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Health / Why Do Pimples Sometimes Appear On One Side Of A Person’s Face? by Jilac1: 6:34pm On Jun 25, 2019
Till date, there has not been a unanimous reason why pimples appear on the skin surface but the fact still remains that pimples leaves your skin with scares and inhibit beauty especially when it occurs on the face. The common area affected by pimples is the face but when it appears only on one side of a person’s face, we have to question the cause; apparently not the pattern we know of.

I actually thought about it and here is what I found out: pimples on one side of the face are indications of bacterial activities which are contacted from an external surface. It could be a dirty pillow, a dirty bed sheet, a dirty phone surface and even a dirty scalp.

Pimples which appear on the fore head alone or along the hair line is partly due to a dirty scalp especially when you have dandruff or a reaction from hair treatments. Pimples which appear just below the eye socket could be caused by bacteria from your phone or a dirty pillow. Your phone accommodates bacteria except you clean them on regular bases; same happens when you do not wash your pillow case on regular bases.

Also there are pimples that appear just along the jaw bone and chin; it appears as a result of hormonal changes in your body. You could experience some hormonal reactions or readjustment at puberty, before, during or after your menstrual period and even when you are pregnant.

Pimples don’t just happen; there are root causes. Aside the above listed, pimples are also caused mainly by a disorder in the oil glands. The skin when connected to the oil glands secret a substance called sebum which penetrates the skin surface. The sebum is made up of dead cells which carry oil particles through the follicles to the skin surface. Sometimes it appears with a black head, reddish bump or even painful in some cases.
Health / Is It Possible To Combine Health Supplements? by Jilac1: 2:39pm On Jun 24, 2019
Yes, it is very possible but not without caution. Health supplements particularly vitamins enhance the general body performance especially at old age and they happen to be more beneficial when combined with the recommended dosage per time. It doesn’t happen that way all the time, as a matter of fact; it could be harmful and may likely be interrupting your metabolism process.

Usually, health supplements are supposed to interact with the food diets you have eaten and combining different supplements could actually complement the interaction for better result. But this could actually lead to a competition in nutrient absorption. The effect is that the absorption of one supplement in large quantity could limit the absorption of the other supplement making you deficient in one.

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Secondly, combining supplements can actually lead to bad interaction between supplements; this is always the result when patients adopt self-medication. When you combine supplements that are naturally not compatible, they interact with each other negatively and apparently led to poor effect of the drug on your body.

The principle of “if a little is good then more must be better” does not apply to drugs not with supplements either; if you adopt overdose and it’s bad for you. Optimal nutrition requires what is called recommended daily allowance including diets and supplements. So there is a limit to what you can take in the right proportion. If actually you must combine health supplements, it must be a prescription from a medical expert. The daily consumption of supplements per dose must be moderated for better outcome.

Understanding first, that supplements are meant to fill up the functions which your body system are no longer obliged to do and that they help to quicken the slow processes which your system in beginning to experience, you will begin to see reasons why all supplements are not meant for everybody.

Health supplements are taken according to what you need and at what proportion you need them. So, you must follow a moderated amount per time to reach the required amount you need. Taking it all at the same time is actually a great idea but sorry you can’t.
Health / Motivation Will Fail You If You Depend On It For Weight Loss by Jilac1: 6:41am On Jun 20, 2019
If I can guess correctly, one of your New Year resolutions was to lose weight and get in shape again; but from all indications you can’t still find your way out if that mess partly because you were hoping some motivation would help. Well, the truth is that motivation isn’t what you need right now; all you need is discipline and willpower to loss the pound of weight you need to get in shape.

The kind of discipline you need for weight loss is one that should be mentally activated. Discipline is when you choose between what you want and what you want now (what you need); and the best sort of discipline is self-discipline. Discipline they say is like a muscle, if you don’t have it you build it; and you need to work on it till you have just enough. Motivation is fleeting and deceitful and will surely fail you if you depend on it for weight loss.

Attitudes to weight loss is more a brain game than you can physically imagine and is controlled by willpower; so whichever choices you make wins and rules and if you can’t say no to snacking all night, reducing your portion of meal per time, cautioning your choice of diets and relaxing too often, you shouldn’t have your dietitian to blame.

That’s exactly one of the real reasons diet don’t work - lack of self-discipline. Usually, the weight loss therapy sequence goes like: healthy diet, good exercise, weight loss pills, …. But when it comes to take real action, the motivation that inspired the list runs ahead leaving you back in the dark. You actually forgot the first in the list – discipline.

What do you think will be the fate of a habitual smoker who keeps going back to smoke after getting a treatment for a heart disease; certainly not a god one; ‘am trying to make you understand here that you need to treat weight loss from the root cause and not give it a consolation attitude.

Listen up please; the more you allow the fat to accumulate in there, the more difficult it is to loss off. So if you already gathered some discipline, please put it to work; though I doubt ‘cause if you had it you wouldn’t come this far on this. If you do not have it, please build it and let motivation go to those who need. You certainly do not need motivation for weight loss; all you need for a good start is discipline, positive willpower and consistency.
Health / Vitamins That Your Body Cannot Manufacture In Sufficient Amount by Jilac1: 10:33pm On Jun 11, 2019
We are not certain if having too much of vitamins in your body would result to a negative effect but we are very sure that when it runs down to a very insignificant amount in your body, there could be a problem. Getting enough vitamins in your body is very necessary for proper functioning of your body system; but regretful enough, your body cannot just manufacture them biologically in sufficient amount. So you naturally depend on supplements and good nutrition for these vitamins.

