The Power of Positive Thoughts

In my yoga class today, the instructor spoke to us about how positive thoughts can actually help release feel-good hormones into our bloodstream. And of course, the opposite is true as well. That negative interior monologue that tends to chastise and rebuke, has a physical manifestation as well. Being aware of this inner critic, I try to keep her at bay – I know she’s doing me no favors. But there is nothing like trying to lose weight to get her going. Any misstep or overindulgence pumps up the volume on these types of thoughts. I try to banish them but they come back from time to time anyway, always at my most vulnerable moment.

In Step Four of Sally’s Year of Self Care, she addresses this phenomenon at length and gives some tips for combating it. The idea of cultivating an empathic inner voice is not entirely new to me. I do often stop mid-negative thought and try to replace it with a more positive one. But Sally takes it a step further and encourages us to have inner conversations with ourselves about how we’re feeling. As she notes, it seems a bit corny but can be quite transformative.

My favorite quote is at the end: “It’s not just about weight loss, though self-empathy helps with weight loss. It’s about finding fulfillment in life by honoring your needs. That starts with gentle listening.” I will work on doing a better job of listening to what it is I truly want so I’m not distracted by what I may think I want in the moment.

*)Acne Skin Care Tips That Work

How should people go about acne skin care? This article enumerates some basic guidelines to go by. For example, you should clean your skin gently, avoid frequent handling of the skin, avoid sun tanning, and lastly, women should choose their cosmetics carefully and men must shave carefully for good acne skin care.


People with acne may try to stop outbreaks and oil production by scrubbing their skin and using strong detergent soaps. However, scrubbing will not help acne skin care; in fact, it can make the problem worse. Most doctors recommend that people with acne gently wash their skin with a mild cleanser for acne skin care, once in the morning and once in the evening.

Patients should ask their doctor or another health professional for advice on the best type of cleanser to use for acne skin care. Acne skin care also means washing your skin after heavy exercise. Patients should wash their face from under the jaw to the hairline; rough scrubs or pads should not be used. It is important that patients thoroughly rinse their skin after washing it. Astringents are not recommended for acne skin care unless the skin is very oily, and then they should be used only on oily spots. Doctors also recommend that patients regularly shampoo their hair as part of acne skin care. Those with oily hair may want to shampoo it every day for proper acne skin care.

People who squeeze, pinch, or pick their blemishes risk developing scars. Acne lesions can form in areas where pressure is frequently applied to the skin. Frequent rubbing and touching of skin lesions should be avoided if you take your acne skin care seriously.

Men who shave and who have acne can try electric and safety razors to see which is more comfortable for acne skin care. Men who use a safety razor should use a sharp blade and soften their beard thoroughly with soap and water before applying shaving cream. Nicking blemishes can be avoided by shaving lightly and only when necessary.

A suntan or sunburn that reddens the skin can make blemishes less visible and make the skin feel drier for a little while. But the benefits are only temporary and cannot take the place of proper acne skin care. The sun can seriously damage skin, promote aging of skin, and cause skin cancer. Furthermore, many of the medications used to treat acne make a person more prone to sunburn.

People being treated for acne often need to change some of the cosmetics they use. Acne skin care demands that all cosmetics, such as foundation, blush, eye shadow, and moisturizers, should be oil free. Patients may find it difficult to apply foundation evenly during the first few weeks of treatment because skin may be red or scaly, particularly with the use of topical tretinoin or benzoyl peroxide.

Lip products that contain moisturizers may cause small, open and closed comedones to form. Hairstyling products that come in contact with the skin along the hairline can cause burning or stinging in people with acne. Acne skin care products that are labeled as noncomedogenic (do not promote the formation of blemishes) should be used for acne skin care; in some people, however, even these products may cause acne.

*)By Mike Spencer



About the author:
Mike Spencer loves helping people promote and protect their health, and has been doing so for many years. Here Mike talks about some help tips and techniques to combat acne. Read more about Mike’s Acne Prevention Tips

Joint Pain

Ignoring joint pain,
will cost you nothing but harm

People always undermine their pain on the pretext of having the capacity to bear it or just because they consider it to be a stress related pain. I have come across many cases where the patients considered consulting a doctor or going for an over the counter medication only when the pain became excruciating. A delay in starting medication for joint pain may aggravate the injury to the joints and the damage done may become intractable. As a doctor, I would suggest people not to ignore recurrent joint pain and start an over the counter medication immediately if they do not wish to go for surgeries or are wary of using drugs which have side effects.
Joint pain is one of the common ailments affecting humans. It may be a result of problems related to the joint. Certain problems affecting the joint, including inflammation, cartilage degeneration, crystal deposition, infection, and trauma, can cause joint pain.

