Tips on Overall Health and Beauty

[tulip]

can someone verify if cetaphyll is a good/required suplement to take? read online its recommended to get rid of toxins in the body, and was considering trying?

 

[tulip]

Oh and a few tips from personal experience:

1. Apple cider vineger, as many times throughout the day as you can rubbed on flaky skin areas (I had them on my ears, part of brow, and top of scalp)- it really does reduce! - Other things I tried were rubbing Tea tree oil, and it was less stinky and worked too.

2. Switch night moisteriser with Organic rosehip oil..its not greesy, and at least for me, it improved condition of my skin (soothes, reduces minor sun damage/discoloration)

3. Before washing your hair, rub cider vineger into your scalp, and olive oil onto the hair ends/where its dry..helps reduce flakes while still moisterising your hair

 

[laurette]

I am a fan of cider vinegar, too. I use it on my feet and hands to exfoliate.

 

[BadHairDay]

i give apple cider vinegar to my horse as a supplement!

My tip: when you shower in the morning go for 30 secs as cold as you can take, then 30 secs hot, repeat 3 or 4 times and you will feel revitalised and awake for the rest of the day- it really gets your circulation going and is soo refreshing!

 

[satin chic]

Apple cider vinegar mixed with water (1:3) also makes a great toner. I use it at night because it smells a bit funny and the next morning I wake up with really soft skin and no (new) pimples.

 

[L0VE]

Take hot baths instead of showers, it makes your skin soft as a babies (literally, your b/f or husband or just guys in general will give you tons of compliments .)

Use a face scrub daily and once or every other week wash your face with Dove soap. (Although this is only rec. for people with normal skin tone.)

Use a good moisturizer, esp. if you have dry skin; use something with shea butter. And find a foundation (if you wear it) with moisturizer and SPF.

Eat lots of vegis. Have them with dinner, for lunch try to put lots on a sandwhich (get one of those salad mixes with all the vegis and put it in place of just lettuce.) and breakfast try to mix vegis into your eggs.
And fruit: poms, bananas, apple juice, grapes, cherries.

Eat nuts that are non roasted, roasting ruins them. And keep them in the fridge, esp. almonds.

Use good oils.

Get rid of hydrogenated and high fructose.

Fish: Load up on Salmon! And try the kind from Ikea it's cheap and good. The fat is good for you skin and hair.

Get vitamin d!!

Protein, protein, protein!

Eating lots of good fats. Drinking more than 8 glasses a day of water.

Not drinking cafeine or sugary drinks, at all. Limiting chocolate and sweet intake.

Floss your teeth.

If you have a pimple run hot water, get a qtip, and place it on your pimple. (This will draw the bacteria out.)

 

[papa_levante]

I hate to contradict you, L0VE but...

Take hot baths instead of showers, it makes your skin soft as a babies

Hot water will dry out your skin, so do make sure to apply lotion while the skin is still damp. You'll retain the moisture better than if you dried yourself off right away.

Floss your teeth.

EVERYDAY. My mother used to work as a dental assitant, and doing it two or three times a week is NOT enough.

Use a face scrub daily

If you're talking about apricot scrubs, those should be used as infrequently as possible because they are so harsh, depending on your skin type. Two to three times a week should be good enough.

 

[o0ceania]

did you say you get salmon from the home furnisning store Ikea? they sell food?!

 

[BonjourTristesse]

Yes they do. And their salmon is actually one of the best you could ever get!

 

[Eurasian Mélange]

This is not supposed to be directed towards anybody in particular, but this is what I think in general about the widespread '8 glasses of water a day' belief...

I do not think it is correct to believe that everyone has to drink 8 glasses of water a day. Surely I, a 5'2"/158cm 108lb/48kg woman, should not have to drink the same as my husband, a 6'4"/193cm man who weighs twice as much as I do? I find that trying to drink 8 glasses has me glued to the toilet all day and waking up at least three times during the night. In other words: drinking the recommended 8 glasses a day doesn't allow me to have a life! My husband is the opposite and needs a lot more than 8 glasses.

I have read up on this a bit and in a number of places it actually says it is best to calculate your ideal daily water intake by weight:

http://www.myfooddiary.com/resources/ask_the_expert/recommended_daily_water_intake.asp

However, a simple equation to help adults figure their fluid needs is that for every pound of body weight, you need about half an ounce of fluid intake per day. For instance, if you weigh 140 lbs., simply multiply 140 by .5 to estimate your daily fluid needs in ounces, then divide by eight to estimate your fluid needs in cups per day, rounding up to the nearest full cup. [example: 140 x .5 = 70 ounces; 70 ounces divided by 8 = 9 cups of fluid per day]

Though I also read on other sites that these kinds of methods provide people with a 'gross overestimate' that is not particularly healthy:

http://www.wikihow.com/Drink-More-Water-Everyday

While adequate water is essential to health, it is possible to drink too much water or any other beverage, and there has been considerable scientific debate surrounding how much water a person really needs per day. According to Snopes - http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp - the Los Angeles Times has reported that "Kidney specialists do agree on one thing, however: that the 8-by-8 (2 L) rule is a gross overestimate of any required minimum. To replace daily losses of water, an average-sized adult with healthy kidneys sitting in a temperate climate needs no more than one liter of fluid...the equivalent of about four 8-ounce (250 ml) glasses.