Ordinarily, these vitamins are referred to as micronutrients; this is partly because your body requires them in small amount; but as insignificant as they may seem, lack of it can result to serious malfunctions in your entire system. Each of the vitamins play specific roles so much that even nature do not usher in all fruit types at once; it takes seasons to suit what we need per time and season.

The following are the vitamins that your body cannot manufacture in sufficient amount.

Vitamin A - it is essential for proper vision.

Vitamin B1 - it converts energy from food

Vitamin B2 - it quickens the breakdown of fat and promotes energy production

Vitamin B3 - it produces energy from food

Vitamin B5 - produces fatty acid

Vitamin B6 - it inspires energy for sugar release

Vitamin B9 - it is responsible for cell division

Vitamin B12 - responsible for the formation of red blood cells and brain function

Vitamin C - inspires the production of collagen

Vitamin D - it responsible for proper immune function

Vitamin E - produces antioxidants and cares for the immune

Vitamin K - responsible for blood clotting

How best can you make these vitamins available in your body?

Good nutrition is always the answer to healthy living but to be specific this time, edibles like; Sea foods, fruits, vegetables, beverages, nuts, are good sources of many if not all of these vitamins.

But you may not forgive me if I didn’t let you know that you need supplements to foster the function of these food nutrients. Supplements like Ultimate omega-3 supplement and the likes are great vitamin boosters. They even work faster than food nutrients.
Health / What Happens To Your Immune System When You Grow Old? by Jilac1: 2:21pm On Jun 10, 2019
Your immune system naturally constitutes a network of cells, tissues, organs and proteins which gang up against infections, fungi, bacteria, diseases, virus and the likes. Some people particularly medical practitioners have regarded the human immune as the body’s military because they wedge war against infirmities that get around your body system. But what happens to these body militants when you grow old, do they still function the way they should? What would you do if you knew the truth about how your immune operates at old age? All the answers are provided right here.

Meanwhile, it has always been of good intention whenever a government recommends immunization for some set of gender or age bracket because they know you will need it as time progresses; even at old age, immunization, the best immune booster and antioxidants, healthy exercise and immune diet boosters are often recommended.

What happens to your immune system when you grow old, do they still function the way they used to?
Your immune system are supposed to be smart, vibrant and active enough to detect diseases, infections and foreign infirmities ( generally called antigens) that your body introduces to your system and fight them. This is made possible due to the production of white blood cells in your body; the white blood cells actually fight the antigens for you.

But you see, there is a place in your body called the thymus; it is located somewhere around your breast bone; that’s where some of these white blood cells mature. They mature and are ready to fight and sometimes ingest the antigens for your safety.

But then, when you begin to grow old, the thymus begins to shrink and automatically reduces the rate of production of white blood cells. As a matter of fact, old cells will hardly get replaced and your body will hardly get its hands around new cells except something is done very quickly. Meanwhile, your body immune system becomes slow and weak to fight antigens as fast as they enter your body; that becomes a problem, not bigger than you can handle anyways.

What would you do about your immune system when you grow old?
Your immune system is very delicate and so you don’t joke with it especially when you advance in age. So, I would recommend some herbal immune boosters like ginger, garlic, citrus, that’s one. Secondly, you will like to do some work-out, don’t you? Good exercise is a good immune booster although it works better when complemented with clinical supplements. Click here to speak with a health therapist for a health supplement.
Health / Does A Full Breast Really Make A Woman’s Beauty Or A Mere Complement? by Jilac1: 1:24pm On Jun 07, 2019
Women often get obsessed about the size of their breast especially if it looks too small at an older age. Teen girls who have just arrived puberty can’t really wait to start wearing braziers because they suppose that is where a woman’s beauty all lies; while some others really wish that time never comes. Matured ladies are often tempted to enlarge their breast especially if they are worried about the size of their breast; they may not have looked so attractive to men, just maybe.

The fact is, your natural breast size as a woman can either be small, medium or large and if you are not satisfied about the size of your breast you can go for a breast enlargement cream, a therapy or surgery.

But what really matters about a woman’s breast; the size or the shape?

You may have wondered what really matters in a woman’s breast; I too have wondered as much but I have realized that it is better to have small firm breast than have big fallen breast. It is also better to have big firm breast than a small fallen breast. This means that the shape of the breast is what really matters.

The shape here applies to a firm breast and it adds to your beauty in the following ways;

• Firm breasts are more attractive and makes you look attractive too
• It makes you wear a youthful look; even you breast looks youthful.
• A firm breast is a landmark for healthy life and fertility
• It is always fitting for almost all kind of outfit.

As much as I do not want to encourage a small breast, it is necessary to add that a small sized or medium sized breast has better potential to be firm than a very big one. Even when small breast have fallen, they ‘shall surely rise again’ if you apply breast enlargements creams which also has the ability to make your breast firm.

Here are some of the benefits small breast-sized women enjoy

• They can work-out without feeling so much weight from their chest.
• They can easily stretch their chest and are free from back aches
• They have better chances to fit into any kind of blouse, or dress.
• They have better chances of having a firm breast.
• They are somehow free from unnecessary stare from men especially while having a close discussion.

