightly heated in a pan, but overcooking can damage the chemical’s memory-boosting qualities. The same active chemical is also encountered in other members of the Allium genus, like garlic (Allium sativum) and leek (A. porrum).

How to Sleep Better

Here are some things that may help you to sleep better:

• Set a regular bedtime. Going to bed at the same time each night signals to your body that it's time to sleep. Waking up at the same time every day can also help establish sleep patterns. So try to stick to your sleep schedule even on weekends. Don't go to sleep more than an hour later or wake up more than 2 to 3 hours later than you do during the week.
• Exercise regularly. Try not to exercise right before bed, though, as it can rev you up and make it harder to fall asleep. Many sleep experts believe that exercising 5 or 6 hours before bedtime (in late afternoon) may actually help a person sleep.
• Avoid stimulants. Don't drink beverages with caffeine, such as soda and coffee, after 4 PM. Nicotine is also a stimulant, so quitting smoking may help you sleep better. And drinking alcohol in the evening can also cause a person to be restless and wake up during the night.
• Relax your mind. Avoid violent, scary, or action movies or television shows right before bed — anything that might set your mind and heart racing. Reading books with involved or active plots may also keep you from falling or staying asleep.
• Unwind by keeping the lights low. Light signals the brain that it's time to wake up. Staying away from bright lights (including computer screens!), as well as meditating or listening to soothing music, can help your body relax.
• Don't nap too much. Naps of more than 30 minutes during the day may keep you from falling asleep later.
• Avoid all-nighters. Don't wait until the night before a big test to study. Cutting back on sleep the night before a test may mean you perform worse than you would if you'd studied less but got more sleep.
• Create the right sleeping environment. Studies show that people sleep best in a dark room that is slightly on the cool side. Close your blinds or curtains (and make sure they're heavy enough to block out light) and turn down the thermostat in your room (pile on extra blankets or wear PJs if you're cold). Lots of noise can be a sleep turnoff, too.
• Wake up with bright light. Bright light in the morning signals to your body that it's time to get going.

If you're drowsy, it's hard to look and feel your best. Schedule "sleep" as an item on your agenda to help you stay creative and healthy.