tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46919503029436515782024-02-21T11:21:35.728+00:00My LifeStyleIt is all about keeping the balance... staying healthy and naturally beautiful...Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-38734379517703667762011-01-02T10:55:00.000+00:002011-01-02T10:55:38.111+00:00I Have Moved!This blog has been moved <a href="http://homemadewellbeing.wordpress.com/">here</a>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-88367203491524124992011-01-02T10:54:00.000+00:002011-01-02T10:54:02.126+00:00New Year<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"><a _mce_href="http://homemadewellbeing.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/me1.jpg" href="http://homemadewellbeing.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/me1.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img _mce_src="http://homemadewellbeing.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/me1.jpg?w=224" alt="" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-214" height="300" src="http://homemadewellbeing.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/me1.jpg?w=224" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; display: inline; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 24px; margin-top: 4px; max-width: 100%;" title="me1" width="224" /></a>Happy New Year! I hope that 2011 will bring you (and me) loads of happiness and success!</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">I had a lovely Christmas with my friends in London with loads of games, presents, good wishes, mulled wine... food... healthy and not so healthy... But it is hard to avoid a piece of cake at this time of year!</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">We organised a little Christmas Eve dinner in our flat with some Lithuanian treats and then had a lovely Christmas Dinner the next day cooked by Charlie and of course his famous Sprout Bake! It is my favourite and I always look forward to it!</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">After all this food and lazy holiday I am thinking of ways to get back on track! But going back to work next week, waking up early, regular (healthier) meals and loads of water will help me to shape up! I promised myself I am hitting the gym next week and I am really looking forward to it!</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"><a _mce_href="http://homemadewellbeing.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/presents1.jpg" href="http://homemadewellbeing.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/presents1.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img _mce_src="http://homemadewellbeing.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/presents1.jpg?w=300" _mce_style="margin-top: -2px; margin-bottom: -2px;" alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-215 alignleft" height="225" src="http://homemadewellbeing.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/presents1.jpg?w=300" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; display: inline; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: -2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 24px; margin-top: -2px; max-width: 100%;" title="presents1" width="300" /></a></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">New Year has come too quickly, but I am happy to say that 2010 was very generous to me in many ways. I think I had a great year, I have done loads of different things and I also started my blog which I missed writing over the festive season!</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">I am excited about the new name for my blog... I did some brain storming this evening and came up with 'Homemade Wellbeing' which represents my thoughts and ideas very well...</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">It's all going to be exciting! New homemade remedies, natural beauty secrets, tasty & healthy snacks, my little tips and loads of other interesting stuff! I can't wait to try them all and share my experience with you!</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"><br />
</div></div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-19945562972292652472010-12-20T15:48:00.009+00:002010-12-20T16:41:53.705+00:00Healthy Vegetable Bake<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZcqWwWQGfysv_W1JJpwZYH7zyzNi5rjsBaPAU41nOS9cZuRIbiPDH1ZIQWKHd-vHlmhlGS5B56Oip2yFcxyTe_0kVafmkq00MhoOOZ8-E_fVZAkFouvTCxUfFH3vs-Kp5UymcKtiuSE/s1600/veg+bake+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZcqWwWQGfysv_W1JJpwZYH7zyzNi5rjsBaPAU41nOS9cZuRIbiPDH1ZIQWKHd-vHlmhlGS5B56Oip2yFcxyTe_0kVafmkq00MhoOOZ8-E_fVZAkFouvTCxUfFH3vs-Kp5UymcKtiuSE/s320/veg+bake+.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s been a busy week! It always is before Christmas! And we had loads of snow on Friday and even more on Saturday! This is how I remember Christmas back home! I love snow and it’s nice to trot outside when snow is crunching under my feet and then after a nice and long walk its time for a nice hot drink and some lovely food to keep us warm. </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I boiled some new potatoes the other day and had some left over. I though I can warm them up and eat with my lovely marinated Baltic Herring… My </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mum, once again, sent me a big bag of goodies, just like every year before </span></span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marinated Baltic Herring</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christmas! But instead of having just that, I ended up with a selection of colourful vegetables which I transformed into a healthy and extremely tasty vegetable bake! I love baking vegetables because they keep the colour and olive oil gives them exceptional shine! You can mix loads of different parts of vegetables and it will always taste great! I Especially love peppers… green… yellow… red… all of them make your food look colourful and fun! They soak in the olive oil but still keep that slight crunchiness!</span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>My home made healthy vegetable bake</strong></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vegetable Bake with Cottage Cheese</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 peppers (yellow, green and red)</span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 mushrooms</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 courgette</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 pack of baby corn</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4-5 boiled potatoes (left over from my lunch)</span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A little bit of olive oil</span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">200 g of cheese </span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you are making a vegetable bake just for yourself you will not need that many ingredients, but I knew it was going to be a large dish because I had my friend coming over and I wanted to have some left for my lunch. But don’t worry if you bake more than you can eat! Just place it into a fridge and it will be perfectly fine for a healthy snack next day!</span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span lang="EN-GB">Before baking my vegetable bake I placed baby corn into a small dish with water and boiled them for a few minutes just to soften them a little bit. I then chopped all the vegetables into chunky bits, placed them into a large baking dish, mixed them well with olive oil, added some mixed spices and placed my colourful baking tray of healthy goodness into preheated oven and roasted for half an hour at 200 – 220 C</span></span></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lithuanian Cottage Cheese</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think that a bake is not really a bake without a piece of nice cheese! You can use any kind of cheese for this bake, I think, flaked parmesan would go really well, but I chose cottage cheese my mum sent me from <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Lithuania</place></country-region>. I love this cheese because it’s so versatile! You can eat it with anything, I especially love it with a little bit of jam! Cottage cheese back home is a bit different <span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in taste and it has a cheese shape because it’s pressed hard. Here in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">UK</place></country-region> we get soft cottage cheese in a pot which is also great to mix with different foods. After my vegetable bake was nearly ready I sprinkled small pieces of cottage cheese on top of it and let it roast for approximately 10 minutes. It’s a nice and tasty finish touch! </span></span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This vegetable bake is great to eat on its own, with meat or fish. I think it would be great to roast a piece of chicken with it. </span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOiUg9qJ3f88p3VKgIQmQ55eFAQZZOP2P2yThGQi7AUpo8_ItXet5WKgobVKfe4LJaSM0s_CDP3zv5LszZk6s2dwxVndbT4Pt9dCHJZdFEMSyyI9LEGRr-ZLy8Qh7frGqVYCPcdx7N80/s1600/soup+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOiUg9qJ3f88p3VKgIQmQ55eFAQZZOP2P2yThGQi7AUpo8_ItXet5WKgobVKfe4LJaSM0s_CDP3zv5LszZk6s2dwxVndbT4Pt9dCHJZdFEMSyyI9LEGRr-ZLy8Qh7frGqVYCPcdx7N80/s320/soup+.jpg" width="240" /></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just like most of other home made soups, this one is easy to make and doesn’t take much time. I only found it difficult to peel and dice my butternut squash as it was pretty big and, I think, my knife wasn’t sharp enough. You can buy pre – cut butternut squash in a supermarket, but I just don’t believe in pre – cut vegetables. They just don’t taste the same… </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 medium size butternut squash (use just half or even less if you don’t want your soup to be too sweet)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 large carrots</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 large onion</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 cloves of garlic</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 large orange</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2-3 cubes of vegetable/chicken stock</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mixed spices</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Salt</span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHLIh979i0p6ltJ_ZA_Qv9-Rwwjv7RqpLCIib5AGMI77vQDtNGbbuOMAOi7iDghIFuaaigIpmITUYBPKiH418tnYCSI9pE3Y4QU542S6QNKmFlzMGFPQeXuChWO7UxYg3huk1dpglCIk/s1600/almonds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjHLIh979i0p6ltJ_ZA_Qv9-Rwwjv7RqpLCIib5AGMI77vQDtNGbbuOMAOi7iDghIFuaaigIpmITUYBPKiH418tnYCSI9pE3Y4QU542S6QNKmFlzMGFPQeXuChWO7UxYg3huk1dpglCIk/s1600/almonds.jpg" /></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So far I know only one person who dislikes almonds, but if you don't like eating them it doesn’t mean that you can't enjoy their goodness in another way.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love nuts and always choose them as my snack if I am hungry in between meals or just fancy something nice and crunchy! Eating nuts makes me feel fuller for longer and they are a great ingredient for loads of different dishes! Just add some ground almonds to your curry and it will add that lovely extra texture and flavour! </span><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you know that Almond is not a nut, but it is actually a seed?! It<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span lang="EN">consists of an outer hull and a hard shell with the seed inside.</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">When I write about something natural and simple I always recall my childhood memories and the way my mum was keeping me and my brother healthy! She would always give us a handful of nuts in a small bowl as a snack to keep us occupied while waiting for a dinner and I always enjoyed it!