Concluding: a full breast adds to a woman’s beauty as much as the size, but the most important of all is a firm breast.
Health / 5 Remarkable Things You Need To Know About Bcaas by Jilac1: 2:33pm On Jun 03, 2019
Branched-chain Amino Acids, (BCAAs) are a group of essential amino acids, (Leucine, Isoleucine and Valine) that work together to boost your body energy performance; infact it is a major component in many of the best body performance boosters. Although our body cannot make them, they make up the major amino acids which your body needs. To get them into your body, it must be taken through protein diets or supplements.

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Athletes and those who engage in resistance exercises need it most especially since they require so much energy to perform their gaming and workout activities respectively.

Meanwhile, here are the remarkable things you need to know about BCAAs:

Your body depends on them for proteins
Your body, as much as mine requires two sets of amino acids; the essential and non-essential amino acids. BCAAs are the essential amino acids which must be taken into the body before your body can make use of it. This also means that you must eat protein diets like meat, poultry, beans, peas, diary and the likes. Otherwise, you can take it into the body when you take BCAAs supplements.

If these are not done, am sorry your body is going to be deficient of proteins which could also mean that you will be fragile and have less energy to perform daily activities. Moreso, there are certain growths which will be inhibited in your body system.

They are broken down in the muscles not in the lever
While the non-essential amino acids are broken down in the liver, BCAAs are broken down in the muscles. This explains why they work to boost your energy potentials and repair broken tissues for a health and energy filled life.

Weight loss
Remember what I told you the last time about body recompostion; while your body produces muscles through the activities of BCAAs, your body is bound to replace fat mass with muscles resulting to bad weight loss. As a matter of fact, replacing fats with muscles promotes your overall energy level.

Reduces fatigue and pain
BCAAs are great for energy recovery and fatigue reduction. It’s great when taken moments after work out; even so, athletes take it or need it to boost their energy level. They are also known to quicken muscle repair and reduce recovery time. Since BCAAs are mostly proteins, they are quick to repair worn out tissues and revive them to work again. Dieticians have advised that BCAAs supplements should be taken immediately after workout or gaming because of this factor.

Boosts muscle growth
BCAAs are absorbed and broken down in the muscles; whatever boosting they have to do basically starts from there including muscle growth. It promises this much when you have lots of protein filled diets or take in the supplements on a regular bases. Meanwhile, great and balanced meals reduce excess calories and replacing them with healthy muscles.
Health / How Effective Is Good Sleep To Weight Loss by Jilac1: 1:58am On May 31, 2019
Good and early sleep at night is great for fat burn but it shouldn’t be a standalone therapy for weight loss; you can deploy some of the best diet and weight loss pills or exercise, else it could take so long to reach your weight loss goal. Early sleep helps you avoid weight gain; your body, as much as mine uses healthy digested nutrients to quickens metabolism and build muscles while you sleep. But this process is interrupted if you eat late at night while working late hours; this would accumulate extra calories by slowing down the production of muscles. This does not just happen because you really have to eat, something must have caused that, or don’t you think?

In 2013, June 28 to be precise, the American Academy of sleep medicine reported the result of a study made at the university of Pennsylvania hospital concerning the relationship between late bedtime and weight gain. From their report, it was gathered that when you do not sleep early at night, the body tends to produce more of ghrelin and less of leptins. Such big words I guess? We’ll have them explained.

What are ghrelin and leptins?
They are basically hunger hormones, let’s call it that way. They are to be held responsible when you get hungry and when you do not have appetite for food. While ghrelin sends signals to your brain that you are hungry, the leptin tells the brain that you are not hungry.
Leptin increases when you are thin, sick or sleep early while ghrelin increases when you do not sleep early at night or when you are fat or obese.

How does ghrelin and leptin’s reactions influence weight loss.
If you are awake at night when it’s already bed time, you are likely to go hungry; that’s ghrelin at work. These hormones are produced while you are asleep and you are likely to resist hunger when you are sleeping than when you are wake.

Actually, more ghrelin are produced when you are awake at night than leptin; you will get hungry and ofcourse something quick will be just perfect for the table. Food is ready and you are already eating. What you do not realize is that you have interrupted the metabolism your body was supposed to do while your entire system rests for the day; you just added some extra load to your body which may not digest properly before daybreak.

Only time will tell how much weight you would have accumulated from such practice. It is certain that the more fats you grow, the more resistant you become to leptin- the hormone that decreases appetite. So you are likely to eat more and accumulate more calories because your ghrelin has been activated. The more you eat, you more you want to eat more; the entire process slows down metabolism in your system and incite weight gain.

But if you sleep early at night, you won’t stand the chance to be tempted; besides, you are likely to become resistance to ghrelin and eat even healthier.

In summary, good sleep is effective to weight loss if it’s had early; since the body need some hours to breakdown and process nutrients coupled with necessary adjustments, such interruptions as late sleep and late eating will only limit the potency of good and early sleep and promote weight gain.

One more thing; someone said that if gherlin and leptine were goods, leptine will sell out leaving gherlin at the mercy of the seller.
Health / Don’t Expect To Lose Weight When You Build Fat Burning Muscles; Expect This… by Jilac1: 11:33am On May 28, 2019
Weight loss goals and means of achieving it varies with individuals but if you intend to build up muscles and shred off some fats simultaneously, then you shouldn’t be so bothered about losing weight; even the scale will have nothing to say about your weight loss progress. That does not mean you haven’t been working hard enough neither does it mean some changes are not recorded in your entire body metabolism. Actually, your body passes through a process called body recomposition when you build muscles to lose fats; that may be your case.