Joint pain can be a result of an injury to any of the ligaments, and tendons around the joint. It can also occur in the cartilage, bones and ligaments within the joint. Pain can also be a result of inflammation of the joint and infection.
Arthritis - The root cause of joint problems
Arthritis is a condition that causes immobility and severe pain in the joints. The immobility varies with the condition and the pain becomes persistent over a period of time. Arthritis refers to numerous diseases and literally means inflammation of the joint.

Arthritis affects the body movements and is a long lasting condition. Depending on the management of the ailment you can get temporary relief.
Some forms of arthritis are a result of other tissue and organ disorders. Arthritis can affect people of all ages. Arthritis can cause swelling, redness, pain, and immobility in an affected area.
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How to prevent Heart Disease?

Everyone wants to improve their health. You should always keep in mind that whatever actions you do today can either help to prevent, delay or minimize the effect of heart disease or worsen it. The key is to control the risk factors. You cannot control every risk factor for heart disease such as family history, but you can definitely do something about your behavior. Age and gender also influence your risk of heart disease. Whatever your education, jobs and profession you should understand your lifestyle.

It’s important to know your daily habit. Are you a social drinker or a social smoker? Smoking and drinking too much alcohol is very bad and disturbs your heart. Smoking can cause you lung cancer and respiratory abnormalities. Also, excessive alcohol consumption can cause cirrhosis, an irreversible (it cannot be healed) liver disease that can disturb or even damage your liver and its functions. 

Where are you going for lunch? Your daily food and beverages is important key and gives good and bad effect to your body especially your blood pressure and your heartbeat rate. Most medical consultants and doctors will advise you to control your cholesterol level. Natural food such as vegetable, fruit, and other food contain with calcium, magnesium and potassium is very important to maintain your heart.

Another way to prevent heart disease is to be active in your daily life. An exercise or light sport such as jogging or a moderate physical activity at least 30 minutes every day is really good to control your body weight. Try to perform 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day. Power walking is one of the best ways to prevent heart disease, because it increases your heart rate (how many times your heart beats every minute). This can help increase heart strength and endurance, and it’s very useful at times when you’re exposed to sudden, heavy physical activities.

 If you can lose even a small amount of weight, five pounds for example, it may have a positive effect on lipid levels and blood pressure preventing heart disease.

Good sexual intercourse also prevents heart disease because sex reduces heart disease risks. When you have sex, your heartbeat goes fast, and after that, you become calm and content. This is a sign of a good heart health. Take the case of women. Till they are 40, heart diseases are rare amongst them. But once they cross the menopause hurdle, the heart walls thicken, arteries stiffen and women become more prone to heart diseases. Here, an active sex life can make matters easier for you. 

Researchers at the Queen’s University say that making love three or more times a week helps women as well as men stay away from many diseases relating to the heart. Good news about sex is that a vigorous sexual encounter equals to running 15 minutes on a treadmill or playing a spirited game of squash. Sex boosts the production of testosterone (on men) which leads to stronger bones and muscles.

Please take this advice: Before you take any action about how to prevent heart disease, please consult with your doctor or go to your local hospital or clinic to do a medical checkup. If you can maintain your health and control your lifestyle you may live longer and happier. See you in Bali in another holiday.

Beautiful Skin

Are you happy today? You have a right to earn a happy life. Every day.

Don't wait, when you can have a more beautiful complexion in just a couple of weeks.We've heard from so many acne sufferers who ALL tell us the same things:

· You hate looking in the mirror.
· You are embarrassed, frustrated and angry.
· You feel like you don't look good no matter how hard you try.
· You wonder if people think you have a poor hygienic habits.
· You want to hide your face
. You wonder if people think you have a poor diet

Beautiful skin is something we all want. A clean and clear complexion is attractive and just sends out a message that we're healthy and that we look after ourselves with care and attention. But it feels so unfair that acne has nothing to do with how healthy we are, or how carefully we look after our skin!The fact is that acne is the result of overactive hormones. And today's environment has created such horrific hormonal imbalances that our bodies struggle just to keep working at 100% efficiency. Acne today is getting us while we're younger, and older. Doctors are now reporting that children as young as 8 and 9 years old are being treated for acne. An increasing number of adults are now suffering from acne into their 40’s. Acne outbreaks are becoming more severe.

