Help your body remove toxins

On a daily basis your are exposed to chemicals at work, pollution  as you walk on the street and your diet which is processed food. Unhealthy dietary choices like fast food,caffeine, and lifestyle habits such as smoking and drinking alcohol harm your health and helps with the build up of toxic substances  in your system.Over time these substances can impair immune functioning  which might lead to weight gain and even cause memory problems. The question here is why does the media's emphasis about the substances such as fast food,cigarette and alcohol through advertisements is dominant than the emphasis on how you can detox your body from the toxins that come from the above substances?

Detoxification plays a vital role in improving your health by eliminating toxic substances in your body.Your  bodies goes through a lot on a daily basis ,toxins enter your body and negatively affects your health and radical compounds cause additional wear and tear  to nearly every tissue in your body especially your skin. Now compare the number of times you eat junk food,smoke and even drink alcohol to the number of times  you detox in a year; is there any balance? if yes congratulations! but if no do you realise that your health is in danger?
  And if your body  is not detoxifying on it's own you need to take action and help your body.
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Detoxification can:

• Strengthen the immune system.
• Eliminate tissue damaging.
• Reduce the risk of cancer and other diseases
• Purifies your blood.
• Helps you overcome bad habits like eating junk food,sugar and drinking alcohol.

Eight ways to help your body detoxify:

1. Eat plenty of fibres, including brown rice and fresh fruits and vegetables.
2. Take herbs such as dandelion roots and drink green tea which helps to cleanse the liver.
3. Take vitamin C  to help the body produce glutathione, a liver compound that drives away toxins.
4. Drink at least quarters  of water daily.
5. Breath deeply to allow oxygen to circulate more completely through your system.
6. Transform stress by emphasising positive emotions.
7. Try hydrotherapy by taking a hot shower for 5 minutes,allowing the water to run your back.follow with cold water for 30 seconds.Do this three times,and then go to bed for 30 minutes.
8. Sweat in a sauna so your body can eliminate toxins or waste through perspiration.

As your body gets rid of the accumulated waste, healing effects often accompany the acceleration from your skin,liver kidney and lungs,you may experience the following for a short period:

• Body odour
• Bad breath
• Fatigue
• Diarrhoea
• Headaches

 When this occurs do not despaired ,this means that your body is getting rid of the toxins.
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Food that detox the body are as follows:



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• Fruits : Fruits are high in liquid content,helping the body wash out toxins.



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• Vegetables:Best for juicing detox regime or eaten raw onions,carrots,cabbage,garlic to name but a few these food will help your live purge toxins during the cleansing process.
• Green tea:Washes the toxins out of the body  through its liquid contents.
• Omega-3 Oils:Use hamp,avocado,olive oils or flux seed oils while detoxing . This will  help lubricate the intestinal walls, allowing toxins to be absorbed by the oils,and eliminated by the body.

Now think about the information above and make a decision on steps or strategy on how you will help your body remove toxins, its up to you to ensure that your body is healthy or not so what are you going to  do?

Image goes beyond the clothes you wear

Often people say you are what you wear, forgetting that your body  also needs a little bit of  taking care of and actually every part of your needs not to be overlooked  because they  are important. due to lack of  marketing PR in salons about how to take care of your body other than summing up that image is all about what we wear. today i would like you to think about your feet,by a show of hands how many of you give your attention to your feet as much as you give attention to you face, hands,weight and clothes.You often forget about your feet until they start hurting is this true or not?

Did you know that your feet have a some of  26 bones and a complex framework of muscles,tendons and ligaments, your feet absorb the impact of your full body weight with every step keeping you balanced and upright in the process. Now do you realise how important your feet are?

Problems that many of people have with their  feet are as follows:

• Foot odour
• Fallen arches
• Corns
• Ingrown toenails
• Fungal infections

Does any of these problems sound familiar to you?

Here are some tips that  can help you address some of these problems:

1. Always buy shoes that fit you properly (they must not be too small or too big)

• this is due to the fact that small shoes may cause; corns,ingrowing toenails  and general foot pain.
• Big shoes may cause;blisters and sore heels.

   2.   Ladies high heels are not good for your feet when you wear them frequently  because they cause           damage to the bones on your feet NB heels are fine for you to wear  once in a while.

   3.   Exercise your feet by taking a walk on a regular basis more especially to those who use drive.

   4.   Wash your feet properly everyday meaning give your feet a thorough  wash between your toes.



  5.  Remember to moisturise your feet.

6.  Wear socks because they play a vital role in absorbing and drawing moisture away from your feet.

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Now that you have viewed the information above begin to think about the most common problem that many people have with regards to this subject of feet which is foot odour and dry cracked heels. How can one deal with these problems you ask?

 Foot odour are usually caused by bacterial infections. this occurs because of heat  and moisture inside the shoes.If you suffering from this problem here's what you can do;

• use anti-bacterial soap every time you wash your feet.
• Always dust your shoes with baking soda that prevents moisture and kills bacteria.
• After a good foot soak rub your feet with peppermint flavoured moisturiser.

Basic home treatment  for dry cracked heels are as follows:

• wash your feet in a moisturising foot bath with Luke warm water and a mild soap or you can mix honey and water then soak your feet in the mixture because honey is a natural antiseptic it is safe to use on cracked and bleeding heels or skin.
• Always dry your skin well more especially in between your toes after washing your feet.
• Apply a good moisturiser for example foot creams or foot ointments
• Check your feet everyday, look for cuts,blisters and treat them properly.

Here are suggestions for food that you can eat  to improve the health of your feet, you must eat a diet  rich of vitamin A which promotes skin health,carrots,sweet potatoes,spinach and pumpkins are also good sources are helpful.Always remember to drink your eight glasses of water a day.

Now that you know how to take care of your feet will you start giving your feet the equal amount of attention that you give to you face,weight,clothes?



The easy way to deal with stress

Did you know that beauty therapy also contributes to our image and everyday lives?

On a daily basis you are faced by a lot of pressures tha contrbube  towards you having stress, pressure's from school, work, families and even relationships.There are other factors that may also add to your everyday pressure's which may lead to stress that you don't even realise that they contribute, these factors may be the concern that you have about your weight ,bank balance and even what your brother did yesterday and made you angry. You all know that the easiest way to overcome your stress sometimes is through exercising and exersises will help you to keep your body in  conditon and improving your health,or taking a long walk to rethink your problems and it will help improve your immune system ,you can even try Yoga which is good for the mind,you can also try stress balls but if you are like me and you are not fond of exercises  what do we do then?

Yes , you look at other ways of dealing with your stress. There are many ways but i would like you to think about this one which is massage yes that one; and you are probably know that its expensive to go to a spa to get a massage.So here is the cheapest solution you can expiriment.Try listening to music, yes music! Reseachers from the group health research institude  state that music is as effective as massage therapy.Since lying down and listening to music does'nt cost a thing maybe its worth a try what have you got to lose?  however you must breath deeply while lying down.Listening to music can't work out a sore body and it helps soothes the spirit not only that music has the power to relax your mind. Tell me what you think will  this solution  work for you or not?

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