What is body recomposition?
The human body is primarily made up of fat mass and fat-free mass. Fat mass are majorly composed of fatty tissues while the fat free mass are made up of water, blood, muscles, bones, and organs. When you accumulate so much calories in you fat tissue, you are bound to gain bad weight (unhealthy fats), your muscles are pushed to the background causing you to develop loose skin with very low stamina and energy.

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Body recomposition occurs when you decide to burn these unhealthy fats by gaining muscles. When that happens, your body replaces these fats with muscles and strong bones, increasing your stamina and resistance. However, your body may not record any significant changes in your body weight since your body system has replaced the fats with muscles which could weigh exactly the same as your body fats.

What do you require to build muscles and lose fats (body recomposition)

Loosing fats requires burning more calories than you consume; building muscles requires consuming more calories than you burn. What actually results to fat burn is this; your body takes extra calories when you haven’t consumed enough and when your body runs out of fats, it takes from the muscles. But if you combine healthy meals, exercise plus the best diet and weight loss pills and fat burn supplements, your body recomposition goals is set. Specifically you need:

Increase physical strength
Too much fat decreases your physical energy and stamina but you can improve on it when you engage in resistance exercises like push up, squat, bridges, planks, weight lifting. Doing this helps you improve your physical strength and building up body muscles while burning excess fats.

Eat healthy and balanced meal
While building fat burning muscles, you do not necessarily need special kind of diet; all you need a constant rich meal. As you intend to replace lose skin with strong muscles, a lot of protein nutrients should be present in your daily meals. In other words, you will burn out fats with protein when you eat protein and carb meals with good resistance exercise.

Supplements
As much as good exercise is necessary for body recomposition, not everyone can summon enough capacity to commit to resistance exercise. But there are healthy supplements and pills that can help you burn fats and build muscles while you commit to healthy diets. Although few of them could record some side effects, they are very effective for better results if you follow firm prescription.

A typical weight loss goal is to cut down body fat with little or no interest on building muscles. If you have been engaging in resistance workouts and your body weight seem not to record changes on scale, I guess you now understand that your body has been going through some recomposition. Which means, your efforts has been paying off without you ever knowing.
Health / Causes Of Hair Loss And Possible Remedies by Jilac1: 11:43am On May 27, 2019
Finding one specific cause of hair loss in humans could be challenging; a number of factors add up to hair loss which also requires a corresponding remedy to bring it back to normal. In females, hair loss is wrongly attributed to poor hair treatment, use of bad hair relaxer, shampoo and conditioner, use of too many artificial hair treatments and all the misconceptions. For men, they mostly see it as a natural phenomenon and do not mind spending their last to make-up for it.

Perhaps these thoughtful assumptions are not totally out of place; actually they are few out of the many causes of hair loss. Healthy hairs says a lot about a healthy life; men who have grown healthy hair strands in their arms, legs, chest, abdomen, face and scalp often look very attractive, particularly when it is soft and wavy. Ladies who have dark silky hair strands over their scalp are always adorable and can proudly flaunt their hair with passion; those who seem to be unfortunate about their hair take to wearing wigs to keep up.

In case you’ve been wondering why your hairs can’t look as healthy as others, here are some of the common causes of hair loss.

Genetic factors
We must be careful not to mistake genetic attributes for our personal faults; some hair loss syndromes are due to genetic components and if it must be corrected, it requires a corresponding genetic correction.

In April 14, 2010, Science Daily gave a report from the Columbian University Center that a new cause of hair loss has been discovered. From the report, the genetic hair disorder is caused by a gene identified as APCDD1; it is noticed to cause hair loss from childhood. This genetic disorder, known as follicle miniaturization is usually accompanied with a bald thin hair inhibiting further growth of hair strands due to some hormonal disorder.

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Protein deficiency
If your body system is lacking in protein, you are likely to experience hair loss. Recall that protein-rich-meals help to repair worn out tissues and cell and also help to stimulate all round healthy growth including healthy hairs.

Poor vitamin level
Vitamins contribute to skin regeneration and growth. Specifically, vitamin D is responsible for the production of follicle- the tiny pores through which health strands grow out. When you are deficient of vitamin D, your hairs are likely not to have enough air and space to growth out, even when they do, they look unhealthy.

Changes in hormones
Emotional, psychological deviations can result to hair loss; such situations as pregnancy, menopause, menstruation, puberty, depression, anxiety etc. usually promote hair loss. The hormone responsible for hair loss is called dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and it happens in both male and female.

Women who have attained menopause often experience decrease in some hormonal growth, making them more sensitive to DHT which stimulates hair loss. Since a typical menopause begins at 50 or 60 at most, it signals also that aging is a significant cause of hair loss.

Remedies for hair loss

Although hair loss should be corrected following a corresponding treatment, some remedies for hair loss include:

Good and regular hair treatment

Good nutrition, especially vitamin D rich meals for skin and hair regeneration

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Genetic correction (requires medical attention)
Health / Re: The Skin Regenerating Properties Of Raw Sheabutter by Jilac1: 1:12pm On May 22, 2019
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Health / Why Should You Rather Take Green Tea In-between Meals? by Jilac1: 2:00pm On May 21, 2019
To ensure that you get the best out of green tea, dietitians and nutritionists have advised that you take green tea two hours before meal or two hours after meal. One would ask ‘isn’t that awkward?’ or even assume that maybe ‘this fat burner green tea would work faster and better very early in the morning when the stomach is still empty’. Well, you have a point; it sure would but not without an adverse effect.