</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">I can not begin to describe how healthy almonds are! The health benefits we get are endless! It is used for weight loss, digestive system improvement, to ease constipation, also to lower cholesterol. It’s a great antioxidant, looks after our skin and hair.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>It is so accessible to everyone and yet we forget about the natural and easy way of staying young and beautiful!</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my previous blog ‘<a href="http://yourhealthierlife.blogspot.com/2010/12/love-your-skin.html">Love your skin</a>’ I shared a little tip of cleaning the face skin and now its time to feed it! </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almond oil is well-known for treating skin problems such as wrinkles, dark circles under eyes, dry skin, black heads, etc. The oil leaves the skin soft and smooth.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For healthy and refreshed skin apply once a week the mixture of:</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 table spoons of almond oil</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/5 table spoon of honey</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A squeeze of lemon juice</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regular use of almonds prevents early appearance of wrinkles, dryness and improves the blood flow leaving your skin glowing.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Oily skin treatment</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ingredients:</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 table spoons ground almonds</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 table spoon rose water</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/5 table spoon honey</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHw8aiKKAiQgaKDdk5f8zISAiiJr7rgf6H2jEoUMq1EiStZ8gkIGDKShCD86VEdZi-_jZhxkxt0mGupANLmMmO8Sx87qFafDHv8s53qGnKRFsV4DM7YVpLNjz_6OKhvXaHN0ej840aStQ/s1600/almond+mask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHw8aiKKAiQgaKDdk5f8zISAiiJr7rgf6H2jEoUMq1EiStZ8gkIGDKShCD86VEdZi-_jZhxkxt0mGupANLmMmO8Sx87qFafDHv8s53qGnKRFsV4DM7YVpLNjz_6OKhvXaHN0ej840aStQ/s320/almond+mask.jpg" width="240" /></a>Mix all the above ingredients until the paste is even and carefully apply it to your face skin. Keep it on for about 15 minutes and then rinse it off.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Dry skin treatment</strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHw8aiKKAiQgaKDdk5f8zISAiiJr7rgf6H2jEoUMq1EiStZ8gkIGDKShCD86VEdZi-_jZhxkxt0mGupANLmMmO8Sx87qFafDHv8s53qGnKRFsV4DM7YVpLNjz_6OKhvXaHN0ej840aStQ/s1600/almond+mask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"></span></a><strong></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Grind some fresh or use pre-ground almonds and mix them with milk or cream. Apply the mixture to your skin and keep it on for about 20 – 25 minutes. Wipe it off gently with a piece of cotton soaked in warm milk. </span></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She said that when she was 16 she wanted to be slim and therefore had a table spoon of cider vinegar every day. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back in my grandma’s young days she tried various diets secretly from her mum. She had to eat everything what’s on her plate and that’s why she used natural remedies to keep her slim! </span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apple cider vinegar is not only great for our digestive system but it is also beneficial to the health of our hair! </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A mix of water and cider vinegar keeps it shiny, prevents dandruff and adds more volume!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/4 cup apple cider vinegar </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">daily shampoo </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The mix of a daily shampoo and cider vinegar should be applied to your hair once a week. Rinse it well to make sure all the vinegar excess is gone. It will prevent dandruff and leave your hair in great condition! </span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1/3 cup apple cider vinegar</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 L water </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Place the mixture of water and cider vinegar into an empty spray bottle and use it after shampooing your hair. It might be used instead of leave in conditioner and works really well! No need to rinse it off! Don’t worry about the smell of vinegar as it will go away as soon as you dry your hair!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-43875773114671627772010-12-03T11:40:00.006+00:002010-12-04T15:55:21.942+00:00Delicious Granola Breakfast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-znUkW8VLe7kTUwgU0UbwGAOhUuOeuYhwopNDIm4WqcnqCuNmQfZXw2K0J1OsHlQBfK98Hyl7GH55lPPZyJVixrHK9NPnSA6zuTtcb01VyCSl2Tw7OpYhP-jYrbiwAGIt1fPg6_5IMw/s1600/GJHB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-znUkW8VLe7kTUwgU0UbwGAOhUuOeuYhwopNDIm4WqcnqCuNmQfZXw2K0J1OsHlQBfK98Hyl7GH55lPPZyJVixrHK9NPnSA6zuTtcb01VyCSl2Tw7OpYhP-jYrbiwAGIt1fPg6_5IMw/s400/GJHB.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My mum used to tell me that breakfast is the most important meal of our day! And I agree with that! Breakfast charges up us well and we don’t feel as hungry before lunch! I remember discussing this topic some time ago with my dear friend back home in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Lithuania</place></country-region> that we can eat anything we want for breakfast and we will not gain extra weight. I think it is true and I know that I can treat myself to a fresh and soft bun with blueberry (my favourite) jam and I still can stay fit! </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Breakfast gives us energy and we use all the calories we consumed throughout the day! </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuYVa-SbnRdU7oKBfI0ceUkTM01JxtLeG4gx4XKkkCgQrY8ezfp8G_JTzJjRpad01AR2p7F5IojvpW8blNSZBt53uQ98ZFHTizerEVOFmns-2NRbT2jEisdA9dbjLDsggL1a23T4d5do/s1600/GRANOLA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuYVa-SbnRdU7oKBfI0ceUkTM01JxtLeG4gx4XKkkCgQrY8ezfp8G_JTzJjRpad01AR2p7F5IojvpW8blNSZBt53uQ98ZFHTizerEVOFmns-2NRbT2jEisdA9dbjLDsggL1a23T4d5do/s320/GRANOLA.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">I noticed some time <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ago that having my cereal with milk makes me feel bloated from time to time hence I decided to eat more yoghurt instead and the result is just what I wanted! </span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Yoghurt contains </span><span lang="EN-GB">acidophilus bacteria and this friendly bacteria helps to digest most of the food!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday I ran out of my morning cereal and popped in to one shop close to my work to get some breakfast. It’s a great place to buy food as it is always freshly made, they have a wide range of salads, nice sandwiches, home made food for lunch and my favourite breakfast treat – home made yoghurt with granola. It was absolutely delicious and it got me thinking why I am not making it myself!?</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let me say that it’s not only delicious but also very cheap! If you buy 500g of natural Greek yoghurt it will last all week or at least 5 days to make a healthy breakfast and 500g of granola will last for two weeks! And honey… we should all have it in our cupboard! Especially in winter! </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We usually forget simple things in life and they are always the best! Experiment with your breakfast because the sky is the limit! </span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-53028189173021651212010-12-02T09:44:00.000+00:002010-12-02T13:01:05.117+00:00Evening snacking (3)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ngNv7yCn6bK78zsSvvR2bn14WWJMNcx4tQUjfDczcVjVcPV-RI_czPoJ8_QCTmTVdO48sqUN5mT8YXNGn_XEptwFKWSIjIO-6eId215OpIf0ou-S4wNKwob1bMAtVUA_RAWbLiUW5A8/s1600/m.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ngNv7yCn6bK78zsSvvR2bn14WWJMNcx4tQUjfDczcVjVcPV-RI_czPoJ8_QCTmTVdO48sqUN5mT8YXNGn_XEptwFKWSIjIO-6eId215OpIf0ou-S4wNKwob1bMAtVUA_RAWbLiUW5A8/s320/m.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When it gets as cold as it is at the moment all I can think of is a warm soup. My stomach was growling yesterday for something smooth and creamy, not too heavy and especially something what involves loads of mushrooms… I love mushrooms and it reminds me of my childhood! My mum would store loads of them for the winter time and we would have mushroom feasts every other day! </span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mushrooms are low in calories and it is a perfect ingredient for nearly every meal! I love its soft and juicy texture and the fact that they are so easy to prepare! There are so many different meals we can cook using mushrooms or even eat them raw on a piece of bread sprinkled with some oil and herbs! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGT8mm7T1-IDf0vS3gZhxozY2hy6_vSFJJQg0x6LqWLvyR-09-8cyuxrZOfNW5awlns74LPTCWEgYtcc47VpGmSUCm8MGuJ6AFPTBq2HTE_-baKKfijK90rDJh_3e4SWKTnqtujVsHo8/s1600/boiling+mushrooms.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGT8mm7T1-IDf0vS3gZhxozY2hy6_vSFJJQg0x6LqWLvyR-09-8cyuxrZOfNW5awlns74LPTCWEgYtcc47VpGmSUCm8MGuJ6AFPTBq2HTE_-baKKfijK90rDJh_3e4SWKTnqtujVsHo8/s320/boiling+mushrooms.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was already late when I started making my mushroom soup. I was waiting for my friend to pop in after work for a chat and decided to make a quick snack for both of us. There are loads of recipes on how to make cream of mushroom soup and most of them involve butter and frying, but I just boiled all the ingredients in a pot and it tasted great! I also added a few potatoes to make it more filling since I served my soup without bread! </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My friend loved it and we had a cosy and relaxing, snowy winter evening with a warm bowl of simple but tasty mushroom soup! I even had some for today’s lunch! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><img height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGT8mm7T1-IDf0vS3gZhxozY2hy6_vSFJJQg0x6LqWLvyR-09-8cyuxrZOfNW5awlns74LPTCWEgYtcc47VpGmSUCm8MGuJ6AFPTBq2HTE_-baKKfijK90rDJh_3e4SWKTnqtujVsHo8/s320/boiling+mushrooms.JPG" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 232px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 474px; visibility: hidden;" width="96" />Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-30768163908990631552010-12-01T10:34:00.000+00:002010-12-02T00:03:58.387+00:00Love your skin...<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">....and it will love you back!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXql1qrNtXRvUhGaqk-z5mCcxf-A-YISji2sYufMMIem7kwFZw-ss4jyDiVjkXLEX98MAsf373x8lTM5Iy9sr0-z67Ck-LDoZQdw3kv9daoGQdyT7PYSAClx7O_8TXvVjZPw9FQAGzxQ/s1600/soda.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXql1qrNtXRvUhGaqk-z5mCcxf-A-YISji2sYufMMIem7kwFZw-ss4jyDiVjkXLEX98MAsf373x8lTM5Iy9sr0-z67Ck-LDoZQdw3kv9daoGQdyT7PYSAClx7O_8TXvVjZPw9FQAGzxQ/s400/soda.JPG" width="300" /></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally we had some proper snow in London last night! I am feeling even more Christmassy!</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">I wanted to write a little bit about skin care. Our skin is amazing and we should look after it all year round! Especially when it cools down outside we must remember that our skin dehydrates because of indoor heating! </span></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">However, in the autumn and winter skin care features mostly depend on where we spend most of our time - outdoors or indoors.</span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt;"><br />