It’s time for you to change your life. Don’t worry; there is a special solution to make your face and skin healthier and prettier than before.

If you want beautiful skin, you’re going to have to help your body to balance your hormones.

Smart Way to Lose Weight

Modern men and women need a slim body. They want a better appearance for many reasons. Yes, if you have an ideal weight you will healthier and happier. So, how to get a good body?

Dr. Kenneth Cooper in the late 1960s published Aerobics as the “perfect” way to “train” your heart. He thought that medium intensity aerobic exercise practiced three or four times a week was all you needed for heart health. Do you still follow this method? But, today the reality is different. A recent study by Harvard researchers shows that those who do short-duration, high-intensity workouts, reduce their risk of heart disease by 100 percent more than those who practice aerobic exercise.

A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed that men and women who exercised at a higher intensity had lower blood pressure, lower triglycerides (blood fat), higher HDL (good cholesterol) and less body fat. What’s more, medium intensity does not train your “high-energy output system” – your ability to get extra power fast. And that’s exactly what we’re missing in our modern world. You are overweight for the most simple of reasons -- because you're eating the wrong foods, the wrong types of calories per meal, and you're also eating meals in the wrong patterns each day.Food is more powerful than any prescription weight loss pills, because the FOOD that you eat cans either make you THIN or FAT. You don't get fat because of a lack of exercising, that's a myth. You get fat because you don't eat the right foods at the right intervals each day.

Also, the pattern that you choose to eat your meals each day is more powerful than any prescription weight loss pills. This is true because your body is like an "engine" and it only needs certain foods at certain intervals each day, and if you don't eat the right foods at the right times then it won't burn those calories -- and you'll wind up storing those calories as fat tissue.
You have gotten overweight by eating the wrong foods, that much is a fact. And guess what? You can get SLIM by eating the RIGHT FOODS at the RIGHT INTERVALS each day. Remember that the reason you cannot lose weight by starving yourself (using a low calorie diet) is because your metabolism will detect any major drop in calories and it will then ADJUST ITSELF by burning fewer calories each day.

It's not really any more complicated than that, and the way to start losing weight has nothing to do with starving yourself or jogging, but if you can combine a dynamic aerobics and eat right foods, you can achieve a better result to lose weight.

In a matter of weeks, you can: Lose pounds of belly fat, Build functional new muscle, Reverse heart disease, Build energy reserves available on demand, strengthen your immune system, and Reverse many of the changes of aging.

*) Source: from many sources.

How to Do a Fall Detox

By Katherine Huether

There a few schools of thought when it comes to performing detoxes. Some people simply don't do them. Others prefer to follow an extreme fast at least once a year. And there are the types of cleanses that fall somewhere in the middle. The following tea blend is ideal for any of these stages. I personally don't follow strict cleansing fasts. I prefer to prepare cleansing blends and follow a healthy diet. I like to use this blend in the fall because it contains ingredients such as rosehips which can help strengthen the immune system and are a good source of Vitamin C.

* Note: all the herbs listed in this blend are dried.

Instructions

Step1
Shop for the ingredients. I like to either purchase my herbs from a reputable supplier (I like Mountain Rose Herbs) or pick or grow my own. If you pick your own, make sure you give the herbs a chance to dry.

Step 2
When it comes time to make the blend, add all of the ingredients to the bowl. Stir with the wooden spoon until well combined.

Step3
Your best bet is to pour the blend into an airtight amber glass jar. However, if you can't find an amber glass jar, any airtight container will do. Just make sure to store the tea away from heat and light.

Step4
When it comes time to make the tea, use 1.5 tsp. of the dried blend with each cup of hot water.

Things You’ll Need:
• 1/2 cup stinging nettle leaves
• 1/2 cup dandelion leaves
• 1/4 cup burdock root
• 1/4 cup spearmint leaves
• 1/4 cup rosehips
• Medium mixing bowl
• Wooden spoon
• Airtight container

Source: eHow.com