Many have become victims of several health challenges because they do not follow precautionary measures while taking some health therapies especially when it comes to taking diet and weight loss pills, fat burner diets and tea intake. Those who emerge with positive testimonies, if you ask them, have followed moderate instructions; unfortunately for some, they switch from one diet to another because they misused it and somehow, it worked against them, among other factors.

Why take green tea in-between meals?
Green tea contains antioxidants called catechin; taking green tea in-between meals ensures that the catechin does not react with the in the caseins in the animal protein and iron in the food you are going to eat or eaten. This means, it will prevent the absorption of protein and promote the burning of fat instead.

Why shouldn’t you take green tea with empty stomach?
Green tea contains caffeine (although in small quantity compared to others). This could lead to damages in your liver if taken without food. You could also be at risk of stomach ulcer resulting from the production of gastric acid in the stomach.

Meanwhile, taking green tea when you have eaten or you are ready to eat isn’t enough rationale to take it in excess. You may have noticed that that sometimes you look pale or have a slight headache after taking green tea; green tea if taken in excess could lead to anemia and make you experience some sleepless moments.

In case you prefer to take green tea at bet time, it is advised, you take it two hours before bed time for maximum weight loss result. According to nutritionist, green tea helps to quicken metabolism and shed off excess fat while you are asleep.

One more thing
If you are not satisfied with the amount of fat you have burnt with green tea therapy, a workout is just the perfect complement with green tea. Taking green tea on regular bases and in the right proportion with time is cool for healthy life, but if you want to burn extra fats, pair it with good and healthy exercise.
Health / The Skin Regenerating Properties Of Raw Sheabutter by Jilac1: 11:19am On May 20, 2019
Sheabutter is a component of some of our everyday toilet soaps, skin lotion, hair treatments, cultural medications and all; but have you taken a sec to reflect on how beneficial sheabutter could be if you adopt it as a stand-alone beauty therapy for skin regeneration and hair lifting ? Well if you haven’t, I guess it’ll be my pleasure to tell you about it; how about that?

It feels so natural when you apply raw sheabutter on your skin or scalp; maybe because it’s a natural, healthy, fatty oil made from an African tropical tree (karite). This particular tree produces nuts which are crushed, boiled and processed into off-white fatty oil that has a high melting point. Although sheabutter is quite soft and easy to melt when rubbed with the palms, it doesn’t melt on its own except it’s exposed to heat.

Wait a sec! I didn’t tell you sheabutter contains high amount of collagen? I guess I have to apologize for taking so long and maybe let you know of how much it means to your skin.

How much does collagen mean to your skin?
Collagen is protein that’s produced in the body due to the consumption of some sort of food nutrients; it helps to strengthen the skin elasticity and also replaces cells when they are dead. However, the production of collagen begins to reduce as you advance in age.
This process is however averted when you apply sheabutter on your skin. Sheabutter has this collagen production property that serves as a regenerating agent, saving you a lot of skin troubles even at old age.

Let’s talk about the skin regenerating properties of sheabutter
Because of the high collagen production properties of sheabutter, it has that natural potential to give your skin the best it truly deserves.

It mildly clears wrinkles and stretch marks:
Using sheabutter as a body lotion naturally on your skin or an additive mildly removes every appearance of wrinkles and stretch marks on your skin or anything else that looks like it. Sheabutter adds to cell revival and keeps dead skin alive again, removing every sign of aging with so much ease.

Maybe you didn’t know, wrinkle occur on the skin when it loses its elasticity; it could happen on the face, very close to the eye sockets and then the limbs. Applying raw sheabutter however strengthens your skin and makes it soft and elastic adding every moisture it needs to brighten up.


Softens and smoothens your skin
Sheabutter is a healthy fat that absorbs really fast but when kept under room temperature, it does not melt. It either melts when exposed to heat or when rubbed with the palms. The feel on the palms alone tells of its smooth and soothing nature. It extends this natural goodness when finally applied to the skin. As a natural healthy fat, sheabutter promises 100% skin moisture plus it softens and smoothens the skin all leaving no blemishes on the skin.

Just to let you know, sheabutter has become subject to adulteration especially since its magical powers became really popular in the world of cosmetics and beauty. Be rest assured that you get the best result when you go for raw sheabutter without any additives.

Hair treatment
I naturally have long hairs but whenever I need to treat my hair, I still go back to sheabutter. I don’t just rub it on my scalp; I steam my hair.

How to steam you hair with sheabutter

• Wash your hair with good hair shampoo and conditioner
• Dry as much as possible with a clean towel
• Rub a considerable amount of sheabutter on you scalp
• Cover scalp with a plastic shower cap
• Enter the dryer for as long as it is on

At the end of this exercise, you will realize that your hair stands becomes shorter and darker; this is because you just gave it a good chance to melt properly and penetrate your scalp.You may proceed to stretch your hair or style as you would.

Skin protection
Sheabutter has a lot of vitamin A and E; it assures your skin of every day protection from harsh radiations from the sun. That’s one; next is that it can be used on babies’ buttocks and pubic areas before wearing them diaper. It protects them against fungal and inflammatory reactions.
If your face has suffered so much from sun-burn and cream reaction, I think sheabutter should be next in your consideration table.