<span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Daily cleansing, hydrating and feeding are the main rules of skin care that does not depend on our age or time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">I love little skin care treats but more and more I find myself looking after it in a natural way. I choose my skin care products very carefully, most of them contain natural plant extracts which protect and nourish my skin. I believe that the natural way is the only way to have beautiful and healthy skin. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">I am extremely passionate about my home made products and I love them all, especially ‘<a href="http://yourhealthierlife.blogspot.com/2010/11/luscious-avocado.html">avocado face mask’</a>, but yesterday I tried my home made soda facial scrub for the first time and I really liked it! I am always fascinated by how easily and quickly natural beauty treats can be made at home. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Home made soda scrub </span></b></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12pt;">I found this tip on one Lithuanian health & beauty website and got really excited to try it out! Although if your skin is not oily don’t use it too much as this scrub can make your skin very dry. But it can be used once or twice a week as an excellent exfoliating facial wash! Baking soda scrub removes dead skin cells, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">revitalises</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12pt;"> and keeps our face and body skin clean and soft. </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">The way I made it </span></b></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnirEk89hifVRP7OdzSDGyF3qy0eQR2Jto5g2BUiR_N7LLJ8upLyY1hXGcBwzVSknC_ROzPYPYt0lyunQzBMVqEyLIfJYnieH6nvy-YAK2oXnCOSl8oc8Fxq0LnQYdei9LX5GEFHKX8s/s1600/soda+mix.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnirEk89hifVRP7OdzSDGyF3qy0eQR2Jto5g2BUiR_N7LLJ8upLyY1hXGcBwzVSknC_ROzPYPYt0lyunQzBMVqEyLIfJYnieH6nvy-YAK2oXnCOSl8oc8Fxq0LnQYdei9LX5GEFHKX8s/s1600/soda+mix.JPG" /></a></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">I just mixed a pinch of soda in my palm with my daily facial wash until it started foaming. Then applied the mixture on to my face, gently massaged it in to my skin and rinsed it off with warm water. </span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">You can also mix it with a little bit of warm water instead of your daily facial wash. </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Soda scrub for complex skin</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">You will need:</span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">2 spoons of flour</span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">1 tbl spoon of baking soda </span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Dilute the mixture with a little bit of warm water to make a smooth paste and gently massage it in to your clean skin. Rinse it off with warm water! </span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-19089194517927497262010-11-29T10:55:00.000+00:002010-11-29T11:29:17.796+00:00Healthy Saturday Treat for Everyone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFqtTE4K0ULwlYvQNAx1PylCo0o2V5PlAkFLOrTythsD8P88qewnlY-xAwGEGNMvKsOisx3UmBf1246fhMYki9aX5hr6BfYO1GAaWgiIRUkXZ3vEAMvCAyKVhyQkTtjA9LGBC1UVJ9Eg/s1600/christmas+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFqtTE4K0ULwlYvQNAx1PylCo0o2V5PlAkFLOrTythsD8P88qewnlY-xAwGEGNMvKsOisx3UmBf1246fhMYki9aX5hr6BfYO1GAaWgiIRUkXZ3vEAMvCAyKVhyQkTtjA9LGBC1UVJ9Eg/s1600/christmas+1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Another great weekend in <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">London</city></place>! Its getting really chilly here and we are expecting some snow… I have to say I am excited about that! I spent half of my Sunday at Winter Wonderland with friends and it was a great fun! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Since Christmas is just round the corner I am getting into a festive Christmassy mood and therefore I organised a little Christmas tree decoration evening on Saturday. It was a great evening with a lovely, tasty and healthy little dinner.</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I love Baltic Herring and we eat a lot of this salty fish back home and it always reminds me of Christmas because my mum prepares it in loads of different ways at this time of the year. I chose the simplest way of preparing the fish and it was really lovely. Herring is rich in vitamins necessary for our daily diet and it has fewer calories than meat, it is also rich in oils and calcium! It is a good evening snack, but only if it’s not too salty! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Simple Baltic Herring marinade</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64YNjLRN8zNRu81yCDGKEthj1g7ZF7L3XqfwG_vESpGouykmI5bNdSDdAChUOerwIxjQl_oq9C2lhOPwdLjtauO-umTi4-3aKIhFwzvbN882SFg7nbumYjDjajd7JbHwZR_6BFYJzGKU/s1600/herring+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64YNjLRN8zNRu81yCDGKEthj1g7ZF7L3XqfwG_vESpGouykmI5bNdSDdAChUOerwIxjQl_oq9C2lhOPwdLjtauO-umTi4-3aKIhFwzvbN882SFg7nbumYjDjajd7JbHwZR_6BFYJzGKU/s320/herring+.jpg" width="240" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">My mum usually sends me some Baltic Herring and it’s marinated in the oil already, but this recipe is ideal for a fresh Herring! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The marinade is so easy to make, very tasty and refreshing!! Try it yourself:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">2 Herring Fillets</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">1 large onion</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">0.5L of water</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">3-4 spoons of vinegar</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">5-6 potatoes</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">fresh dill </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pour some water into a deep dish, depending on the quantity of fish you will be marinating, then mix it with a few spoons of vinegar. This time I used cider vinegar and it tasted great! Don’t pour too much vinegar as marinade will taste very sharp, If it does just add more water. Roughly chop one onion and place it into the dish together with the chopped Herring. Cover the dish and place it in to the fridge. Job done! Keep it for a few hours until the fish soaks in this lovely marinade sharpness! Serve it with hot potatoes sprinkled with fresh dill!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Hummus treat</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I have also made 3 different types of hummus to complete my evening and my friends loved it! Hummus is great and it’s filling and healthy! My new blender works great and it’s a pleasure mixing soft chick peas with roasted pepper or caramelised onions!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">My plain hummus</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> was truly lovely and I was proud of it, it is my favourite. To make it you will need:</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2 cans of chick peas</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">2 cloves of garlic</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2 table spoons of sesame seed paste</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1/2 of lemon juice</span></span></span><br />
a little bit of dried Basil<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">salt and pepper</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">a dash of Olive oil</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Boil chick peas for a few minutes and place them in to a large dish together with minced garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, sesame seed paste, salt and pepper. Blend it well with a small amount of the left over water from your boiled chick peas. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The smell is gorgeous and it tastes so much better then a supermarket one!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The red Pepper Hummus</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 roasted pepper and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all the same ingredients as above</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The process is the same! Just roast red pepper for a little bit and blend it with chick peas and the ingredients used for my plain hummus. Red roasted pepper enriches hummus with its lovely taste and red colour.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Caramelised Onion Hummus </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I am not a fan of caramelised onion hummus but I made it because my boyfriend loves it! And I have to say it turned out really good as it wasn’t as sweet as the one I once bought in a shop! It is fun making caramelised onions! To make it you will need:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOA3ohFfPXjf5iC3kFO-5ynE60jx_oEKJYqueeYrI95RJa5-OPUWCj1fMnUM8Vk_8haY38ceHQ9cn9HNFh36wymdhw1dK-v3oDSsf8HRFATayDPtqLy_ou_b94MGUMslLoD6ha8870zQ/s1600/onions+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOA3ohFfPXjf5iC3kFO-5ynE60jx_oEKJYqueeYrI95RJa5-OPUWCj1fMnUM8Vk_8haY38ceHQ9cn9HNFh36wymdhw1dK-v3oDSsf8HRFATayDPtqLy_ou_b94MGUMslLoD6ha8870zQ/s200/onions+.jpg" width="190" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1 onion</span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2 table spoons of brown sugar</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2 table spoons of vinegar </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Just finely chop one onion and fry it a little bit with olive oil. Add vinegar and mix it all with brown sugar! Blend half of the caramelised onions mixture straight in to the hummus and just add in the other half to give you chunky bits of onion for texture.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">At the end of my little dinner the caramelised onion hummus was voted as the best one from the three I made! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Crunchy suggestion:</span></span></b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZjshEUEbf-UntnNQm4MbnHUW8v6MslJzMb20vFq3wEFhVX12wiYERmSgxseILzvY59lFQwGGqDBdbKZ_vx-cRUt3eo154_mAFpOLo_XOOCpuX5qHBUfuG70QIktWop3d_1dU7qBt-MU/s1600/hummus_wrap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZjshEUEbf-UntnNQm4MbnHUW8v6MslJzMb20vFq3wEFhVX12wiYERmSgxseILzvY59lFQwGGqDBdbKZ_vx-cRUt3eo154_mAFpOLo_XOOCpuX5qHBUfuG70QIktWop3d_1dU7qBt-MU/s320/hummus_wrap.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">This is how we enjoyed our warm tortilla wraps with hummus and crunchy fresh salad:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1 packet of tortilla wraps</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2 tomatoes</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">0.5 cucumber</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1 yellow pepper</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1 red pepper</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1 packet of fresh lettuce </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Warm up tortilla wraps and spread a generous amount of hummus on them. Then stuff your warm wrap with freshly chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, crunchy colourful pepper and lovely green lettuce! It’s finger licking good! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">It was a beautiful dinner and it’s a very comforting food when the temperature is below zero outside!