Healing foods... will this give you a better reason to indulge in some wonderfully delicious chocolate? Absolutely! Read on...
Dark Chocolate:
Benefits: Lowers blood pressure, improves heart health, it stimulates endorphin production, which gives a feeling of pleasure and it contains serotonin, which acts as an anti-depressant.
Kidney Beans:
Benefits: Excellent source of thiamin and riboflavin. Both vitamins help your body use energy efficiently, so you won't be nodding off in class or at work.
Garlic:
Benefits: Cut up a few extra cloves into your next recipe of spaghetti sauce or stir-fry. Garlic contains enzymes that can help increase the release of serotonin, which helps you feel relaxed.
Fish:
Benefits: Consuming two 4-6 ounce servings of oily fish (salmon, tuna, trout) each week, will sharpen your mind. Oily fish is high in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's!
Green Tea:
Benefits: Helps fight heard disease, cancer, burning fat, lowering cholesterol, prevents diabetes, and staving off dementia.
Chili Peppers:
Benefits: Can help in burning fat building muscles. Studies have shown that eating 1 tablespoon of chopped red or green chiles boosts metabolism by 23%!
Kiwi:
Benefits: Helps decrease the duration of a cold. One kiwi provides 117% of your daily recommended intake of vitamin C.
Olives:
Benefits: Rich in healthy monounsaturated fats which help reduce inflammation, a catalyst for migraines. One study found that the anti-inflammatory compounds in olive oil suppress the enzymes involved in inflammation in the same manner as ibuprofen.
Eating right doesn't mean eating foods that have no taste. It means eating foods that benefit your mind and body.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Is it possible to have perfect skin?
While I'm not certain that I'd use the descriptive "perfect" to describe beautiful looking skin, I do know there are several activities that will enhance your skin's natural beauty.
First and foremost - EXERCISE! Yes, I know, there was cringing involved after reading that word. Exercise doesn't have to be strenuous. It can be yoga or a leisurely walk. Getting yourself into a regular habit of activity other than sitting around, will for sure provide many benefits to your body.
Second - Wash your face religiously! How many of you wash your face twice a day? Allow me to put this idea into perspective for you. Let's say you wash regularly every morning. That's great, but think about the pollutants floating in the air outside, on your walk to work, or in the elevator or the germs from the person sitting next to you just sneezed into the air. Or second hand smoke from the restaurant where you had lunch. All that grime and dirt collects and adheres itself to the oils on your skin. If you don't wash them off before heading to bed, it all seeps into and clogs your pores. Ick! Now go wash your face! (I have some handy dandy Mary Kay Cleansing Cloths that I can sell you!)
Third - Use toner. After cleansing, toner not only finishes the job, by taking off every last bit of filth, but you need it to balance the PH in your skin.
Fourth - SPF. UV rays are damaging to the skin, we all know this. Use a sunscreen or a moisturizer with an SPF of 25 or higher. (Check out Mary Kay's TimeWise moisturizer with SPF 25).
Fifth - Eat healthy. That chocolate dessert isn't doing your skin, or your hips, any good! Limit caffeine, alcohol and eliminate sugars. Try taking a multi-vitamin and drinking green tea instead of soda. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, too.
Sixth - Stay hydrated. Water does a body good!
Seventh - Go easy on the make-up. If you're not taking good care of your skin, no color enhancements are going to cover the flaws.
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First and foremost - EXERCISE! Yes, I know, there was cringing involved after reading that word. Exercise doesn't have to be strenuous. It can be yoga or a leisurely walk. Getting yourself into a regular habit of activity other than sitting around, will for sure provide many benefits to your body.
Second - Wash your face religiously! How many of you wash your face twice a day? Allow me to put this idea into perspective for you. Let's say you wash regularly every morning. That's great, but think about the pollutants floating in the air outside, on your walk to work, or in the elevator or the germs from the person sitting next to you just sneezed into the air. Or second hand smoke from the restaurant where you had lunch. All that grime and dirt collects and adheres itself to the oils on your skin. If you don't wash them off before heading to bed, it all seeps into and clogs your pores. Ick! Now go wash your face! (I have some handy dandy Mary Kay Cleansing Cloths that I can sell you!)
Third - Use toner. After cleansing, toner not only finishes the job, by taking off every last bit of filth, but you need it to balance the PH in your skin.
Fourth - SPF. UV rays are damaging to the skin, we all know this. Use a sunscreen or a moisturizer with an SPF of 25 or higher. (Check out Mary Kay's TimeWise moisturizer with SPF 25).
Fifth - Eat healthy. That chocolate dessert isn't doing your skin, or your hips, any good! Limit caffeine, alcohol and eliminate sugars. Try taking a multi-vitamin and drinking green tea instead of soda. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, too.
Sixth - Stay hydrated. Water does a body good!
Seventh - Go easy on the make-up. If you're not taking good care of your skin, no color enhancements are going to cover the flaws.
www.beautyandfaith.blogspot.com
www.marykay.com/kristie.boyd
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wanted!
I came across these "poems" and thought I'd share them with you. Maybe after reading, a spark deep within us will once again be stirred. God Bless!
Wanted!
More to improve and fewer to disapprove.
More doers and fewer talkers.
More to say it can be done
and fewer to say it's impossible.
More to inspire others
and fewer to throw cold water on them.
More to get into the thick of things and fewer to sit on the sidelines.
More to point out what's right and fewer to show what's wrong.
More to light a candle and fewer to curse the darkness.
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It's Easier
It's easier to settle for average
than strive for achievement.
It's easier to be saturated with complacency
than stirred with compassion.
It's easier to be skeptical
than successful.
It's easier to question
than conquer.
It's easier to rationalize your disappointments
than realize your dreams.
It's easier to belch the baloney
than bring home the bacon.
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