Sheabutter is a natural fat processed from tropical nuts; it treats your skin with the same natural goodness; what more can we ask from Mother Nature. Emphasis was so much on raw sheabutter because there are so much of the white mixtures out there. All you need to do is to watch out.
Health / Spark Up Your Beauty With My Discoveries For Acne Treatment. by Jilac1: 12:24am On Apr 29, 2019
Acne is a popular skin condition which often paves way for pimples, whiteheads, lumps and blackheads. It is a condition that begins at puberty and it most likely surface in locations of the body laden with sebaceous glands such as the chin, forehead and the nose. While it is known to plague teenagers the most, every adult is susceptible to this skin condition.

Ridding the skin from the hold of acne in most cases cost an arm and a leg. Unfortunately, the plethora of balms, soaps, gels, antibiotics, and creams etc., expended on acne treatment might end up being the perfect recipe to ruin the beauty of your skin.

Aside from the medically based treatment, there are also series of home-based remedies lurking the internet with promises to make the skin flourish like grasses in the dew. However, while the home-based remedy has been a “hit” for some, others who have threaded the same path to cure their acne have tagged it a “miss”.

This article is not about criticizing diverse acne treatments. Rather, the foregoing is going to let you in on the noble discoveries I have made about acne treatment. In other words, you are about to glean from my apt lore and an awesome pool of tested acne treatments.

It is worthy of mention that my version of acne treatment leans towards the home based remedies. In fact, many of the items I recommend for treatment are already housed in your kitchen and its pantry. Just before we take the leap into my version of acne treatment, you will agree with me that giving consideration to some of the acne triggers is not out of place. Therefore, the following factors are bound to spur the development of acne.

Facial hair removal methods: The methods of removing facial hair vary; some available options are waxing, depilatory, shaving to state a few. If the hair removal process is not handled properly, the skin tissue might contract acne –spurring bacteria.
Incessant switch of skin care products: Regularly feeding your skin with different skin care products has a huge tendency to irritate the skin and cause the breakout of acne.

Stress: Stress triggers neuropeptides, a chemical which is inflammatory. Neuropeptide can contribute to the development of acne or even worsen already existing acne.

Mobile phones: Mobile phones host gamut of bacteria. These bacteria come in contact with mobile phones because they are often exposed to different areas and surfaces. The moment the mobile phone comes in touch with the skin, acne-causing bacteria dissipates and this can birth the breakout of acne.

Excessive sebum production: Sebum when excessively produced often gets trapped in the skin pores. This coupled with dead skin cells in the skin pores, gives rise to acne.

Below are my recipes for acne treatment:

Ice cubes: You can now add acne treatment to the resume of ice cubes. The next time acne rears its head, do not hesitate to direct some ice cubes to its location. Placing ice cubes on acne, freezes the pores and ejects accumulated oil and dirt.

Coconut oil: We can’t seem to exhaust the use of coconut oil. The anti-bacterial nature of coconut oil also makes it effective for treating acne.

Sea salt water: Sea salt water does not stop at ridding the skin of acne-causing bacteria. It goes further to clean the cells and sustains a healthy skin pH level.

A mixture of lemon juice and salt: Lemon juice alone has proven to be ideal for eliminating acne. It contains antioxidants, vitamin C and anti-ageing properties which work together to keep the skin healthy. Combining salt with lemon juice hastens the process of eliminating acne.
Fresh tomatoes: Tomatoes is laden with antioxidants and vitamin C. Therefore when its juice is applied to the skin, it soaks up excessive oil therein and ultimately rids the skin of acne.

Garlic: Garlic is packed with salicylic acid which is a common feature in many medical based acne treatments. Garlic is also ideal for combating fungal infections, a feature which stands it out as an effective acne treatment.

It is about time you wrestle your acne condition by making the most of the above items, which are most likely seated in your kitchen.
The success stories by those who have tried one of the methods are by the day soaring. Don’t be left out!
Health / Timely Questions I’d Love To Have Answers To About Weight Loss. by Jilac1: 12:20pm On Apr 25, 2019
There is no doubt several metric tonnes of weight loss questions exist. In the quest for answers, some of these questions are put up and eventually featured on health blogs and the diverse health-related social media platforms. For some people, the idea of putting up questions related to their weight loss struggle reeks lack of confidence. Therefore, in lieu of putting up the questions online even under an anonymous guise or seeking advice and support from family, friends or acquaintances, the questions are left in the mental realm.

This article, therefore, is a creative and thoughtful compilation of some daring weight loss questions, some of which most people will not for all the money in the world spill out. Although, if this article were placed on a scale, it obviously will tilt in favour of weight loss questions alone. But in a bid to create a measure of balance, each question will be linked to certain clues or hints about how to access the ideal answers.

Weight loss questions.

My cordial relationship with salad is not reflecting in the weight loss department.
For the past 6 months, with no fail, I only consumed salad for lunch. Still, the weight keeps staring me in the face each time I get on the scale.

Clue: Get a better understanding of low-calorie choices. Condiments and dressings should be paid attention to as well.

My ruckus with carbs always leaves me at the losing end.
I have an uncanny ability to eat within the confines of my diet before the glares of family members. But in my alone time, especially the time spent at work this ability always elude me which results in binge eating carbs even after multiple attempts at suppressing the urge. How do I bail myself?

Clue: Drink adequate water. Staying hydrated can suppress the urge to indulge unnecessarily.