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-62508120638808438502010-11-24T09:08:00.000+00:002010-11-24T09:15:52.131+00:00Evening snacking (2)<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In one of my blogs <a href="http://yourhealthierlife.blogspot.com/2010/11/evening-snacking.html">‘Evening snacking’</a> I promised my housemate to provide him with some healthy evening snacking ideas. So I am keeping my promise and here is something I am confident he is going to love!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywQ5FNTln_WFoETAO5hwSFiX0lEeADpMsA8Y888L8sREve_8Pshc1j7pCqdmi1FqcYdCXzuuu4gcLtE83GGdcMJ1FKDu8IOFjjT8P8pzMhIdFysJCpJXoQsQMpcQn2pxUH21g9sKn6Yk/s1600/broccoli1+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywQ5FNTln_WFoETAO5hwSFiX0lEeADpMsA8Y888L8sREve_8Pshc1j7pCqdmi1FqcYdCXzuuu4gcLtE83GGdcMJ1FKDu8IOFjjT8P8pzMhIdFysJCpJXoQsQMpcQn2pxUH21g9sKn6Yk/s1600/broccoli1+.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broccoli is one of my favourite vegetables ever! I love it with everything! With rise, pasta, lentils, chick peas or just on its own with a dash of soya sauce! For me it’s a super food!!! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love it, just like many other vegetables, because of its benefit not only to my stomach but my skin as well!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Helping your stomach</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broccoli is extremely rich</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in<a href="http://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/other/health-benefits-of-fiber.html" title=""></a> fibre</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which can cure many stomach disorders. It’s also enriched with <a href="http://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/minerals/health-benefits-of-magnesium.html" title=""></a> magnesium and vitamins which help to facilitate proper digestion and absorption of nutrients from the</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">food and soothe the stomach by reducing inflammation. Broccoli also cures acidity in our stomachs!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Glowing skin</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broccoli is full of anti – oxidants such as </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">vitamin C, B complex, vitamin A, omega 3 acids, amino acids, foliate and vitamin</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">E</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> – the most important vitamin for our skin care! Broccoli</span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> simply looks after our skin!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broccoli Soup for cold winter evenings! </span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I enjoy broccoli soup quite often! Especially on cold and dark winter evenings when my stomach is longing for something warm and light!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6T0q3Aa6-eAGfn0d1SJBd2kUjANiBPjfksgp1gBWRl81nczJZxp1By2OGLVna_wB77c-XDs_yx40jv1lxI1z8FLfLhpUtTsl9LOaY4NVlYvXdCcGbQhdIimhliG9k0VkmTDGnsfxRew/s1600/Broccoli+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6T0q3Aa6-eAGfn0d1SJBd2kUjANiBPjfksgp1gBWRl81nczJZxp1By2OGLVna_wB77c-XDs_yx40jv1lxI1z8FLfLhpUtTsl9LOaY4NVlYvXdCcGbQhdIimhliG9k0VkmTDGnsfxRew/s1600/Broccoli+.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The soup is creamy, smooth, warming and so easy to make! It takes no time or effort! This is something I would like to recommend my housemate to have as his evening snack! It contains a little bit of cheese, but do not be afraid of that. It is truly yummy!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just chop & boil one head of broccoli, not for too long, it takes only a few minutes! Place it into a blending dish and add a little bit of left over water from the boiled vegetable. Mix it with a pinch of salt and pepper, drop in some cheese (I love it with the Stilton cheese because it makes it creamy and smooth) and just liquidise it all! Add some cream if you want, it adds this extra silkiness… but since it’s a healthy evening snack it is not necessary! The soup is as a good as it is! </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just toast a piece of bread and enjoy your evening! </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-3480329854666061082010-11-20T18:49:00.000+00:002010-11-20T22:10:10.730+00:00ZZZzzzzzZZZzzz….. ZZZZZzzzzz….<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">What a perfect Saturday… Just watched my favourite <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v5y2">‘Saturday Kitchen’</a> with <a href="http://www.jamesmartinchef.co.uk/pcc.asp?xpath=&xpathid=&lang=eng">James Martin</a> and lovely <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=Nigella%20Kitchen">Nigella’s Kitchen</a>. I was waiting for this morning all week when I can just sit back in front of the telly and relax… later I had my morning or should I say afternoon shower and I can tell you that there is only one way to deal with the cold: if the coming winter is biting you, you have to bite it back! And that’s what I did! I treated my skin with a warm and 100% natural <a href="http://yourhealthierlife.blogspot.com/2010/10/power-of-nature.html">honey&sugar scrub!</a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br />
</u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Having my beauty regime in place is great but unfortunately last night I didn’t sleep well!<br />
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I am usually blessed with good night sleep and I can sleep wherever and whenever… When I travel back home to Lithuania and if I travel on my own I always sleep in the plane… how lucky am I! A few times I fell asleep just before taking off and woke up when I landed in my country! <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">My lovely Australian friend Neil suggested that I write about quality sleep and its impact on our health. Also my sleepless night gave me a few ideas… I didn’t sleep because my head was packed with thoughts of Christmas presents… so I got my laptop and simply looked through a few websites, bought some lovely Christmas presents for my family and my friends… only then I calmed down… even thought I was just too excited to have a good night sleep…<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Importance of quality sleep<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I believe that the simplest secret of health, youth and glowing skin is quality sleep! I recently read loads of articles related to beauty sleep and in summary I can say that sleep is as important as food and water! <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">It is important not only how long you stay in bed but the quality of sleep. Make sure that you have as few disruptions as possible when you sleep! My boyfriend has attended the ‘sleep well, perform well’ seminar the other day and he said that ‘the biggest interruption is our mobile phones, because usually we have them somewhere near us and mobile phone radiation wrecks our sleep!’<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Impact on our health<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Reading some insomnia articles makes me glad I do not have this problem. Some people deliberately sleep less hours and have the excuse of having loads of things to do. This leads people in to dangerous health problems such as irritability and stress. Lack of sleep weakens our immune system and it can also affect our memory and mathematical ability! <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Sleep is extremely important for the health of our skin! The lack of good night sleep results in dark circles underneath our eyes and the skin looks dull and lifeless. It also results in early ageing which none of us wants to experience!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Quality sleep benefits every aspect of our life quality, the way we feel, the level of energy and our happiness! <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Every person should have their sleep pattern and make it a regular event! We should sleep from 8 to 9 hours a day. Personally for me 6-7 hours is enough. But I do let myself lie in longer on weekends and get some extra beauty sleep!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">What can help you sleep?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Switch off all the devices in your room and don’t leave your TV, lap top or speakers on stand by as they produce electrical waves which can disturb your sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">When your head is full of thoughts about work or things you have to do, just write them down on a piece of paper. It will help you to relax because you don’t need to worry that you might forget them, literally taking the thoughts out of your brain. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Try some breathing exercises. Concentrate only on your breathing from the diaphragm, breath in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Go to a happy place! If you feel stressed and unhappy just imagine good things which happened to you or things you want to happen!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Do not go to sleep extremely hungry and also do not drink too much liquid before bed!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">What helps me to sleep?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Occasionally I can’t fall asleep when I am cold, stressed or hungry, also if I slept too long that morning… <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Nice, crisp clean and cute bed sheets and a tidy room help me to have my beauty sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Just letting in some fresh air to my room before bed time helps me to have my quality sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Warm milk is a good old cure for sleepless nights, also herbal teas like camomile tea and especially cinnamon tea. See the recipe in my <a href="http://yourhealthierlife.blogspot.com/2010/11/lovely-cinnamon.html">‘Lovely cinnamon’</a> blog.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">From all the reading I’ve done on good night sleep I loved the sentence that ‘the bed should be used only for sleep and sexual relationship and not for reading or watching TV. Excessive time in bed seems to fragment sleep.’<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-366742415611262582010-11-18T13:36:00.000+00:002010-11-20T22:12:21.756+00:00Diet... diet... diet...<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was listening to the BBC news this morning and couldn’t help but wonder how many people are desperately trying to loose weight and how many teenagers are on various strict diets without realising the dangerous impact on their health.</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKTDrLBp997P0uBrzzusOnDb2dxvlyv1XvL9PGEGLjvzJ2fP9wbhHHh8buHUz7ZwnwnawMjmjwhC29Xu7Z_JDNv23FqqosH0ZNseRhPfZyMSK74qaDGRQW0FwcsmPqXIt4CrDLAjWWho/s1600/wagamama.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKTDrLBp997P0uBrzzusOnDb2dxvlyv1XvL9PGEGLjvzJ2fP9wbhHHh8buHUz7ZwnwnawMjmjwhC29Xu7Z_JDNv23FqqosH0ZNseRhPfZyMSK74qaDGRQW0FwcsmPqXIt4CrDLAjWWho/s320/wagamama.