Easy and Natural Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol

When choosing any diet plan, you should always make an effort to manage your intake of bad cholesterol, or LDL. While the easiest way to do this is minimizing your intake of meat and eggs, there are many other natural ways to accomplish it as well. Get More Vitamin E Taking 400 international units of Vitamin E can prevent the oxidation of bad cholesterol. Oxidation is the process that causes cholesterol to harden and become plaque, increasing the risk of heart attack. Vitamin E also raises the level of HDL. HDL is a good form of cholesterol that actually helps remove any bad cholesterol clogging your arteries. Start taking a Vitamin E supplement or add things like olive oil and nuts to your diet. Don't Skip Breakfast People who eat...

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Have You Ever Had An Ugly Day?

Do you ever get "Fat ugly days?" Days when you just feel fat and ugly and don't want to leave the house? My wife was having a fat and ugly day yesterday according to her. She said it's very common amongst women, especially at a certain time of the month. To be honest "fat ugly day" is not a term I had ever heard until a few years ago. I first heard it from a comedian and my wife thought it was hilarious and said she could relate to feeling like that. One thing I have learnt about women over the years no matter how good us men think they may look, if they don't feel good about themselves it doesn't matter what we say. What causes this to happen? Of course anything can make us feel bad. It's usually a combination of factors: Work Kids/Family/Relationships Money Diet...

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Beauty Care In Your 40s - Tips To Help You Look Stunning

The 40s are a time of concern for most women because this is when they definitely start showing the signs of aging. As a matter of fact, all the excesses of their youth show up that faster on their faces. This is when the skin starts to change in texture and can start to sag. The first wrinkles also appear in the late 40s. To make things worse, the skin also starts to look dull. However, you can take heart from knowing that there are many things you could do to stay attractive for as long as possible. Before you do anything, you need to start by accepting your age. If you still try to look like you did when you were in your 30s or even your 20s then the results will not be good. 1. Use high quality sun protection products on your...

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Friends Don't Let Friends Do IgG Testing

Are you like me? Did some well-meaning practitioner at some point recommend IgG testing as a means to find out if you have food sensitivities? Maybe you had nagging digestive issues, body aches, fatigue, or unexplained migraines. A blood test, they said, could help us see what foods your body doesn't work well with. Not knowing any better and desperate to get better, you fork over the money. A lot of it. And are you also like me in that when you got the results back and took out those foods... nothing happened. OK, maybe you felt a little more energetic by cutting out wheat or in my case, had significantly less skin inflammation by cutting out dairy, but nothing else resolved. Over time you resumed eating anything you wanted and were...

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Tips for Soothing Your Sensitive Skin

Sensitive skin is a common problem, which many people experience. Skin that is prone to irritation or redness when a new product is applied, or develops an allergic reaction frequently, is considered as sensitive. People who suffer from rosacea also have sensitive skin. It is believed that their skin becomes inflamed because of a fungal or bacterial infection, but the exact cause still has not been identified. Medicines can be used for treatment, but sometimes natural alternatives may be a better option. Substances which have anti-inflammatory properties can decrease the symptoms such as green tea, chamomile and R-Lipoic acid. In fact, these natural products also make the skin look younger. Contact dermatitis and eczema are also common...

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What to Look for in Salons

Whether you live in a small or large community, you likely have a nice choice of salons for your hair care and beauty needs. Unfortunately, not every house of beauty will leave you feeling your best when you're done. If you really want to make sure you leave your appointment looking fabulous every time, you need to do your research and find the top salons in the area. Here are a few things to look for to know that you are dealing with a top salon that will give you the look you want: Experience and Training Not every hair stylist or aesthetician with a license to practice in Michigan has the right experience or training to give you the results you want. It is important that you look for establishments that hire staff who have many...

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