I’m in a fix about where to pitch my tent in the eating divide.
I focus daily on attaining 1500 calories. There are days I attain my goals in the company of fries, processed food or snacks. At other times, I eat my way to 1500 calories via vegetables, protein or fruits. I am currently at a crossroad about how to eat my way to 1500 calories right. This is to enable me to bring down my weight.

Clue: A knowledge of what makes healthy meals and the relationship between eating healthy meals and weight loss answers the question.

My ordeal with fast diet.
When I started out with a fast diet, the weight rapidly came down. As expected, the transformation earned me a plethora of praises from my folks. But one month after, I am confronted with the painful reality that the weight didn’t go away. It only went to reinforce, and it is evident in the surge in my weight. I need to see the result again, please help me.

Clue: Before opting for a fast diet, consider and study its effect on metabolism.

Since when did exercise become too feeble to pull down weights?
I jog for 30 minutes every morning. The drive behind this morning ritual is weight loss. My effort has not yielded much in bringing down my weight. Why can’t exercise fix my challenge?

Clue: You need to realize that exercise does not work in isolation. Take note of the relationship between exercise and diet. Also, consider the effectiveness of the combo in bringing down weight.

Can I put the blame on coffee?
When the scale informed me of an increase in weight, I decided to map out the habits I recently incorporated. But the only change has been the rise in my coffee consumption. Can coffee possibly contribute to weight gain?

Clue: Exceeding two cups of coffee daily, is a licence to weight gain.

Is keeping track of the sugar in fruits a lame thing to do?

It scares me that my low carb diet will be ruined by my fruits intake. This is because I lately read a post that revealed that fruits contain sugar. How can I keep track of the sugar in fruits? Is keeping track of the sugar content of fruits necessary?

Clue: Do not overindulge in eating fruits. 2 to 4 servings daily are ideal. Scaling up your understanding of calories will give a better understanding of the nature of sugar in fruits.
Health / Why Not Start With A Diet Patch First, Then Food Diet For Weight Loss by Jilac1: 6:29pm On Apr 06, 2019
When you see a fat person go slim within a very short notice, you’ve got to ask some serious questions; but for me, it must be something as unique as a slim diet patch. Working out is actually tiring especially if you weigh very heavy and apparently takes a lot more time to produce results; starting out your weight loss therapy with a food diet may challenge your willpower in a very short while; you’re probably going to fall prey to some mouthwatering fatty fries.

But you can enjoy a hassle free weight loss season with a diet patch; it’s just a ‘weight loss plaster’ that when placed on your skin, works up excess body fats through the 24hours of the day. It burns out more fats, faster and easily. Over-weight persons who probably have tried several other diets may find this attractive.

Diet patches are known to contain organic sea components which are great source of inspiration for this miracle cure. Seaweed is one of them; it contains vitamins, iodine and antioxidants that quickens metabolism and induce fat-burn. Some diet patch like slim diet patch are known to contain omega-3 and omega-6.

Omega-3 and omega-6 belong to the class of essential fats that your body needs; clinically referred to as polyunsaturated fats (PUFAs). They are not only healthy for proper heart function, they also help to shed off bad cholesterol from your body; this makes diet patches great for weight loss.

Some other weight loss therapies like food diet and pills may require oral administration; which has to digest before being used up in your body and apparently loss some of its potential before even being used. Diet patches however, work directly from your skin as it has a direct contact on your skin.

Despite their weight loss potential, diet patches no matter its variant are recommended to be used alongside a healthy diet and exercise for optimal result. This is the more reason you should induce fat-burn first with a diet patch then, you follow up with a checked diet.
Health / Three Clever Therapies You Can Eat And Apply To End Dry Skin by Jilac1: 11:41pm On Apr 02, 2019
Your skin, just like anyone else’s occupies the largest part of the human body; from your face to your limbs and other delicate parts; one has to cut through your skin before the inner part is seen. This means that whatever goes wrong with your skin beauty is an obvious outcome of a deficiency inside the body or maybe, damage from an external source; the best way to deal with it, is to eat and apply whatever therapies best soothes you for better results.

Skin damage, dryness, skin cancer and similar skin cases would always love to mess around your skin; they gain their strength whenever you let loose of your skin care strategies both inside and out. If you already tried out some good ones, great; but if you don’t, you would’ve had a better advantage against their allied strokes if you did eat and apply these clever therapies am going to tell you about.

Water
You’ve probably not had water until you have just enough that your body desires; about seven liters of water is recommended for daily consumption although none has been able to prove that. However, the kind of activity you engage in on daily bases determines the quantity of water you take and until you meet that daily requirement, your body can be said to be water-deficient which can result to a condition called dehydration.

Dehydration is a skin condition that can be improved by taking water and some heavy water fruits and vegetables. It helps moisturize your skin and lubricate your body tracts in the inside including your throat.

After a long day or hasty walk from a sunny day, cold water bath is always a better choice; that’s just a clue of what water does- it washes off salty sweats and opens up your skin pores for proper air penetration.

Other common sources of water include sugarcane, cucumber, watermelon, apples, orange etc.

Coconut and coconut oil
Coconut oil are supplements present in many body lotions and toilet soaps due to the super soothing treat it gives to the skin; it does even more when you eat coconut itself.

Studies have shown that coconut oil contains a kind of fat called medium-chain triglycerides – a kind of healthy fat that breaks down much faster and helps to push off unhealthy cholestrol. This makes it a cool solution to dry skin due to its high absorption and moisturizing potential.