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is scary to listen to all these 12 year old girls telling you how they avoid oil, sugar and even cereals just because it’s too filling… There are so many reasons why girls are afraid to eat! One of the biggest reasons is the pressure from society but I don’t want to be judgmental towards all the skinny models…. They are beautiful if they are natural! I once read in a magazine an interview with one model company representative and she was saying that they are looking for naturally skinny girls and there are only 1% of such girls in the world and their job is to find this 1%. The company is not looking for someone who is starving to become size zero because they look unhealthy and don’t have life in their eyes… </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From my point of view and to be honest with you, there are no right diets… I am not a dietician or a doctor, but I speak from my own experience. And I have been there, I have tried many different diets which didn’t really work and the reason they didn’t is because diets are temporary! We can’t follow just one diet, because we will end up with very poor daily meals and how long can it last? A day or two… very soon we will get board and tired with the limited food choice… </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was 15 and realised that my weight is not healthy, I decided to change my habits. I used to eat late at night, snack in between meals and sleep in. I started attending fitness lessons and my lovely trainer said that I sleep too much! She suggested sleeping 7-8 hours and being as active as I can. She also showed me brilliant exercises to do at home. They are easy and do not require much space, I use to do them every morning in my room and I could feel the difference just after 2 weeks. The exercises involved just simple sit ups, legs and hips lifting, body stretching. For my arms she gave me little weight lifts in the gym, but for my home exercise she just told me to use small bottles filled up with water! It was my summer holiday and I will never forget this feeling of my jeans just dropping down! I still ate normally, tried to eat more vegetables and drink loads of water, move more. I was a happy teenager and I didn’t feel tired! The exercises gave me even more energy and I was waking up excited every morning to do them all over again! And I lost weight not because of dieting but thanks to exercising and eating healthier! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Be true to yourself </span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You have to be true to yourself and if you say ‘I will start being healthier tomorrow’ you never will! Just start it today! It’s not hard to do it step by step and I always say that you don’t need to give up your favourite meals just find the balance! Eat smaller portions or put more green veggies than potatoes on your plate! And if you really want something sweet just have it… but make sure it’s not too much because if you will not have it on the day you want it I am sure you will eat double the next day! </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Make it your lifestyle</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love cooking, I love eating and I love making desserts and experimenting with food! Going to the gym at least two days a week allows me to enjoy my lovely meals now and again! I always choose fish or sea food over meat, but I love turkey and duck and I try to have vegetables mixed in my food because then its not as heavy! I am careful with salt in my food and avoid ready made meals!</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">We all are individuals and the same diet or the same advice can not work for us all! You just have to make it your lifestyle and chose the way you want to follow! I have done it and it’s been nearly 15 years now I am maintaining my healthy lifestyle and it makes me happy! I allow myself to be naughty and I treat myself but I know one thing that I never ever want to go back to where I was before I considered changing my habits! </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make your life more colourful and exciting by adding more vegetables to your meals and make it more dynamic by introducing exercising! And it doesn’t mean you have to go to the gym! Just go for a long walk and get some fresh air! </span></span></div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-12018319496460947682010-11-14T22:56:00.000+00:002010-11-18T13:59:23.626+00:00Lovely cinnamon<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is rainy and cold outside… The perfect day to stay indoors and keep warm! And I am sitting here with a towel on my hair keeping </span><a href="http://yourhealthierlife.blogspot.com/2010/11/let-it-shine.html"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my olive oil hair mask</span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> warm and enjoying my Sunday!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I have been chatting to my mum for a while today and we had our little conversation about wellbeing and the little secrets cinnamon holds. I didn’t know that cinnamon can be so amazingly versatile, have so many benefits to our health and I am hurrying to share all this with you! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I remember eating loads of cinnamon when I was a kid, my mum would always sprinkle some on my porridge and I remember those yummy cinnamon rolls… and it always smells like Christmas… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Apart from being a great ingredient to loads of meals cinnamon provides us with a lovely smell and taste. It also has a huge positive impact on our health and it’s really exciting to think that this little brown stick can do so much, we don’t even realise what a great spice it is! </span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><strong><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Wellbeing</span></strong><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Studies have confirmed that cinnamon reduces blood sugar levels, it <strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">can also reduce cholesterol and has the ability </span></strong>to increase HDL (high density cholesterol, which is otherwise known as "good cholesterol").</span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvuIqn3fPBmUykDeyDoWzaX6YKVk4jJMGXMPtq-qkNuvNEtX7vzqLcsz6R-7LZQvlfIzM1OkiyOa7ZD1Z5cLSEm_HPAjF2eZjH_KIVkgOn6-foD1BwgvzEf57OLaIMNoV3il1h3zPqfQ/s1600/CINAMONAS+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvuIqn3fPBmUykDeyDoWzaX6YKVk4jJMGXMPtq-qkNuvNEtX7vzqLcsz6R-7LZQvlfIzM1OkiyOa7ZD1Z5cLSEm_HPAjF2eZjH_KIVkgOn6-foD1BwgvzEf57OLaIMNoV3il1h3zPqfQ/s1600/CINAMONAS+.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Cinnamon has anti-inflammatory healing properties that relieve joint and muscle pain.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">It is also useful for blood circulation, digestion and stomach pain relieve.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> Also a</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">ntibacterial properties of cinnamon are suitable for the prevention of urinary tract infections and gum disease.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">The spice is best taken with honey and it helps to get rid of a depressed mood</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">! </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> (Source Delfi.lt)</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
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<span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">The spice has also been found useful to women’s health because it helps in providing assistance to menstrual cramps and other period discomfort.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">The odour of cinnamon is still used in cosmetic creams, perfumes and body oils.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Research has found that half a teaspoon of cinnamon in your morning tea restores the necessary amount of sugar in the blood.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">This spice is very much one of the strongest anti-oxidants.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">It is well known that this substance prevents the occurrence of atherosclerosis and neutralizes many toxins.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The benefits of cinnamon </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Skin care</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is amazing! It’s so easy to fight spots with just cinnamon and honey! Mix 3 table spoons of honey with 1 table spoon of cinnamon, apply the mask onto your skin in the evening and rinse it off with warm water in the morning! The results are fab!<span class="apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Long lasting life… </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Boil 4 table spoons of honey, 1 table spoon of cinnamon and 3 cups of water together and drink one 1/3 of the mixture three times a day to live a long and happy life!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Cinnamon can get rid of the tiredness!</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">This spice improves the energy and circulation and gives people more vitality.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">In addition, due to its warming properties, cinnamon is particularly useful for people who tend to feel hot in the upper body, but cold feet. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">H</span></span><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">oney and water mixed with cinnamon powder helps to boost your immune system during cold season.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Digestion</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 12pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Every day, half an hour before breakfast and your evening meal drink a cup of water boiled with cinnamon and honey.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Regular consumption of such a mixture helps to avoid the accumulation of fat in our bodies! </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A little cinnamon sprinkled on 2 table spoons of honey will help to digest even heaviest food!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Cinnamon is an excellent source of fibre and can help reduce constipation and irritable bowel syndrome.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">Can’t sleep?</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At bedtime mix <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;">half a teaspoon of cinnamon and a teaspoon of honey with warm milk to help you fall asleep.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt; border-left: windowtext 1pt; border-right: windowtext 1pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; padding-top: 0cm;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Easy cooking</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">To make a bowl of couscous is so easy and effortless! <span style="color: #333333;">In a saucepan, bring water to the boil. Add salt and stir. Add couscous, remove the saucepan from the heat and allow grains to sit for about 5 minutes until the water is absorbed. Add your own spice mixture. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I love couscous with roast vegetables. Just chop an onion, carrot, courgette and some mushrooms, squeeze a little bit of garlic, add a little bit of olive oil and roast until vegetables are soft and golden. Then mix them up with the couscous and enjoy it! </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVamDXuc7jh13rxBQbMhXn5gwvAQ5t9Zjtx6SSJsCU0hxM2JZ4MekLFd8qIdtDtB-rMcyA7qZc6sSSspROj74aPk6A7h32AYbtcJOs7YygWPsafbnOZklbFN49sWZFIgODaXLHGTeGQw/s1600/couc+couc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVamDXuc7jh13rxBQbMhXn5gwvAQ5t9Zjtx6SSJsCU0hxM2JZ4MekLFd8qIdtDtB-rMcyA7qZc6sSSspROj74aPk6A7h32AYbtcJOs7YygWPsafbnOZklbFN49sWZFIgODaXLHGTeGQw/s1600/couc+couc.jpg" /></a></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">By the time I came back home from the gym last night it was already 8 pm and I wanted to make something quick, fresh and easy to digest. </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">So I went through my cupboards in the kitchen and found a box of couscous… a little jar of sun dried tomatoes marinated in lovely sunflower oil with aromatic basil, garlic and oregano… </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I love sun dried tomatoes because they are simply delicious and I thought that it should work well with a little bit of couscous… And it did! </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">The couscous was nice and fluffy and chopped sun dried tomatoes not only made it look nice and colourful but tasty and enjoyable. I didn’t add any extra oil because my tomatoes had it all… silky sunflower oil and spices! The dinner was light but filling and I was happy with my choice! </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Couscous is among the healthiest grain-based products. In terms of protein, couscous has 3.6g for every 100 calories, equivalent to pasta, and well above the 2.6g for every 100 calories of white rice. Furthermore, couscous contains a 1% fat-to-calorie ratio, compared to 3% for white rice, 5% for pasta, and 11.3% for rice pilaf.(</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couscous"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couscous</span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Verdana;">Couscous is a low fat food and on average only contains approximately 112 calories per serving for a plain variety but this is before adding any butter or oil! </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></span></span><br />
