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The hands can be a very sensual part of our body if we know how to take care of them and keep them beautiful. Soft hands and good care appear to help us a more fine, elegant and especially women. So today we’ll give you some recipes for preparing homemade nourishing cream for our hands.

For this we need not spend much money, are made with natural elements in the range. Let’s start with a main ingredient which is an avocado. In addition to this we also need half a lemon and half a cup of natural yogurt. All you have to do is put everything in the blender. The result is a cream that will apply at night, spread it by hand and let it soak, after a few minutes remove with water.

Another very effective cream is made with potatoes. cut a potato into thin slices and crush until a light paste. You can add a few drops of olive oil and apply on your hands, letting it act for about 15 minutes.

The last recipe is made with mandarin oranges. We will use only one and a quarter cup of olive oil, a tablespoon of honey and a cup of sugar. It thins the skin including tangerine and then you mix the remaining ingredients. Apply the mixture on hands and arms and covered with warm towels for about 20 minutes. And presto!

Any of the three creams are very efficient, choose the one you like best care of your hands.

We hope this information will be of great help!

Moria Casan and celebrities like Catherine Fulop has admitted that the form and maintain health through orthomolecular medicine. But what this kind of therapy? The term “orthomolecular medicine”was coined in 1968 by Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling Chemistry and Molecular balance concerns. The key to this discipline is the personal treatment of each patient, depending on their cellular needs, diagnosed by genetic analysis.

Through a study of DNA is decoded to what foods are more sensitive and which have nutritional deficiencies. The treatments are nutrigenetic: a base for vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential fatty acids and enzymes. diets What is orthomolecular medicine and how it works then try to compensate and potential conditions, and the present, and also can address problems such as obesity and aging in a particular way. And while it is advised to eat fruit and vegetables, is also given importance to the meat and flour.

Besides the change of diet and nutritional supplements, it is stressed that it is essential to a change in attitude accompanying therapy: pleasant thoughts, routines, healthy and positive relationships.

The point here is that the metabolic advantage of different energy forms the food supply. The body tends to consume carbohydrates principle and lastly the fats. So when we eat combined, or whether it contains both nutrients, fat will become part of the reserve lipid and carbohydrates used for energy production (ATP). Carbohydrates and vitamins are most beneficial nutrients for metabolism and not the lipids.

We recommend opting for a diet of natural products such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables and lean meats, especially fish and chicken. As for the meal is always preferable accompanied only with vegetables, because when combined with fat (soda crackers, meat and potatoes) the absorption of fat is much more effective since the body first uses carbohydrates for meals and ATP synthesis.
The dense foods are calorie level: meats, red meat, sweets and desserts, chips, ice cream, cheese, oil foods, cold cuts, soda crackers.

The following list is for you to make comparisons between foods according to the density and thus be able to choose the most beneficial to lose weight or stay fit.

* White cheese diet: 0.75 Cream cheese: 3.05 Skim milk: 0.40 Whole: 0.80
* Yogurt fat: 0.35 Whole: 0.70 Prosciutto: 1.90 Churrasco lean: 2.10
* Hamburger: 2.80 Grilled chicken or boiled: 1.95 Tuna in oil: 2.00
* Baked hake: 1.10 Hard boiled egg: 0.80 Cheese Omelet: 2.60 Carrot: 0.45
* Lettuce: 0.12 Cauliflower: 0.30 Tomato: 0.20 Chauchas: 0.35 Papa boiled: 1.10
* Peas: 0.80 Spinach: 0.25 Banana: 0.60 Apple: 0.75 Grapefruit: Grapes 0.20: 0.90
* Cooked white rice, dried noodles 1.00: 1.50 Water Crackers: Crescent 3.50: 3.30
* White bread, wheat bread 2.50: 2.50 French Toast: 3.00

Remember combine pasta and beans with vegetables and meat with vegetables for fat-carbohydrate combination help to gain weight.

Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection of the skin and the most common fungal infections. Recent studies estimate that 25% of the population of developed countries suffer this evil at some point in their lives.

The most common symptoms are: dry skin, brittle and flaky in the affected area. Itching and burning, sores or blisters, thickening and discoloration of the nails.

This type of fungi, called dermatophytes, thrive in warm, moist areas, so the infection increases in summer time. It is a highly contagious infection that is spread by direct contact with items such as shoes, socks, bedding, carpets and other surfaces such as swimming pools, showers, gyms, saunas and locker rooms, among others.