So although my body tells me 8 glasses is far too much (unless I am exercising a lot) I still don't really know how much I should be drinking because some places say these calculations give you the right amount, some say it is too little and others say it is too much. I only know that not everyone can drink 8 glasses or more and have a normal life (unless living on a toilet counts as 'normal' ).

 

[L0VE]

^ You don't have to, but if you want glowing skin (my skin, literally glows according to random strangers.), drink it. =) I'm not saying it's for everyone, but works for me. You pee most of it out though and for me, I feel like it clears out my body. But I used to go to a catholic HS who didn't believe in AC (because we paid so much that they just wanted to be greedy ) and I would literally go through about 6 of those deer park waterbottles in less than 4 hours. And most of the time, not even pee a lot though, because my body needed it. Now, I'm just so used to it and it makes my skin glow and look moisten.

 

[L0VE]

I hate to contradict you, L0VE but...



Hot water will dry out your skin, so do make sure to apply lotion while the skin is still damp. You'll retain the moisture better than if you dried yourself off right away.



EVERYDAY. My mother used to work as a dental assitant, and doing it two or three times a week is NOT enough.



If you're talking about apricot scrubs, those should be used as infrequently as possible because they are so harsh, depending on your skin type. Two to three times a week should be good enough.

Ok, =) lol but I must have super skin because I take such hot baths that my skin turns red, but I have some very soft skin and I don't ever put lotion on my body or hands . It's like a sauna in my bathroom . I'll change it to just baths. Because I've heard this from other people.

 

[Eurasian Mélange]

L0VE - I was not trying to say that I don't want to drink water, or that the correct amount of water will not benefit people. I was trying to get the message across that people should find out what is the correct amount for them as an individual (and also to see if anyone had any more info on that). i.e. 8 glasses is not going to be the ideal amount for both a 95lb and a 300lb person. We drink water to replace that 80% (or so, I am not sure) that is in our bodies. Clearly, 80% of 95lb and 80% of 300lb is not going to give you the same amount of water.

So what works for you won't work for me unless we're identical in weight, diet, the amount we sweat, how much exercise we get and the climate we live in (all things that affect the daily water intake needed).

 

[L0VE]

I get what you were/are saying =).

 

[Belle Princesse]

I agree with the salmon, especially salmon stakes they taste so good and truely are a beauty/general health food.

I think exfoliating daily is ok with a gentle scrub ie; Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant or a facial brush.

In regards to water I have no idea how much I drink (I drink ALOT) but as if I drink out of a bottle as opposed to a glass I go the toilet less.

 

[papa_levante]

Salmon in moderation! We don't want anyone dying from a mercury overdose!

I heard that too much water is bad. The process of what water does in the kidneys is quite complicated but when your pee is MEGA clear -looks exactly like water- that's no bueno. It should have a slight yellow tint to it.

(Arrgh! I wish I could remember why it's bad.)

 

[L0VE]

^ aka waterd down lemonade =). Lol

Another thing I do (and my mom did this for my juice as a tot) is water all types of juice down. I like to do 1/2 juice, 1/2 water or 3/4 water, 1/4 juice.

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

It's true that you can have too much water. I don't know how many people are actually in danger of literally drowning themselves though but it's terrible for a person because you end up with an imbalance of water and electrolytes.

 

[L0VE]

^ I heard that's only in severe cases when someone drinks a couple gallons in less than an hour. Or someone can not relieve it out. The water can go on the brain but most people can't even do that and would know that they can not tollerate it.

 

[Eurasian Mélange]

I heard that too much water is bad. The process of what water does in the kidneys is quite complicated but when your pee is MEGA clear -looks exactly like water- that's no bueno. It should have a slight yellow tint to it.

That is what I have also been told by my doctor and when I drink 8 glasses a day it does look just like water.

L0VE is right about it only being fatal when you drink a lot within an hour or so and don't go to the toilet. However, there has been a recent discovery that drinking too much daily can damage your kidneys (though most of these people seem to be drinking 12 glasses a day and up

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=378f85de-27de-4046-815e-293b772666e5