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</div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-13856459933958045812010-11-09T14:09:00.000+00:002010-11-10T22:31:12.925+00:00Yellow miracle<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We all use this juicy citrus fruit in our daily life and it is a well know source of vitamin C. Lemon adds taste to our food and drinks, we use the well known combination of honey and lemon when we feel ill, we decorate our dishes and deserts, especially I love decorating my signature cheesecake with a lemon zest, nothing can beat the lovely smell… </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lemon is not only good for our health, not only a tasty and refreshing yellow fruit but it also helps us to stay beautiful in the most natural way! Consuming lemon keeps our skin brighter and younger! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beautiful hair </span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGASFNSH-nkZPljjysgVGu04qR7Rn9jCw4RcSEmlWUb3qHmJT2eSQP0fDjU1ltu705MoGsMVN4ff6jNYpLSocsLbsNmd_TqOxvISMY9mUGw7kgtGPppB7vb7tpDUSOEChyAxJZ9_UsGlI/s1600/lemon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGASFNSH-nkZPljjysgVGu04qR7Rn9jCw4RcSEmlWUb3qHmJT2eSQP0fDjU1ltu705MoGsMVN4ff6jNYpLSocsLbsNmd_TqOxvISMY9mUGw7kgtGPppB7vb7tpDUSOEChyAxJZ9_UsGlI/s1600/lemon.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found this tip in one of my favourite health magazines and I use it all the time after <a href="http://yourhealthierlife.blogspot.com/2010/11/let-it-shine.html">my home made hot oil and rosemary hair mask</a>. I love the fresh smell and feel of my hair. Just mix 2 lemons juice with 1 litre of warm water and rinse your hair after shampooing! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Little tip:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Don’t rinse your hair with hot water as it dries it out and your hair looses its liveliness! When you blow dry your hair give it a cool blow at the end, which will keep hair cool, light and beautiful! </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keeping your teeth healthy </span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">I always check the condition of my teeth when I go home to <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Lithuania</place></country-region> for my holiday because it helps me to keep it in a good health. Last summer my dentist told me that my gums are a bit tired and I should try lemon juice and soda mix. As soon as I came back home, I checked my mum’s cupboards for soda. I then mixed one scoop of tea spoon of </span><span lang="EN">sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> with a little bit of lemon juice and a little bit of water. After brushing my teeth in an ordinary way I then washed my mouth with this lemon & soda water and gently brushed my teeth for about a minute. It’s amazing how you can feel the difference straight away as this fantastic natural mix has ability to whiten and polish the teeth surface and also refreshes gums! </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everyone likes to have nice and looked after nails. Here is something affordable, easy and natural. Lemon skin is an ideal tool to polish and strengthen our nails. I remember doing it when I was a little girl. My mum once told me that nails grow stronger if you soak your hands in lemony water. Just be careful if you have irritated skin! You can simply drop a few drops of lemon juice on each nail and that will strengthen your nail surface. Peal a peace of lemon zest and polish your nails with the white peel and I promise your nails will grow stronger! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><br />
</div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-62484078751512383262010-11-08T09:43:00.000+00:002010-11-08T09:51:31.884+00:00The Challenge.. the Results..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYPXns147lIM4akYfCj5iIPsRuNjDJwBWySnCWqhv7lcw6l6FUDujwlrnQq6P3xq1J-E9uYD66rGp6s-jmmAMXW4KIjPgTYfL59NCatgmPgmC7IuRNivAf8NPegQu9dFZK1SX8PnZvhQ/s1600/tea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYPXns147lIM4akYfCj5iIPsRuNjDJwBWySnCWqhv7lcw6l6FUDujwlrnQq6P3xq1J-E9uYD66rGp6s-jmmAMXW4KIjPgTYfL59NCatgmPgmC7IuRNivAf8NPegQu9dFZK1SX8PnZvhQ/s200/tea.jpg" width="196" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I am sitting now in front of the computer on this lovely Sunday afternoon with a big cup of peach flavour green leaf tea... In my blog ‘<a href="http://yourhealthierlife.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-cottage-cheese.html">why cottage cheese</a>' I have set myself a challenge to stay away from coffee for a week and I am happy to say I have kept my promise! Having in mind that I am a coffee lover I thought it will be much harder to resist, but it wasn’t really! I did miss it though, but I was absolutely delighted by smooth and enjoyable taste of lovely green tea! </span></span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last Monday I armed myself with green, white and fruity teas and been drinking it all day long. I have to say I feel great... I think green tea has some magical powers... My skin looks lively and healthy and my stomach was keeping well! </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do not like going shopping to Oxford Street in London, it’s just too busy and too crazy, but there is one little shop I love in Tottenham Court Road and it’s just round the corner from my gym so I had a peek the other day for the tea selection they have. And I got myself this lovely caffeine free peach flavour green and also white leaf tea and I am loving it! It tastes as good as it smells... just a little bit of honey... a slice of lemon... and I am sorted! </span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3.6pt; mso-outline-level: 3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tea history</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tea originated in China 4000 years ago! Green tea has been used as both a beverage and a method of traditional medicine in most of Asia, including China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea and Thailand, to help everything from controlling bleeding and helping heal wounds to regulating body temperature, blood sugar and promoting digestion.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simple truth</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the last few decades green tea has been subjected to many scientific and medical studies to determine the extent of its health benefits, with some evidence suggesting that regular green tea drinkers have lower chances of</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">heart disease</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and developing certain types of cancer.<sup> </sup> Although there is no scientific evidence that plain green tea can produce</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">weight loss, a green tea extract is useful for "obesity management", since it stimulates fat oxidation. </span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Green tea consumption reduces risk of heart diseases, bad cholesterol, increases metabolic rate, fat oxidization, </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">lowers incidence of cancers, prevents of the death of brain cells (less chance of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s diseases).</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Green tea also contains ascorbic acid (vitamin C), minerals such as chromium, manganese, selenium or zinc and all of these are great for our health, and I like green tea because of the zinc as it keeps my skin healthy and my hair </span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shiny!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-46886849545177782592010-11-07T13:44:00.003+00:002010-12-15T10:24:20.895+00:00Let it shine…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOqWqj5yh2S4XD4jwao3ddRoUFLOsOtRux-hCBOOGzYriZ7Qrgx3hJ-0fYR0KCYUJkaeQBMZ6cGZU_v-cxdQRZ1vBNSM0r1NGfau5ymaexNDOVXPzCJvUFrBsaHRhsIByndcsPfiDFs4/s1600/leaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOqWqj5yh2S4XD4jwao3ddRoUFLOsOtRux-hCBOOGzYriZ7Qrgx3hJ-0fYR0KCYUJkaeQBMZ6cGZU_v-cxdQRZ1vBNSM0r1NGfau5ymaexNDOVXPzCJvUFrBsaHRhsIByndcsPfiDFs4/s1600/leaves.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I love mid autumn when colourful leaves rustle under your feet… The weather is crispier but still mild… and you just want to wrap yourself into something warm and enjoy the feeling of the coming winter… </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">At this time of the year I get really concerned about the health of my hair. I love looking after it and treating my hair well so it looks healthy and shiny. The healthy lifestyle is vital for the health of our hair and there are so many signs warning you about the lack of vitamins in your daily diet. If your hair becomes thinner it can mean you are not getting enough protein with your food and if your hair looks dull you might be lacking zinc! If you want to have shiny and fabulous hair you need to sort out your daily menu and make sure you eat enough vitamins and minerals necessary to maintain a healthy scalp! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Why our hair is falling out? </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The reasons may vary. It might be caused by stress, poor diet, especially smoking! Hair loss is common after giving a birth or if you stopped using contraceptives, but the good thing is that our hair has ability to revive itself every season and it has been proven by scientist that August and September is the time when we lose the largest amount (abut 50 – 100 hairs a day) and it is because of the lack of iron. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Hair maintenance </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Our hair is structured from protein called keratin (95%) which contains sulphur. If we don’t consume enough of this protein then hair gets thinner. To prevent this from happening make sure you eat more products such as fish, cottage cheese, cheese, yoghurt, chicken, eggs. It only takes eating 4 boiled eggs a week to get your shiny hair back (100 g of egg yolk contaisn165mg sulfur)! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Apparently the more we pamper our hair and use loads of different hair treatment products such as serums, leave in conditioners etc the more hair loses its ability to keep its natural moisture, and it becomes weaker, requiring more and more care.