Health & Beauty Tips
Health & Beauty Tips:
Submitted by Leslie Askerneese
BEAUTY TIPS
Need to get rid of pimple overnight?
Crush an aspirin, mix with water and make into a paste, then apply it to your pimple. Over night in most cases you can shrink the pimple.
Different ways to use Mayonnaise
Give yourself a facial!
Smooth 2 Tbs. mayonnaise on your face, leave on for 10 minutes and rinse. The spread contains vitamin A, which exfoilates dead surface cells, while its fats and proteins hydrate and smooth the skin.
Condition your hair!
After washing your hair with your favorite shampoo generously apply mayonnaise to your hair and put a plastic cap over top, leave on for approximatly 1/2 hour and rinse off.
This homemade conditioner is cooling and refreshing in the summer months and is an excellent moisturizer.
Soothe Sunburn!
Soothe the sting of sunbrun by dabbing cool mayonnaise on the sore spots. It moisturizes the area while creating a protective barrier that sheilds it from any further irratation.
Ease off a stuck ring!
Rub mayonnaise over the swollen finger and the ring will slide off with ease.
HEALTH TIPS
5 easy ways to prevent heart diseaese
Lower Bad Cholesterol
Regularly consuming naringin-the compound that gives grapefruit its bitter edge- helps lowwer “bad LDL levels by up to 17%, studies show
Raise HDL Cholesterol with Cranberry Juice
In one study, drinking three 8 oz glasses a day of 100% cranberry juice for a month increased good HDL levels in healthy adults by 10%
Ease Inflammation with Magnesesium
People with low levels of magnesium (those who get less than 400mg a day) are twice as likely to have high levels of C-reactive protein, which triggers heart damaging swelling, say reseachers.
Snack on Watermelon
Scientist found that red, seedless watermelon contains about 40% more of the heart protective antioxidant lycopene than raw tomatoes. Thanks to watermelon’s high water content its lycopene is absorbed by the body much more easily.
Prevent clots by drinking water
People who fit in at least five 8 oz. glasses a day are 54% less likely to have a fatal heart attack, than those who drink less than two glasses a day, a study found. Water makes the blood less likely to clot. The researchers conclude that hydration is as important as exercise and diet in preventing heart disease.
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Article Source: Woman’s World
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