Coconut oil does not sit under your skin, not when you apply it and not when you eat it unprocessed either. It melts and sneaks out of your skin to keep it moisturized and protected from excessive sun rays. However, it may not be a great choice for people with oily skin; it may result to other skin cases like pimples if used excessively on oil skin types.

Vitamin C
Major sources of vitamin C are orange, grapesfriuts, sweet lemon, eggs, tomatoes, and some food supplements like altapharma.
Vitamin C contains almost everything your skin needs to fight itching, damaged and dying cells syndrome, most especially the production of collagen. Collagen are proteins that are produced by the body when you consume enough of vitamin C nutrients. It is about the best protein that your skin can easily use because it gains easy access to your skin to repair damaged tissues and cells.

Collagen is the reason your skin has survived the ultra-violent sun rays; we can hardly be totally deficient of vitamin C because it finds its way into our daily meals. But, lower consumption is not advisable; take enough if you need your skin beauty to give more than enough.

Wrap up
All your skin needs to leave in beauty is a healthy treat both inside and out; this isn’t going to be as costly as treating a skin cancer, acne or dry skin. While we may see these therapies as common, it takes diligent application to produce an impressive result. Nobody likes to look dry and skinny; we all like to look succulent. If so, do what you have learnt.
Health / What Does Your Body Weight Say About Your Eating Habit? by Jilac1: 4:35pm On Mar 27, 2019
You make choices of what you eat every day or maybe someone else does; if not, something influences your eating habit. Whichever way it seems, your body weight has a lot to say about your eating habit; if the report is good enough, bravo! If not, I did like to share some tested, simple, healthy eating habits with you.

It takes discipline and self-control to keep a healthy body weight and stay there. Your job can actually lure you to snack through the day and eat healthy only at night, if at all. This forms part of the bad eating habits that knocks you off your normal body weight. Diet and weight loss pills may do you good but not when you pay little attention to steps that break bad eating habit.

You may also read: 4 Common food that helps you lose weight fast

Here are some healthy eating habits you should try out

Make replacements when necessary: As much as you can, try having water when you are thirsty instead of any of the sugary soft drinks you see around and if you snack a lot, having kitchen made meals is advised and healthier, if I may add. Avoid sweets, high-carb biscuits and pastries and sugary junks; many of them contain high amount of artificial sugary flavors which contributes to unhealthy body weight, if taken very often.

People patronize a lot of corn meals like flakes, wheat, custard and the likes at very high rate; it’s easy made so they can eat as many times as possible but then regret the weight gain trauma afterwards.

Take some food out: This may seem a little demanding or juvenile to some but this is one weight control measure that works so well and instills discipline. It is tempting to eat just anything when you are almost starving at work but if you have your food pack or flask of cooked food, you are good. It’s not just healthy, it saves you from snacking all day.

Kitchen made meals are healthy and more satisfying; snacks successfully turn-on the Oliver twist syndrome in your guts. By the way, take small quantity of healthy food per time; that’s a plus to healthy eating habit.

Change some kitchen habits: Chewing gum while cooking will actually help with the habit of picking and throwing things into your mouth randomly while cooking. It’s very easy to drink up a cold soft drink because you feel hot but a little restricting if your mouth is already busy. Gum may not be a cool option, but it helps.

Your eating habit tells why you are overweight, slim or intermediate; it also tells when you are mal-nourished or healthy alike. To keep a healthy eating habit, you must instill self-control and discipline against junks and snacking all day.
Health / Does Swimming Really Add Up To Fitness And Weight Loss? by Jilac1: 1:30pm On Mar 22, 2019
Weight loss is more a mental distress than a physical one which explains why the easiest fitness workout is very common and is mostly adopted no matter how long it takes. If you feel lazy going to the gym, running a mile every other morning or spent so much already on the best diet and weight loss pills, can you take some time and consider visiting the pool by next weekend; it wouldn’t cost much but believe me, you’ve got nothing to loose.

You can actually burn up to 500-700 calories an hour when you freestyle, do breaststroke, backstroke or butterfly in water. Your major muscles; the back muscles, hips, legs, arms, abdomen are put to work combining leisure and exercise; that’s about the best fitness and weight loss workout.

Simple practices as pressing down your chest, keeping head, feet and hips up and holding elbow high while pulling arms backwards keeps you focused and coordinated. Swimming in this posture with a fast but small kick produces impressive results; doing it more often increases your speed and endurance in water. As much as I do not want to confuse flexibility with fitness, it is necessary you fit into the options at the end of your workout.

Many who habitually swim do it mostly out of fun but they get physically and mentally fit along the line; you know why? I will tell you; swimming puts your heart to do extra task, spreading the vigor to your lungs and muscles. While you burn up excessive fats, your body builds fat burning muscles. You really didn’t have to think much about it; just a thrust in water seals the deal but you see, a lot more happens in there. You probably did know that you must swim against water current if you must come safe out of the water; now that’s a simple workout, isn’t it?

If you own a private swimming pool that’s much better, if you don’t, you may probably pay less for some hours. You can even gang up with your click for a pool workout if you would find it boring going alone. It’s not bad at all if you can’t swim, there is always a chance to learn; go get yourself a good tutor and prepare your mind for the best outcome.

Now that you’ve finally subscribed to fitness, good health, flexibility and strength, I hope you make swimming your choice. I’m not a swimming ambassador, just an advocate for well-being. Now you go ahead; it won’t just safe cost, it saves you some worry time. Yes, go ahead, get on it and work it out!!!

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