Tips for a beautiful and healthy you..

eauty1) Hydrate yourself!

Your body is estimated to be about 60 to 70 percent water. Blood is mostly water, and your muscles, lungs, and brain all contain a lot of water. The body needs water to regulate body temperature and to provide the means for nutrients to travel to all your organs. The study provides some support for the general recommendation to drink eight glasses of water a day while dieting. For most people that would add a liter or two to their regular water intake. However, it may be difficult to drink enough water on a busy day. Be sure you have water handy at all times by keeping a bottle for water with you when you are working, traveling, or exercising. If you get bored with plain water, add a bit of lemon or lime for a touch of flavor. There are some brands of flavored water available, but watch for extra calories.


2) Colgate for pimples?

Colgate doesn't just remove unwanted residue on your teeth, it can also be used to reduce pimples.Yes yes.. Well I can't possibly say that it can clear off pimples or acne on your face but it works to remove the pimples bit by bit. Just dab a small amount on your pimple or acne and wait until it dries up (Basically it's like a mask for pimples).



3) Yogurt for yummier hair

Yogurt is not only the creamy base of your conditioner, but is a gentle cleanser. It works to clear the pores of your scalp and promotes hair growth. Yogurt is also naturally high in lactic acid, an element that will help to shine and smooth tangled hair, making it easier to comb, leaving your hair soft and beautiful.




4) An apple a day keeps the (skin)doctors away?

The Apple is widely recognized for its nutritional benefits. Less well-known is that apples also provide amazing skin benefits. Apples have been used for centuries for their skin-healing powers and are a great natural beauty tool. Apple juice is rich is vitamin B and makes an excellent remedy for fine wrinkles, cracked skin, itching and inflammation. Apple juice can be used as an astringent, for cleansing, to help tighten pores, and to protect skin from free-radicals. Green apple helps eliminate sun or age spots (hyper-pigmentation). Malic acid that contained in green apple also has been proven to help stimulate and speed skin cell renewal. Eating apples is actually a beauty aid itself because apples nourish the skin from within, providing natural nutrients that help nourish, moisten, soften and renew skin.

5) Got milk?

Milk is a key ingredient in a healthy diet, but it also helps create beautiful skin. This is due to the vitamins A and D and proteins, which are present in milk. There are also beauty products containing milk that, when applied topically,provide another way to use milk to improve your complexion. For smoother skin, bathe in a tub of warm water mixed with milk. While bathing, use a washcloth or loofah to slough off dead or rough skin. Although applying milk to your skin is sure to create a softer surface, ingesting milk is another great way to get the vitamins you need for a healthy glow. Aim for two to three glasses of fat-free or low-fat milk daily. An added bonus is that drinking milk has been shown to help control weight.

Got chocolate?

If you think chocolate is a big no-no for a healthy diet, then I’d say you’re wrong. It’s a typical thing that people follow tradition as in they go by the myths that have been circulating around the world. Chocolate is fattening…chocolate is not healthy…yada yada yada! Well obviously if you eat any food at all, you have to know how to control it by not over-consuming it. This ‘concept’ doesn’t just apply to chocolate. At least I can point out some benefits of chocolates that people don’t know.

To start off, chocolate is actually packed with natural compounds called antioxidants that can protect your body and promote good health. In fact, dark chocolate and cocoa have more antioxidants than do foods like blueberries, green tea and red wine. This is because chocolate is a plant- based food. Yup yup, don’t be surprised!

"The main ingredient in chocolate is cocoa beans - the seeds of the fruit of the cocoa tree," said Debra Miller, Ph.D., Senior Nutrition Scientist with the Hershey Center for Health and Nutrition, who has studied chocolate's health benefits extensively. Scientists theorize that plants naturally produce antioxidants to help them survive harsh growing conditions and to protect them from environmental stress. These same compounds can aid the humans who eat the plants too (In this case, it’s CHOCOLATE!).

Recent studies suggest that the antioxidants in foods may reduce the risk of many kinds of illness, from heart disease to cancer. Antioxidants like those found in dark chocolate and cocoa have also been linked to some of the hallmarks of good cardiovascular health such as enhanced blood flow, healthy cholesterol levels and, in some cases,reduced blood pressure.

Antioxidants in the blood stream essentially neutralize substances called free radicals, small reactive molecules that cause damage to cells which scientists believe may be the triggers for serious diseases such as cancer and heart disease. They also may cause cognitive deterioration associated with aging. That means chocolate can reduce aging. Notice how you feel young-er when you’re eating chocolate? And obviously, for most people chocolate is a stress reliever. That sounds cliché but it’s true. Chocolate does wonders not just to my tummy, but the whole system of my body (Now that seriously sounds like an exaggeration!).

Basically, chocolate is a great health product. Most people may still argue that it is fattening but clearly, there are numerous health benefits from consuming chocolate, especially those with high cocoa content such as cocoa powder and dark chocolate. Chocolate is universal thing. It’s endless and everyone enjoys it regardless of their age! That’s how the exquisite taste of chocolate tempts people, like me ;) To the ‘unbelievers’ out there, just fill your tummy with chocolate! If not, maybe chocolate bath sounds better.

sources: www.everyone-loves-chocolate.com, www.flickr.com