The disease takes its name probably is more common in athletes by continuous and prolonged use of closed shoes (tennis). It is common for swimmers and suffering soldiers, the most frequent in adult males. Read the rest of this entry »

A new report recently issued by Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, warning of the health hazardscause facial paint that could used especially by children and young people in celebrations like Halloween.

After evaluating ten products facial paint types widely available via the Internet at craft shops or Halloween, the researchers found that:

“The ten facial products containing lead paint, and 6 of 10 had known skin allergens such as nickel, cobalt or chromium, at levels above the recommendations of industry surveys,” said Stacy Malkan, cofounder of the campaign coauthor of the report and author of Not Just a Pretty Face, published in 2007, which talks about potentially dangerous ingredients in cosmetics.

Malkan said the new report that “unfortunately, we found lead in all of them” and according to experts agree the exposure to lead can cause behavioral and developmental problems.

The research found that it had problems with the label as some products claiming to be hypoallergenic, but they were not, while a product “announced in the package as hypoallergenic and nontoxic, and had some of the highest levels of nickel, cobalt and lead, “said Malkan. Read the rest of this entry »

Even in the clean and healthy skin may occasionally appear as black dots. All people have had more than one, since they are common. Here are open comedones, dark spots that form when sebum mixes with dead skin cells. They are black because they are very dense. Suffer from oily skin to a greater extent, so that prevention and proper cleaning is essential to prevent its occurrence and to remove existing ones.

Why did they originate?
On the surface of the skin lead to two types of glands: sweat glands, sweat pouring through a tiny hole or pore, and sebaceous associated with a dryer, where the fat comes naturally to the surface of the skin, outlet which is larger, and which is also known as pore. In parts of the forehead, nose and chin sebaceous flow is more abundant, and just filosebáceos dilating ducts. Just to see how to tighten them a bit of fat removed. Which does not flow and obstructs the process of cell renewal. Black spots on the skin Read the rest of this entry »

Burns are a specific type of soft tissue injury. They occur when the body receives more energy (heat, chemical or electrical) than it can absorb without injury.

A severe burn can be life threatening and requires immediate medical attention. The severity of the burn depends on the temperature of the medium that caused and duration of exposure. They are primarily skin lesions, but sometimes affects other organs like lungs, heart, kidneys, etc.

The severity of burns is determined by five factors:

Depth of burn: 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade.
Extent of burn: Percentage of body area affected.
Condition critical regions: Hands, feet, face and genitals.
Patient age: Under 2 years old or very old.
Overall health of the individual. Read the rest of this entry »

Photosensitivity reactions are those important clinical and produced abnormal, triggered or aggravated by exposure to light, usually sunlight. Unlike fototoxia, skin overreacts and does not play only an increase of tonality, but appear eczema lesions, blistering, etc …

Fototóxia

It is the increased absorption of sunlight by making contact or drugs or chemicals, or sometimes by alterations in the metabolism of persons or in certain diseases. The injuries that occur are the same as sun exposure produces only more intense and appear less exposure time.

1. Fototoxia induced by drugs.

It is a cutaneous adverse reaction due to systemic or topical exposure of a drug and light. The chemicals may be responsible, in addition to drugs, cosmetics and industrial products. The reaction can occur in any individual, is required and dose-dependent, and essentially it is an exaggerated sunburn. It is more common than photoallergic reactions and may also occur at any age and any skin type. Eczematous reaction is not seen in phototoxic reactions. Reactions by the Sun Read the rest of this entry »

Knowing how long you can spend in the sun, without running the risk of ultraviolet rays damage the skin, it is now possible thanks to a system that calculates the appropriate period of exposure to solar radiation, according to the skin of each person and the place where you are.
With this invention seeks to reduce the incidence of skin cancer. “The software determines the maximum recommended exposure to solar UV radiation, including the use of protective creams for people with different skin types displayed at any time and day of the year,” he told EFE Ruben Piacentini, director of Institute of Physics of Argentina’s Rosario city (IFIR), which developed the project. Read the rest of this entry »

The treatment of atopic eczema involves different steps:

* Exclusion of the causes of allergy,
* Cosmetic treatment,
* Treatment of stress
* Drug therapy orally
* Treatment of itching,
* Anti-inflammatory treatments or outbreaks,
* Treatment of superinfections,
* Pharmacotherapy topic
* Phototherapy,
* New immunomodulators.

Exclusion of Allergy Causes

In this case they are referred to the food exclusion diets to which the patient is sensitized by mechanisms of allergy.
Also environmental control measures to reduce the content of house dust mites. Read the rest of this entry »