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Also keeping hair covered is not a good thing! We should wear hats only when it’s necessary!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Each person has approximately 100 – 120 thousand hairs on their head. In one month they grow about 1-1.5 cm. The hair growth process is at its fastest amongst 15-30 year old people and women’s hair grows faster than men’s!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Little tip (hot olive oil & rosemary herb mask)</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Last week I was wandering around in a beauty shop, just looking for new brands, new products. There are so many... which one to choose... I picked up a small box of hot oil hair treatment... and then I though why should I buy one when I can make my own!? I have all the ingredients at home and I don’t need to spend any money and it is as good as any expensive beauty product, even better, because it’s all natural! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Once again my kitchen becomes my little beauty lab and I do enjoy it! And my bathroom becomes a little SPA escape... I pour ½ glass of lovely olive oil into a cooking dish and put it on my gas stove, sprinkle ½ glass of dried rosemary leaves and start heating it up... the smell is gorgeous... I love rosemary in general and I think it’s a fantastic herb! I then sieve the warm oil to separate it from the herb and then rub it into my hair, especially hair tips. Wrap it up with the towel to keep the warmth in and leave it on for 30 minutes to one hour, although I usually leave it for a little bit longer... and then just shampoo it twice to make sure all the oil excess is washed out. The hair is silky and soft and that’s the result I was expecting!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I just love all these small homemade treats! They are great to warm you up on cold, rainy and dark autumn evenings! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-9595443837380125952010-11-02T20:04:00.003+00:002010-12-15T10:25:15.876+00:00Luscious Avocado<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHrKzs686U1yVnPpK766GIGVifEd_zDOChypyFy2fbzslfX_E8gu7KLQ_AuEtECGV4ixIpZVYzOyjzt1HiEp5uWKaja6274wrGECaRnpjt60pq1FR8EDCJzuQRyZiByno0TCSnxcMt4w/s1600/Avocado+salad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHrKzs686U1yVnPpK766GIGVifEd_zDOChypyFy2fbzslfX_E8gu7KLQ_AuEtECGV4ixIpZVYzOyjzt1HiEp5uWKaja6274wrGECaRnpjt60pq1FR8EDCJzuQRyZiByno0TCSnxcMt4w/s200/Avocado+salad.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can now say that avocado is one of my favourite salad ingredients ever! Some time ago I was very sceptical about this lovely peace of fruit but because I didn’t know how great it is for not only making salad but also making little treatments for my skin! I highly recommend eating avocados (unless you are allergic) as much as you can and I can guarantee you will not regret it! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the United Kingdom the avocado became widely available in the 1960s when it was introduced by Marks and Spencer under the name 'avocado pear'. However, many customers tried to use it as a dessert ingredient like other pears (e.g. with custard), and complained to the store that it was inedible. As a result, Marks and Spencer dropped the word 'pear' and labeled it simply 'avocado'.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Avocados are high in valuable fats and appear to have a beneficial effect on blood serum levels. A</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">avocado is the second fruit (after olives) with the highest monounsaturated fatty acids - 20%.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></b></div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Avocado is not only delicious fruit and a perfect salad ingredient but also an amazing little treat for your home made face mask! Avocados are high in fat but most of the fat is monounsaturated and that’s why it is considered a healthy fat. An avocado is good for your skin because of its omega-3 fatty acids, avocados contain both vitamin C and vitamin E, which act well together as a powerful skin anti-aging combination. It smoothes your skin, keeps it plump and youthful looking and helps prevent dryness. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I have halved the avocado and used one side for my lovely salad. Just chopped tomatoes, cucumber, yellow shiny pepper, tore a few green salad leafs, chopped some dill, parsley and basil left over from </span><a href="http://yourhealthierlife.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-cottage-cheese.html"><span style="color: #444444;">my cottage cheese day</span></a><span style="color: #444444;"> mixed in my creamy and luscious avocado, splashed a little bit of smooth and lovely olive oil, squeezed some lemon juice and had it ready in just minutes!</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other avocado half I used for my face skin treatment. It can not get any easier to make this mask! Just grind peeled avocado, mix it with a dash of olive oil, crack one egg yolk and apply onto clean skin. Keep it on for about 15 minutes and rinse it off with warm water. Mix avocado with egg whites if your skin is greasy! You will feel the freshness straight away! Try it and love it!</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">To have a bowel cleansing day is not as easy as it may sound. It takes some patience and strength to resists delicious distractions on your way. But once you’ve done it is not as hard next time! Having very slow digestive system I find it very useful to avoid food all day and I love this lightness feeling in the morning. It’s also good for skin, the cleaner the bowel the clearer your skin! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Some people chose to eat only fruit and others chose to have only vegetables all day. I chose cottage cheese because I really like that interesting texture and a lovely creamy taste plus it is really healthy. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Bowel cleansing day helps me feel better and lighter and also helps me to get rid of all the food builds up in my intestine. I wouldn’t recommend doing it more than once a month and every person who has digestion disorders should consult their doctor or nutritionist before considering any type of diet!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</div><span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">A 113 g serving of 4% fat product has about 120 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated), 3 g carbohydrates, and 14 g protein. It also contains about 500 mg sodium, 70 mg calcium and 20 mg cholesterol.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I prefer 4% fat cottage cheese, because low fat or non fat cottage cheese have more sugar in them to compensate for the flavor missing from the fat. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">It is that simple to be in charge of your health!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I am taking on a challenge which is going to be tough for me and this is where I will be talking more about the benefit of green tea. I have started my challenge already! From today and I am having only tea (mostly green tea) and I will let you know the difference! I am excited and worried if I can give up my biggest treat in the morning – coffee! Good luck to me! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-88660360180367231762010-10-31T21:35:00.000+00:002010-11-07T19:00:46.569+00:00Let’s talk breakfast...<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">How often do you take the time to have some breakfast in the morning? Do you wake up a little bit earlier to have a bowl of cereal or you sleep until the last minute and then rush to work? I guess most people choose to sleep... and especially on cold and dark winter mornings. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I am an early bird and luckily for me I am always in a good mood! I don’t like rushing in the morning and love watching news or just listening to music while having my coffee! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Usually I have a bowl of muesli in the morning but I have been craving pouched eggs since Monday, so I have invited my friend over to have a lovely Halloween breakfast with me. I’ve made an English breakfast a few times before but I find it a bit too heavy and that’s why I decided to cook a healthy version and it was just perfect... </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">My healthier version of an English breakfast<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7tX9uKSewGzOdl5MisUr0gJNg6XBSmGVunqvNm-axLL7W6XHMxkwcpG0srIiO11x9HDTs0FU9VebWDEVdgfYxn8vQst5SuzXaAm97ZGou5utZ-l6SwcTYVgBPT9-APM-b9eDO1nWP8I/s1600/breakfast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7tX9uKSewGzOdl5MisUr0gJNg6XBSmGVunqvNm-axLL7W6XHMxkwcpG0srIiO11x9HDTs0FU9VebWDEVdgfYxn8vQst5SuzXaAm97ZGou5utZ-l6SwcTYVgBPT9-APM-b9eDO1nWP8I/s320/breakfast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have poached eggs, not fried... instead of ordinary toast I had fresh and soft Halloween themed bread made with carrots, pumpkin and sunflower seeds which I have drizzled with a little bit of olive oil and grilled in the oven together with tomatoes and mushrooms... Grilling veggies makes all the difference, they are not as greasy and olive oil gives that little extra silky taste. I then filled my plates with lovely baked beans, poured some orange mango and passion fruit juice... parboiled vanilla flavour coffee and the breakfast is ready! Yummy!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">It’s recommended to eat eggs if you want to lose a few pounds and they make you feel fuller for longer. Statistically people eating eggs in the morning are losing weight easier and quicker than those who don’t. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Despite the popular belief research shows that people who regularly eat eggs do not suffer from an increase in cholesterol levels in their blood. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">One egg has only 70 calories, loads of useful vitamins, high quality proteins and antioxidants and it tastes so good whether it’s boiled, poached or scrambled! I wouldn’t recommend fried eggs though... </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I’ve been a fan of beans since I was a child! I love them boiled, baked, hot, cold and mixed with food or on their own, butter beans, red kidney beans, the list is very long! This is an amazing source of protein. They have<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> significant amounts of fibre and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">soluble fibre</span> which can help lower blood</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">cholesterol</span> and beans are also high in</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">complex carbohydrates</span>,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">folate</span>, and</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">iron</span></span> which is great for our health! <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Love love love mushrooms! They are a good source of selenium. With significant amount of selenium in every serving mushrooms could turn out to be an important ingredient in a cancer fighting diet, especially in lowering prostate cancer. Mushrooms are also a good source of vitamin B and they are unrecognised source of potassium, which helps to regulate blood pressure. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Mushrooms are great ingredients for your weight loss diet as well, 5 mushrooms contain only 20 calories and they are fat free!! How great is that!