Aloe Vera

Some popular Aloe Vera home remedies:

• To prepare an easy Aloe Vera leave on gel, mix one fourth cup of almond oil with half cup of aloe Vera gel. Apply the mixture on your scalp and leave it for 20 to 30 minutes. This home remedy will help in retaining the moisture level of your hair.
• You can directly squeeze the gel from Aloe Vera plant and apply it to the scalp. Massage your scalp and rinse off after 30 minutes. You can try this home remedy once in 15 days to promote hair growth and to keep your hair healthy.
• To make a shampoo with Aloe Vera at home, mix half cup Aloe Vera gel, half cup coconut milk and one fourth cup wheat germ oil together to form a liquid paste. Now use this liquid paste as a shampoo to wash your hair.
• Take the gel of Aloe Vera and mix it with honey. Now apply it to the scalp, leave it for 20 minutes and then rinse with warm water. This home remedy will bring shine to your hair.
• Another simply home remedy is to cut Aloe Vera leaves in small pieces and leave them in water overnight. Use this water to wash your hair. 
• Also you can make a hair mask with Aloe Vera. Take Aloe Vera gel and mix it with an egg and a glass of brandy and then apply it to your scalp. Leave it on your head for at least an hour and then wash it off.
• Another Aloe Vera hair mask can be made by mixing two tablespoons of Aloe Vera gel with three quarters of a cup of mayonnaise and finely chopped tomato. Apply all over the head just before bed-time. Wrap it securely and wash your hair only in the morning.

Along with Aloe Vera home remedies you can also try hair care products containing Aloe Vera. There are gels, shampoos, conditioners, hair care to name a few. These natural Aloe Vera hair care products are an ideal alternative to commercial hair products which have harsh chemicals in them. 

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                        Strawberries for Beautiful Skin

                                               

Eating more vitamin C-rich foods, such as strawberries, may help to ward off wrinkles and age-related dryness, suggests research from 2007 in theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Vitamin C’s skin-smoothing effects may be due to its ability to mop up free radicals produced from ultraviolet rays and also its role in collagen synthesis. Collagen is fibrous protein that keeps skin firm and vitamin C is essential for collagen production.

What Is Success

What Is Success

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; This is to have succeeded.

How to take care of your eyes

1. Eat lots of fruits and veggies! Carrots, loaded with beta carotene are especially helpful in maintaining healthy eyes.

2. Avoid wearing contact lenses for more than 19 hours. This can cause permanent sight damage as well as extreme discomfort to your eyes. Don't wear glasses too long either. Especially 3-D glasses!

3. Use allergen-reducing eye drops sparingly. Using an allergen-reducing eye drop during allergy season to 'get the red out' and sooth itchiness may help on a limited basis, but chronic daily use can actually make the problem worse.

o    Read the labels of eye drops carefully; many drops cannot be used while wearing contacts.

4. Press cold cucumber slices gently against eyes 10 minutes before going to sleep at night to prevent puffiness.

5. Wear UV protective sunglasses. Get polarized lenses, NOT just darker lenses. The lenses that only make the world darker will just make your pupils dilate and don't do a thing to stop the UV rays. Prolonged exposure to UV rays can harm your eyesight, protection in youth can help prevent loss of eyesight in later years.

6. Try not to spend so much time looking at your computer screen. (As a matter of fact, now would be a good time to give your eyes a break, since you're not doing anythingtoo important.)

7. Be sure to wear goggles or other eye protective wear when working with chemicals or any place with harmful airborne particulates.

8. Exercise your eyes, and also be sure to relax them.

9. Wear UV protective sunglasses. Exposure to the sun's UV rays can harm your eyes so protect them with a good quality pair of sunglasses.

10. Do not read in dim light. Reading in dim light can cause eye strain but will not damage your eyes. If your eyes feel tired, stop for a while and take a break.

11. Do not look at a bright light directly Be careful, while looking at the sun directly.It may affect our eyes.

Benefits of Fruit and Vegetables

                                          Benefits of Fruit and Vegetables

Fruits and vegetables are an important part of your daily diet. They are naturally good and contain vitamins and minerals that can help to keep you healthy. Research shows they can also help protect against some diseases. Most Australians will benefit from eating more fruit and vegetables as part of a well-balanced, regular diet and a healthy active lifestyle.

Vitamins and minerals

Fruits and vegetables contain many vitamins and minerals that are good for your health. These include vitamins A (beta-carotene), C and E, magnesium, zinc, phosphorous and folic acid. Research into folic acid shows that it may reduce blood levels of homocysteine, a substance that may be a risk factor for coronary heart disease.

Eat more fruit and vegetables for your health

Fruits and vegetables are low in fat, salt and sugar and provide a good source of dietary fibre. As part of a well-balanced, regular diet and a healthy active lifestyle, a high intake of fruit and vegetables can help:

·        Reduce obesity and maintain a healthy weight

·        Lower your cholesterol

·        Lower your blood pressure.

Protect against diseases

Vegetables and fruit contain phytochemicals, or ‘plant chemicals’. These biologically active substances can help to protect you from some diseases. Scientific research shows that if you regularly eat lots of fruit and vegetables, you have a lower risk of:

·        Type 2 diabetes

·        Stroke

·        Heart (cardiovascular) disease – when fruits and vegetables are eaten as food, not taken as supplements

·        Cancer – some forms of cancer, later in life

·        High blood pressure (hypertension).

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·         Has a positive effect on intellectual growth.

·         Enriches and enhances a child's mental development.

·         Leaves students with more flexibility in thinking, greater sensitivity to language, and a better ear for listening.

·         Improves a child's understanding of his/her native language.

·         Gives a child the ability to communicate with people s/he would otherwise not have the chance to know.

·         Opens the door to other cultures and helps a child understand and appreciate people from other countries.

·         Gives a student a head start in language requirements for college.

·         Increases job opportunities in many careers where knowing another language is a real asset.

Heroin

Heroin

Heroin is a drug made from morphine, a natural substance in the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant. Heroin usually appears as a white or brown powder. Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted. Heroin abuse is a serious problem in the United States. Major health problems from heroin include miscarriages, heart infections and death from overdose. People who inject the drug also risk infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.

Regular use of heroin can lead to tolerance. This means users need more and more drug to have the same effect. At higher doses over time, the body becomes dependent on heroin. If dependent users stop heroin, they have withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms include restlessness, muscle and bone pain, diarrhea, vomiting and cold flashes.

                                    

         

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