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-55982290481904121322010-10-29T10:40:00.000+01:002010-11-07T19:01:21.029+00:00Little Filter Coffee Secret<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">Coffee is a very fascinating product to me! I love the smell, I love the look and I love the taste… But how (un) healthy is this drink? In my opinion the worst thing that happens to coffee drinkers is that they become addicted! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">Being a coffee lover I am not in a position to criticize, but I would recommend avoiding drinking coffee on an empty stomach. This is my bad habit and I am trying to quit doing that. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">There are so many articles discussing the impact of coffee on our health… and I think it is just endless debating… there is no straight answer yes or no just like loads of other issues on this planet. I use to drink much more coffee, but now I just have one nice cup of coffee in the morning and am trying to drink more teas, especially green tea throughout the day and I feel so much better for it. It is proven that green tea gives you more energy than coffee and I do believe it is true! </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">Did you know that filter coffee grounds may be used to soften your skin? It works as well as body scrub!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXrACuiiFhOINLRMormF812dEGT7BFlveaZG29FQdCC76AC0HXvc7sHTbVHErfDxWWwwwptdzTz23cKpyJ1n4yuEZQe-vTkNkoVfy5GLqDweJu7tTRVhrOwwgOIDC7X-myeA8VOz9XHo/s1600/coffee-grounds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXrACuiiFhOINLRMormF812dEGT7BFlveaZG29FQdCC76AC0HXvc7sHTbVHErfDxWWwwwptdzTz23cKpyJ1n4yuEZQe-vTkNkoVfy5GLqDweJu7tTRVhrOwwgOIDC7X-myeA8VOz9XHo/s1600/coffee-grounds.jpg" /></span></a></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">When I was younger I use to work in a coffee shop during my summer holidays and once I had a bad experience with washing up liquid. My hands were terribly dry and my skin was rough and irritated. I used creams, but it didn’t help. But my mum (of course) had a solution! After drinking her coffee she didn’t throw the coffee grounds away but used them to rub into my hands! And you know what, it feels really great while little bits of soaked coffee grounds massaging and softening your skin…</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">If you don’t drink filter coffee, ask your friend or a member of family to keep the coffee grounds (just make sure they are fresh) and use them when your skin feels dry and rough. It really works! Especially in winter when we become a little bit more fragile… </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">Just 2 table spoons off coffee grounds are enough to make your hands smoother, then just rinse with warm water and apply some cream, feel the difference and enjoy the feeling! You can also try applying it on the whole body, skin loves it! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">I did it this morning and I simply love it! </span></div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-79223659864503685292010-10-28T10:08:00.000+01:002010-11-20T22:11:42.282+00:00The Power of Nature<div class="MsoNormal"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe in healthy lifestyle and I truly believe in Nature. My biggest inspiration has always been my mum. Since my childhood she tried to keep me and my brother away from antibiotics, she always was and still is seeking for the natural ways of healing the body. Even now she is sharing her knowledge with me and I love our ‘Skype’ conversations about vitamins, new home made beauty products, new recipes, shiny hair, healthy skin, our favourite health magazines and lots of other interesting stuff. </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I go home I know she will have loads of exciting and natural beauty treats in her little cupboard and I know that after my visit in <country-region w:st="on">Lithuania</country-region>, most of them will end up in my little cupboard in <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">London</place></city>. </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have an incredibly vast choice of beauty products these days, with the variety of brands and range of prices we forget about the simplest ways of staying beautiful. Most home made beauty treats do not take long to make, they smell amazingly good and fresh plus your pocket does not cry! </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjHe-YHNT0yOSiMvmBDBnpHkcHkWwNf-iHxL2-ZevyzH-r8x2yIGKCGG4fifBP8_R0wIYYAcYxE78P9LbnOEGW4U7oXHowGGWwef4zepXCMqyfcmmmvgnXvWDJREUhr_VtTTs4nRLijM/s1600/kitchen-lab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjHe-YHNT0yOSiMvmBDBnpHkcHkWwNf-iHxL2-ZevyzH-r8x2yIGKCGG4fifBP8_R0wIYYAcYxE78P9LbnOEGW4U7oXHowGGWwef4zepXCMqyfcmmmvgnXvWDJREUhr_VtTTs4nRLijM/s1600/kitchen-lab.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTM7on8bjp-5Q_NOzf2uKN21wM9ItKNiyBfe3w4L6h-3fnBMe8AyN5vOj8xETRohdXGC9UZPNey7FgjlzFR6u_U9_fUTay_kwwwkOjRLX7qPXWvTAiWfMfcvTIJ2OY5hszzj05OG8RZGM/s1600/kitchen+lab.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am very excited to convert my kitchen into a little beauty lab and experiment with our daily essentials like salt, oils, sugar, honey, lemon, coffee… just name it! It takes only a few minutes to make a body scrub to make you glow, face mask to refresh your skin or a hair treatment to make it shine and the results I get are amazing! Your body will be really thankful for looking after it! </span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I once read that Jennifer Aniston is using a salt scrub to keep her body skin healthy, and radiant. Salt scrub exfoliates and stimulates the skin giving it the glow, healthy feel and appearance. The only negative I found using salt scrub is that it can be unpleasant if you have irritated skin or if you have injuries which haven’t healed yet as it will ‘chew’ your skin. But go for it if you are sure you do not have harmed skin, because the benefits from the salt scrub are terrific!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My home made sugar&honey scrub</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Body scrub is a perfect tool to refresh your body and it will give you a SPA experience in your own home! Its not only a pleasant smell, it removes dead, rough skin and stimulates the skin to feel softer and appear more refined. Sugar is a natural exfoliant and your skin feels much smoother after using a sugar scrub. These scrubs feel luxurious and are believed to be mildly aromatherapeutic in addition to being great for your skin. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Romans had the right idea when it came to sugar. They used honey to sweeten foods and used sugar for medicinal purposes. It was also a cosmetic treatment used to draw moisture to lips and other areas of the body<br />
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I love using my own made sugar scrub! Its so easy to make it, just mix: </span><br />
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</div><span style="color: #444444;"></span>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691950302943651578.post-49817381694294190962010-10-28T00:30:00.000+01:002010-11-01T22:09:05.539+00:00Food Intolerance<h2 class="postTitle" style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I love food, love cooking, love eating and trying new cuisines. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04g1eZTHGsln6Tfjh9L1EUEhwM8i6NillPsTijwwaNDpCSgOkk3bjVm1FkyZHLhNEZ_bzKWZItSiB-lo6iu-daDHymxGC8_d7-hREm_4pRkeH9KujZhDQWqoU0h-TQD9mDZRTtqoA4h0/s1600/pigen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04g1eZTHGsln6Tfjh9L1EUEhwM8i6NillPsTijwwaNDpCSgOkk3bjVm1FkyZHLhNEZ_bzKWZItSiB-lo6iu-daDHymxGC8_d7-hREm_4pRkeH9KujZhDQWqoU0h-TQD9mDZRTtqoA4h0/s200/pigen.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="postBody" style="color: #777777; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have always been very conscious about my health, my weight and my day to day diet. Sometime I find myself feeling heavy and full after a small meal portion or only from a bowl of soup and sometimes I can’t have enough. I do not think it’s something I should be extremely worried about as it’s winter time and people tend to eat a little bit more just to keep themselves warm, but food intolerance might be one of the reasons why my stomach feels dodgy from time to time.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="postBody" style="color: #777777; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A BBC Health article says that food intolerance is an adverse reaction to some sort of food or ingredient that occurs every time the food is eaten, but particularly if larger quantities are consumed. This isn't the same as a food allergy, because the immune system isn't activated. Neither is it the same as food poisoning, which is caused by toxic substances that would cause symptoms in anyone who ate the food. Food intolerance doesn't include psychological reactions to food either.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="postBody"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I am curios to find out if I am intolerant to any kind of food. I do not have many actual food intolerance symptoms and I am more worried about what’s causing it. I never thought I was a very sensitive person, but I remember having stomach aches since I was little because I think that my digestion is the slowest in the world! Apparently food intolerance occurs in people with more sensitive digestive system and unfortunately I am one of them. Food intolerance occurs when the body is unable to deal with a certain type of food. This is usually because the body doesn't produce enough of the particular chemical or enzyme that's needed for digestion of that food. For example, one of the most common types is intolerance of cow's milk, which contains a type of sugar called lactose. Many people have a shortage of the enzyme lactase. Without this enzyme they can't break down milk sugar into simpler forms that can be absorbed into the bloodstream. But I have never had any problems with consuming milk, maybe I am intolerant to some diary products and I need to find out what are they!</span></span></div><div class="postBody" style="color: #777777; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">I found out that eating one day old food makes my stomach act funny. So I always try to make fresh food for my lunch and avoid ready made meals unless it’s a salad. I also think that sitting all day in the office doesn’t help me to digest either. I love Covent Garden soups as they are a real treat to me when it’s rainy and cold, but always have irritable bowel straight after eating it and sadly I have to cut it out of my daily diet and maybe this is because it’s a ready meal… It’s a hard work to give up food you love, but if it leads to a happier me, I just have to do it!</span><br />
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</strong></span></div><div class="postBody" style="color: #777777; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Cure to keep your stomach happy:</strong></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Water Water Water! Please try to drink at least 5-8 glasses of water every day! It will benefit you in all the ways possible!</span></div><div class="postBody" style="color: #777777; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">Going to the gym helps me a big time! Recently I stopped exercising for about a month as I was really busy and this made a big impact on my digestion system and the way I feel! I felt sluggish and moody, but I started going to the gym again and I am back on track! </span></span></div>Healthier Lifestylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06768608427068210695noreply@blogger.com0